so welcome thank you first of all to all
of you for joining us here this evening
the beautiful Royal Festival Hall for
our annual celebration of the finest
television this country has to offer
honestly so much great TV isn't there I
tell you you've all been working harder
than the plug in air freshener at the
Ecuadorian Embassy that's hard that is
working there if you have tuned in to
see the final episode of line of duty
I'm afraid you miss that that was last
week
but say all you need to know is it's not
a spoiler nobody knows what it means
touching its straws we just knowledge
even though everyone loved it the
interviews are they're incredible a more
forensically detailed interrogation of
times date and mobile phone data hasn't
been seen since that time Sean Walsh got
home late from strictly practice
yeah yes snog one dancer now ladies and
gentlemen as we all know the country
became bitterly divided this year after
a controversial extension was granted to
give more time people were angry
particularly as Raul then went on to win
bagels every week after an error of
judgment a baker gets kicked out this
week it was Danny literally a
showstopper
it felt like things really moved on this
year you know we now have a female host
of question time and all female lineup a
Newsnight it's fantastic don't integrate
for a quality but it saves the BBC a
fortune
don't clap of that test daily full
disclosure by the way a woman wrote that
joke I'm just reading these things aloud
okay vision has continued air to embrace
the modern LGBTQ world with programs
such as butterfly queer I and soon to
come
drag race UK yeah I know not to mention
Danny Dyer's brave decision to live
simultaneously as a middle-aged man at a
young woman beautiful beautiful one of
my favorite TV modes of the year was
when bears the Happy Mondays went on
bargain hunt
if you're watching bears seriously that
did happen you did do it hey and what
about killing Eve ladies and gentlemen
Jody comer and Sandra Oh Oh have you
ever seen such an enthralling love/hate
rivalry played out between two actresses
on television well keep watching because
they can't both win tonight
hey let's mention the brass documentary
there boys
it was must-see television now a lot of
people have argued about which one
emerged with the most dignity well I
tell him balance it's probably the
basest Craig took time to take part pili
horse with a bodyguard she's here hello
I feel I should say hello now because of
jade mercury has anything to do with it
you won't see the end of the show will
you know or will she now if you are
going to do a speech tonight if you are
a winner please be like David Budd in
The Bodyguard and say as few words as
possible yeah when it comes to award
shows I have a mantra it's the same one
I use before sex the sooner we start the
sooner we finish so let's take a look at
what fantastic year we've had in TV