The Edinburgh TV Festival has announced that the TV Awards’ Outstanding Achievement Award for 2026 will be given to Davina McCall.
Her credits run from her TV debut on MTV and playing Cupid on Streetmate to her decade hosting Big Brother, as well as fronting multiple shows including BAFTA award winning series Long Lost Family, Million Pound Drop and The Masked Singer.
In recent years, McCall has also become an outspoken champion and advocate for more public discourse around menopause and women’s health, including through her documentaries Sex, Myths and the Menopause and Sex, Mind and the Menopause.
At this year’s Festival, McCall will be in conversation to reflect on her career as one of the UK’s most in demand TV talents.
McCall said; “I can’t quite believe that I’ve been awarded such an honour for doing something I love so much. I have been very lucky to have worked on many amazing shows and with many incredible people over my career, and have learnt so much along the way. To be given the Outstanding Achievement Award is huge and I can’t wait to look back at the last 30 years in the session at Edinburgh this summer.”
Previous winners of the Outstanding Achievement Award include Lenny Henry, Claudia Winkleman, Jodie Comer, David Harewood and Hugh Laurie.
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