Martin Lewis returns to social media with frank demand: ‘We need more help’
Posted by  badge Boss on Aug 15, 2023 - 10:35PM
Martin Lewis has returned to social media with a ‘strong message’ (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)

has returned to with a strong message to the broadcasters, after ‘stepping away’ from Twitter.

The Money Saving Expert two weeks ago, signing off with: ‘Bye for now.’

This came as his popular show, the , was on pause.

However, he’s now back on our feeds, and has an important message – just as he’s been nominated for not one, but two National Television Awards.

Taking to Twitter on Tuesday, the 51-year-old asked for ‘a quick favour’.

He wrote: ‘A quick favour. have just been announced and I’m chuffed to be up in two categories

‘The competition’s very stiff, so if you fancy giving me a vote on pages 5 & 6 that’d be very kind (& do click through to the end or it won’t count).

‘PS Huge thanks to all who voted in the long list to get me here.’

Martin then added: ‘PPS A win would be a strong message to broadcasters about the importance of money help on TV right now.’

Martin is up against and – who would be – as well as Alison Hammond, The Traitors presenter Claudia Winkleman and The Chase’s Bradley Walsh.

He’s up against Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (Picture: Dymond/Thames/Shutterstock)

Meanwhile, The Martin Lewis Money Show Live is up for best factual programme, against Clarkson’s Farm, Sort Your Life Out and

Earlier this year, it emerged that there was a chance of former colleagues , as they were both included in the longlist for the TV presenter category. But, neither of them have made the cut.

Elsewhere, the late is being honoured in the authored documentary category for her film Bowelbabe in Her Own Words, a film that aired on the BBC about her life following her terminal bowel cancer diagnosis, before her death in June 2022 at the age of 40.

The other nominees are singer Lewis Capaldi, for his programme How I’m Feeling Now, Busted’s Matt Willis for his film Fighting Addiction, and former professional rugby league player Rob Burrow’s Living with MND, having announced his motor neurone disease diagnosis in 2019.

The National Television Awards 2023 are due to take place on Tuesday September 5 and will air at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

National Television Awards 2023 nominations: List in full

New Drama

  • Beyond Paradise
  • Blue Lights
  • Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Wednesday

Reality Competition

  • Love Island
  • Race Across the World
  • SAS: Who Dares Wins
  • The Traitors

Authored Documentary

  • Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words
  • Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now
  • Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction
  • Rob Burrow: Living with MND

Returning Drama

  • Call the Midwife
  • Happy Valley
  • Stranger Things
  • Vera

TV Presenter

  • Alison Hammond
  • Ant & Dec
  • Bradley Walsh
  • Claudia Winkleman
  • Martin Lewis

Daytime

  • The Chase
  • This Morning
  • Loose Women
  • The Repair Shop

Factual

  • Clarkson’s Farm
  • Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs
  • Sort Your Life Out
  • The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

Drama Performance

  • Brenda Blethyn, DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera
  • India Amarteifio, Young Queen Charlotte, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • James Norton, Tommy Lee Royce, Happy Valley
  • Judy Parfitt, Sister Monica Joan, Call the Midwife
  • Sarah Lancashire, Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

  • Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
  • Gogglebox
  • I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
  • The Masked Singer

Serial Drama

  • Coronation Street
  • EastEnders
  • Emmerdale
  • Hollyoaks

TV Interview

  • Louis Theroux Interviews…
  • Piers Morgan Uncensored
  • The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show
  • The Graham Norton Show

Serial Drama Performance

  • Charlotte Jordan, Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street
  • Danielle Harold, Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders
  • Dominic Brunt, Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale
  • Maureen Lipman, Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street

Quiz Game Show

  • Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
  • Richard Osman’s House of Games
  • The1%Club
  • The Chase Celebrity Special

Rising Star

  • Benjamin Chivers, Isaac, The Devil’s Hour
  • Bobby Brazier, Freddie Slater, EastEnders
  • Channique Sterling-Brown, Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street
  • Lewis Cope, Nicky Milligan, Emmerdale

Comedy

  • Brassic
  • Ghosts
  • Ted Lasso
  • Young Sheldon

Talent Show

  • Britain’s Got Talent
  • Strictly Come Dancing
  • The Great British Bake Off
  • The Great British Sewing Bee