'Time for booze!': Host Graham Norton, 52, tickles audience at TV BAFTA Awards... before collecting Comedy gong He was, of course...

'Time for booze!': Host Graham Norton, 52, tickles audience at TV BAFTA Awards... before collecting Comedy gong

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'Time for booze!': Host Graham Norton, 52, tickles audience at TV BAFTA Awards... before collecting Comedy gong


He was, of course, the host of this year's BAFTA Television Awards.
But Graham Norton also found himself winning one the evening's accolades in what must've been a welcome double-whammy for the affable star.
Not only did the 52 year-old host the show at London's Theatre Royal, but he also collected the Best Comedy Entertainment Programme accolade.  
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Winner: Graham Norton hosted the BAFTA show at London's Theatre Royal, but he also collected the Best Comedy Entertainment Programme accolade
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Winner: Graham Norton hosted the BAFTA show at London's Theatre Royal, but he also collected the Best Comedy Entertainment Programme accolade
Dressed in his typically garish style, the Irish performer wore a migraine-inducing jacket with black trousers, shirt and bow-tie.
Keen to cut a youthful figure, he also sported a East London-inspired beard in the hope of appearing on-trend, and he certainly did.
Still, his performance as the presenter seemed to largely impress guests and viewers alike.  
Try hard? Keen to cut a youthful figure, he sported an East London-inspired beard to appear on-trend
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Try hard? Keen to cut a youthful figure, he sported an East London-inspired beard to appear on-trend
Mixed response: Deliberately topical, his jokes ranged from the recent General Election to the recent jeremy Clarkson furore with BBC's Top Gear
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Mixed response: Deliberately topical, his jokes ranged from the recent General Election to the recent jeremy Clarkson furore with BBC's Top Gear
Deliberately topical, his jokes ranged from the recent General Election to the recent jeremy Clarkson furore with BBC's Top Gear.
'The election results are in and the country is largely blue. Very blue. Really, really blue,' he quipped, before: 'We bid farewell to Clegg, Miliband and Farage. On the up side, the makers of Top Gear have had an idea.'
He also made some industry gags, including: 'The general public – so close to showbiz fame and yet so far. A bit like the winners of the Voice.'
Jokes all-round: Graham kept it topical with his presenting of the BAFTAs, mocking the recent election among other things
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Jokes all-round: Graham kept it topical with his presenting of the BAFTAs, mocking the recent election among other things
True entertainer: Graham pleased the audience at home and at the Theatre Royal
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True entertainer: Graham pleased the audience at home and at the Theatre Royal
But, by the end of the evening he was also presented with the gong for his TV series.
Accepting the accolade, he said: 'Really!? Thank you, that's very nice. Now, lots of the team are coming up. All I would say is we're all lucky here, we're nominees and in good things.
'But most of us have been in great big strinkers, turkeys so big they can't fit in a great big oven. But when you're in a stinker, you never blame yourself, it's never your fault you always say 'oh I don't know why they broadcast it then etc.'
'So equally when you're in something good, it's nothing to do with you either. It's all these people.' 
Hard to miss: Dressed in his typically garish style, the Irish performer wore a migraine-inducing jacket with black trousers, shirt and bow-tie
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Hard to miss: Dressed in his typically garish style, the Irish performer wore a migraine-inducing jacket with black trousers, shirt and bow-tie
Good end to the night! Backstage he was pictured clasping the iconic award before taking to Twitter to say: 'And Bafta is over for another year. Amazing how winning cheers the evening up!'
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Good end to the night! Backstage he was pictured clasping the iconic award before taking to Twitter to say: 'And Bafta is over for another year. Amazing how winning cheers the evening up!'
Backstage he was pictured clasping the iconic award before taking to Twitter to say: 'And Bafta is over for another year. Amazing how winning cheers the evening up!'. 
He then added: '#baftatv #timeforbooze' before attending the afterparty. 
The award was the eighth of his TV career. 
Strike a pose: Graham cosies-up to a larger-than-life version of the famous BAFTA icon
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Strike a pose: Graham cosies-up to a larger-than-life version of the famous BAFTA icon
Surprisingly gracious: 'Thank you, that's very nice. All I would say is we're all lucky here, we're nominees and in good things,' he said accepting the gong
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Surprisingly gracious: 'Thank you, that's very nice. All I would say is we're all lucky here, we're nominees and in good things,' he said accepting the gong
Pleased: The 52 year-old was clearly delighted to have won the award - the eighth of his TV career to date
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Pleased: The 52 year-old was clearly delighted to have won the award - the eighth of his TV career to date
Joking around: The veteran comedian thanked his entire team for the success he enjoyed on Sunday 
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Joking around: The veteran comedian thanked his entire team for the success he enjoyed on Sunday 

