DANNY Dyer was the main man at last night’s TV Baftas — as he scooped his first award.
He received a huge round of applause as he made his way to collect his Male Comedy Performance trophy for Sky’s and then, in characteristic style, dropped an F-bomb.
He joyfully shouted: “I f***ing done it.”;;
Host later had to apologise.
Former star , at the bash at London’s Royal Festival Hall with daughter , went on: “Comedy performance? They thought my acting was so bad.”;;
And he jumped at the chance to take the mickey out of the fact he often plays bad boy roles.
Praising co-star , he joked: “He’s one of the greatest things to come out of Rotherham. That’s not saying much.”;;
He then added: “He’s one of the best actors this country’s ever produced and he’s never done the same thing twice — which isn’t something I can say.”;;
Despite Danny’s popular win, the again overlooked most of Britain’s biggest and most talked about shows.
Instead, judges dished out gongs to programmes and actors few viewers knew.
, and BBC One’s and got just one award each.
Hugely popular shows such as BBC One’s and drama were snubbed.
The Bafta panel’s surprising choices included giving the Entertainment Performance gong to campaigning comedian
Fellow nominees , , , and Romesh Ranganathan all missed out.
Leading Actor and Supporting Actor awards went to Lennie James and Ariyon Bakare respectively, for BBC One drama Mr Loverman, about a gay Antigua-born Londoner living his life in the closet.
Mr Bates Vs the Post Office stars and were nominated for Leading Actress and Leading Actor.
But it won only the Limited Series prize.
Speaking afterwards, writer Gwyneth Hughes said the win would be of huge importance as the victims of the scandal are still fighting for justice.
She said: “It’s not over yet, it’s a complicated situation and no one seems to know what has happened. But us being on the front page with our will get it back in people’s minds again.”;;
Baby Reindeer was nominated in the same three categories as Mr Bates but won only the Supporting Actress award, gleefully received by .
She explained how the show had captured the imagination of the country when it was released on last April.
She recalled: “My family and I went on holiday to Wales when it first came out.
“There was this school group there and they were like, ‘Are you the little reindeer?’ And then round the corner, there this guy who was, I think, in his 90s and like, ‘Congratulations on the reindeer show’.
“In what world would you get this scope of so many people had seen it? I don’t think there’s been much like that, really — something that’s kind of attracted the attention of all different types of people.”;;
Less well-known dramas given the nod included BBC One banking drama Industry with named Leading Actress.
Memorable Moment Award was won by and blind waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone on Strictly last year.
Dianne accepted it and read out a message from funnyman Chris which joked: “After 22 years in comedy . . . a Bafta for dancing. I’ll take it but please let them all know, it hurts.”;;
