The National Television Award for Most Popular Drama Series is one of the award categories presented annually by the National Television Awards (NTA). It was introduced in 1995 when the event was first initiated. The winners are selected by the public.
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
indicates the winner
6 wins
4 wins
2 wins
Multiple nominations [ edit ]
12 nominations
10 nominations
8 nominations
7 nominations
6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
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Reckless (1997)
Jonathan Creek , series 1 (1998)
Goodnight Mister Tom (1999)
Bad Girls , series 1 (2000)
Bad Girls , series 2 (2001)
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet , series 3 (2002)
A Touch of Frost , season 9 (2003)
The Bill , series 20 (2004)
Doctor Who , series 1 (2005)
Doctor Who , series 2 (2006)
Doctor Who , series 3 (2007)
Doctor Who , series 4 (2008)
Doctor Who , 2008–2010 specials (2010)
Waterloo Road , series 6 (2011)
Downton Abbey , series 2 (2012)
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Doctor Who , series 7 (2014)
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Casualty , series 30 (2017)
Doctor Foster , series 2 (2018)
Peaky Blinders , series 4 (2019)