BAFTA TELEVISION AWARDS 2015 WINNER'S LIST

Leading Actor
WINNER: Jason Watkins - The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries
 Toby Jones - Marvellous
James Nesbitt - The Missing
Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock 

Leading Actress
WINNER: Georgina Campbell - Murdered By My Boyfriend
Keeley Hawes - Line of Duty
Sarah Lancashire - Happy Valley
Sheridan Smith - Cilla

Supporting Actor
WINNER: Stephen Rea - The Honourable Woman
Adeel Akhtar - Utopia
James Norton - Happy Valley
Ken Stott - The Missing

Supporting Actress
WINNER: Gemma Jones - Marvellous
Vicky McClure - Line of Duty
Amanda Redman - Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This
Charlotte Spencer - Glue

Mini-series
WINNER: The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies
Cilla 
Our World War
Prey

Drama Series
WINNER: Happy Valley
Line of Duty
The Missing
Peaky Blinders

Soap & Continuing Drama
WINNER: Coronation Street
Casualty 
EastEnders
Hollyoaks

Entertainment Programme
WINNER: Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Dynamo: Magician Impossible
Strictly Come Dancing
The Voice

Specialist Factual
WINNER: Grayson Perry: Who Are You?
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies 
The Great War: The People's Story
Our Gay Wedding: The Musical

Single Documentary
WINNER: The Paedophile Hunter
Baby P: The Untold Story
Children of Syria
The Miners Strike and Me

Current Affairs
WINNER: Children of the Frontline - Dispatchers
Ebola Frontline - Panorama
Inside Kenya's Death Squads - al Jazeera Investigates
Terror at the Mall - This World

News Coverage
WINNER: Sky News Live at Five: Ebola 
BBC News at Ten
Channel 4 News - Inside Gaza: Children Under Fire
ITV News at Ten

Special Award
WINNER: Jeff Pope 

Entertainment Performance
WINNER:  Ant & Dec - Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Leigh Francis - Celebrity Juice
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show
Claudia Winkleman - Strictly Come Dancing

Female Performance In A Comedy Programme
WINNER: Jessica Hynes - W1A
Olivia Colman - Rev
Tamsin Greig - Episodes 
Catherine Tate - Catherine Tate's Nan

Male Performance In A Comedy Programme
WINNER: Matt Berry - Toast of London
Hugh Bonneville - W1A
Tom Hollander - Rev
Brendan O'Carroll - Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas special

Single Drama
WINNER: Marvellous
A Poet In New York
Common 
Murdered By My Boyfriend

Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme
WINNER: The Graham Norton Show 
Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe 
Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle
Would I Lie to You?

Reality & Constructed Factual
WINNER: The Island with Bear Grylls
The Apprentice
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
The Undateables

Scripted Comedy
WINNER: Detectorists
Harry & Paul's Story of the Twos
Moone Boy
The Wrong Mans

International
WINNER: True Detective
The Good Wife
House of Cards
Orange is the New Black

Factual Series
WINNER: Life and Death Row
15,000 Kids and Counting
Educating the East End 
Protecting Our Parents

Features
WINNER: Grand Designs
George Clark's Amazing Places 
The Great British Bake Off
Long Lost Family

Sport & Live Event
WINNER: WW1 Remembered - From the Battlefield & Westminster Abbey
2014 FA Cup Semi final Hull City v Sheffield United
Monty Python (Mostly) Live: One Down, Five To Go
Tour de France 

Radio Times Audience Award (public vote)
WINNER: Sherlock 
Cilla
EastEnders
Game of Thrones
The Great British Bake Off
The Missing
Strictly Come Dancing



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