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A star studded event!!!
DATE: Monday 4th September EVENT: TV Choice & TV Quick Awards LOCATION: Dorchester Hotel, London TIME: A good one, had by all... DRESS: Very smart or in costume FOOD: Beyond plush DRINK: Plentiful ACCOMODATION: Five Stars + COMPANY: Five Stars + GLAMOUR RANK: Off the scale FUN SCORE: Belly Laughs all round | We were invited to an amazing evening, you could even say that it was star studded, for there were many stars and quite a few studs (Gav and I for example, yeah right!). Matt and David couldn't make it to the TV Choice and TV Quick Awards and we were requested to attend and collect the award for Best Comedy.
Let that sink in for a bit. Yes, little ol' Littler Britain there to collect the award for Little Britain as "Best Comedy Show 2006" voted for by the readers of TV Choice and TV Quick.
The Dorchester alone was an amazing place, top class, grand without being grandious, opulent without being ostentatious, elegant without being effite the perfect backdrop for the evenings event.
We arrived early due to a very smooth journey to the Dorchester which to allowed time for finding our room, changing and generally settling ourselves in. We even managed a drink (coffee) at the bar! Now what follows next is Gavin's story, I wasn't with him to verify it, but I think that it did happen if his hyper-activity was anything to go by. He shared a lift for 7 floors with none other than Hollywoods leading actress Nicole Kidman. Yup, Nicole 'thankfully free of the Cruiser' Kidman. She was in the hotel, that much we do know as true. But Gav was all a dither and that takes something I can tell you. So, guess it must be true, Nicole Kidman and He plus boyfriend, (Nicoles not Gav's) shared a lift ride.
 Dr. Harry Hill will see you now. My thumbs develop a case of arthritis, Gav's 'Pointy Finger' flares up too.
Linda from the Awards commitee was delighted to see us, and was efficiency personified even if her shoes did hurt (!!!!). We were then into the whole ceremony. Harry Hill presiding, we had had a brief encounter with him earlier but he was a little confused by us saying "see you on stage later". Bet he was think "Which soap are they from then?".
We get ready in a room provided for us and slip down to a backstage holding area for our appearance as Andy and Lou. And then, it all happened in a bit of a blur the award was announced, we wheel out, down some steps (uggghhh!) and up onto the stage. Enough time for a "I want that one" and a "Andy are you sure?" and we were out of there with the squeals of delight and laughter ringing in our ears.
 Apparently all pictures of David Tennant and Billy are Black & White |
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If you have ever faced a press scrum then skip on as you'll not want the painful memories to be resurfaced, if you haven't then read on but be warned, it's savage.
If you are not aware of such matters, then let's explain. The press is seperated into different strata, the "In-house" interviews and pics, then the special invited press, photographers and roving reporters with mics and cameras. And finally outside the serried ranks of the unwashed Paparazzi who have to shove and tussle for scraps off the plate. We bypass the inhouse interviews as they are talking to David Tennant and Billy Piper (Dr. Who and Rose) who won Best Male and Female Actor awards. Obviously bigger fish than us. We were pounced upon by the dozen or so specially invited inside snappers. |
We thought it was all over then, but oh no.
We get asked to stop by the guest photographers who fire off a relentless barrage of shots, each one accompanied with a loud pop and extremely bright flash. No really, really, really bright, it makes your average camera flash look like struck match next to a Lighthouse. And they go off in quick random succession and in between you get an ascending high pitched tone telling you how the recharging process is proceeding. Pop, wheeeeeeeee. Pop, wheeeeeeee. Pop, wheeeeee times ten over and over. That would be disconcerting enough, however a barrage of requests and orders are also fired at you. David, here. NO. DAVID HERE. NOOOO. DAVID HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Matt, Matt, Matt, MATT, MATTTT. MATTTTTYYY, Matt, Matty, Matty, Matty, Matt boy. And each is trying to out do, out shoot, out shout, the others let me tell you. Intense is too restrained a word. Then as quickly as it started it's over, you're yesterdays news. Actually your tomorrow's news, but that's just the pedant in me talking.
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 Dr. Who stars Noel and Camille AKA Mikey and Jackie. Don't they look a lovely couple...
 Is the Dr. in? Only my thumb's playing up.
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We then leave the in-house press scrum wheel around the corner and out onto the red carpet. Gulp. There are about 100 photographers and if the last lot were bad they were positively Matron Aunts in comparison to the outside Paparazzi. Whose rude, intrusive braying pleadings for you to look their way instantly annoyed. A please or a thank you would win the day guys, it really would. The flash bulbs were so bright and so many in number that it's a white out, you see nothing, your eyesight gets saturated with a billion kilowatts of brightness. Now I know why they are calkled Stars because that is what I was seeing for about ten minutes after. White hot pin pricks of light scorched into my retinas, flicking about wherever I looked, with comet trails for added special effects.
 Gav and Dec maybe?
 Ant and Gav? Possibly? Get some treatment for the pointy finger though.
We followed a nice concierge chap around to the front of the building and was readmitted into the furore. Which we absconded from and got changed still clutching the award, which was very heavy and when had finished with it covered in fingerprints, which we dutifully polished off.
 Stuart asks Tamsin "Green Wing" Grieg for her medical opinion on his artritic thumb. Looks like 'pointy finger' is rampant tonight.
We then returned to the throng, informed Linda of the cpnfusion about our exit and she went off to inform any confused snappers that we were not actually Matt and David themselves. Whilst she was gone we watched the last of the ceremony from the back, Paul O'Grady's speech mainly. And then it was time for rubbing shoulders with the great and the good at the after show party. All the pics below were taken there and we would like to thank all those who took time out of a hectic night's schedule to pose and chat with us. Big ups go out to our mate Robert Kazinsky, whose transfer from Harchester to Eastenders has been a wonderful move for him, he's an actor who's gonna be big, Hollywood here he comes. Well done Robert see you at the next awards!!!
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 Stuart shows Eastenders Sue Edwards & Perry Fenwick his arthritic thumb
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 Gav accosts Robert Kazinsky. Again. The arthritis appears to be catching too.
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So without any ado here is a full run down of the winners of the night followed by some more pics.
The 2006 TV Quick and TV Choice Award Winners are:
Best Drama - Doctor Who Best Actor - David Tennant (Dr. Who) Best Actress - Billie Piper (Dr. Who)
Best Soap - Eastenders Best Soap Storyline - Coronation Street Best Soap Actor - Bradley Walsh (Coronation St.) Best Soap Actress - Ursula Holden-Gill (Emmerdale) Best Soap Newcomer - Charlie Clements (Eastenders)
Best Entertainment Show - Strictly Come Dancing Best Lifestyle Show - Location, Location, Location Best New Drama - Waterloo Road Best Factual Show - Supernanny
Best Daytime Show - Deal Or No Deal Best Reality Show - I'm A Celebrity Best Comedy - Little Britain Best International Series - CSI:Crime Scene Investigation
 TV Choice and TV Quick Award 2006 Little Britain Best Comedy
 TVQuick & TVChoice Awards 2006 Best Comedy Show Little Britain
 Gav: "Is Mr. Blobby the Banker?" Sir Noel of Edmonds: "No!"
 Jimmy Carr has heard about Stu's Artrthritis and is worried it's catching
 Trudie "the Bill" Goodwin and Ol' 'gnarly thumb' Morrison |
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 Trudie "The Bill" Goodwin and Mr. "Take the mickey out of Stu" Gav
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We hope you enjoyed the review, if you have any questions drop us a line, only too glad to chat. |