Tom Parker receives a posthumous National Television Award nomination

Tom Parker has been posthumously shortlisted for a National Television Award for a documentary about the charity concert he organised in aid of cancer research six months before his death. 

The Wanted singer died in a hospice near his south-east London home on March 30 from an inoperable brain tumour at the age of just 33.

After his diagnosis, Tom campaigned to raise awareness for brain tumours and organised the star-studded concert, Inside My Head. 

The event, which was held at the Royal Albert Hall in September 2021, raised money for Stand Up To Cancer and The National Brain Appeal.

The Channel 4 documentary followed Tom behind-the-scenes of the concert as he organised the charity event. 

The touching show also followed Tom and his family as they learnt to live with his illness. 

Tom left behind wife Kelsey, 32, and their two children, Aurelia, three, and Bodhi, 21 months.

So sad: The singer died in a hospice near his south-east London home on March 30 from an inoperable brain tumour at the age of just 33

Incredible: After his diagnosis, Tom campaigned to raise awareness for brain tumours and organised the star-studded concert, Inside My Head

The star will go up against GMB presenter Kate Garraway, who won the authored documentary category last year for a programme about her family’s life after her husband Derek Draper, spent a year in hospital being treated for coronavirus. 

This year, the TV star has been shortlisted for her follow-up show Caring for Derek, where the couple share insight into their family lives as his battle continues with the long term effects from the virus. 

Also nominated in the category is Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next; Julia Bradbury: Breast Cancer And Me; and Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family And Autism.

Sensational: The event, which was held at the Royal Albert Hall last September (pictured), raised money for Stand Up To Cancer and The National Brain Appeal

At the upcoming 27th NTAs This Morning’s Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have been ruthlessly snubbed in nominations. 

Although the daytime double-act have been given the cold shoulder by organisers, Alison Hammond, 47, one of the programme’s Friday presenters, has received a nod.

She will battle it out against Ant and Dec, both 46, who have been shortlisted for the 21st year consecutively, while the ITV show itself will compete with The Chase, The Repair Shop and Loose Women for the Daytime Award.

Neighbours is set to go head-to-head with UK soaps, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale for Serial Drama award.

Wow: The Channel 4 documentary followed Tom and his family as they learnt to live with his illness; pictured with daughter Aurelia, now three, and son Bodhi, now 21 months

The Australian show has been nominated for one final final gong at the upcoming ceremony, after its 37 year TV reign ended with an emotional finale in July.

With a brand new venue of Wembley’s OVO Arena, the star-studded awards will be broadcast live on ITV on September 15 from 8pm, with Joel Dommett hosting. 

And this year’s NTA shortlist features more streamers than ever before, reflecting the changing broadcasting landscape.

The likes of Heartstopper, After Life, Sex Education, Bridgerton and Clarkson’s Farm prove the sheer breadth of programming that the digital providers now offer.

Four productions that set pulses racing for very different reasons compete for the New Drama award. Heartstopper became an instant coming-of-age classic, while This is Going to Hurt provided a visceral look at life on the NHS frontline.

Competition: The star will go up against last year’s winner Kate Garraway, with her follow-up show Caring For Derek (pictured in 2019)

Time, meanwhile, took viewers behind bars to show the brutal realities of prison, and Trigger Point proved to be an incendiary Sunday-night hit.

The Talent Show contenders each gave us showstopping moments, with Krystal Versace becoming the youngest ever winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, while Rose Ayling-Ellis gave us a glimpse into her world with a silent Strictly Come Dancing routine.

The private lives of well-known faces were revealed in the candid Authored Documentary category.

Plus many more including four-legged friends being made in Paul O’Grady’s For the Love of Dogs, and caustic critiques ensured Gogglebox remained required viewing.