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- Peaky Blinders and Bridgerton are joint favourites for the Best Returning Drama NTA
- Cillian Murphy is the bookies favourite for Best Drama Performance this year
- Netflix series Heartstopper is the favourite for the Best New Drama category
Peaky Blinders and Bridgerton are joint favourites for the Best Returning Drama NTA
The National Television Awards take place on Thursday and Peaky Blinders and Bridgerton are both 2/1 with bookmakers to win Best Returning Drama.
Peaky Blinders has won the award twice previously and there's a big chance it wins for a third time at this week's awards show.
Bridgerton though has a 33% chance alongside Peaky Blinders to win the award in what looks like a two horse race.
| Best Returning Drama NTA | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Peaky Blinders | 2/1 | 33.3% |
| Bridgerton | 2/1 | 33.3% |
| The Split | 15/2 | 11.8% |
| Call The Midwife | 10/1 | 9.1% |
Legal drama The Split is just behind the front two in the betting market sitting at third favourite to win the award.
Cillian Murphy is the bookies favourite for Best Drama Performance this year
Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy is the 5/4 favourite to win his second Best Drama Performance NTA this week.
It's a case of Peaky Blinders v Bridgerton again though in this category according to the betting odds.
Bridgerton actor Jonathan Bailey is 7/4 second favourite in the betting to win the Best Drama Performance award, just behind favourite Murphy.
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Netflix series Heartstopper is the favourite for the Best New Drama category
Netflix coming-of-age comedy drama Heartstopper is the favourite to win the Best New Drama award at this year's National Television Awards.
Heartstopper has a 52% chance of winning the Best New Drama award according to the odds but faces stiff competition in the category.
BBC drama Time and ITV's Trigger Point are both 3/1 in the betting market to win the award at this year's NTAs.
| Best New Drama | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Heartstopper | 10/11 | 52.4% |
| Time | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| Trigger Point | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| This Is Going To Hurt | 9/2 | 18.2% |
