Davina McCall breaks down in tears as she receives special honour at NTAs after 30 year career
DAVINA McCall broke down in tears as she received the NTAs Special Recognition Award after almost 30 years as a presenter.
Presenter Davina, 56, received a standing ovation at The O2 Arena tonight after a VT of her illustrous career was shown on the big screen.
After being handed the gong by Hannah Waddingham, she said: "Thank you so much, this means so much. I can't even begin to tell you, I don't even know where to start."
The TV legend added: "I love my job, I feel so priviliged to be able to share it with you. You might like some of it, not all of it. I've presented some Turkeys, I know!"
Still one of ITV’s biggest names, she’s on the panel of Saturday night show The Masked Singer and is about to return to front middle-aged dating show My Mum, Your Dad next week.
But Davina will always be remembered for launching Big Brother, the world’s most famous reality TV show on Channel 4 back in the year 2000 - a career-defining role she held for a decade.
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Since then she went on to host ITV’s Long Lost family, which won a string of awards, and she won personal plaudits for her two Channel 4 documentaries looking at women’s struggles with the menopause and contraception.
Davina, who was presented with her prestigious gong by actor and singer Hannah Waddingham, joins a prestigious collection of former recipients of the Special Recognition Award.
Previous names have included actress Sarah Lancashire, Sir Lenny Henry, David Dimbleby and the late Paul O’Grady.
