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Awkward moment at the BAFTAs for Ant and Dec as I'm A Celebrity wins best reality award

Ant and Dec grappled with an awkward moment at Sunday night's BAFTAs, when I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here, came out top of its category.

Geordie presenter Ant McPartlin stepped away from his usual spot on the reality show beside best pal Declan Donnelly last year, following a conviction for drink driving .

His role was filled by Holly Willoughby, but when the show was announced as the winner of the best reality and constructed entertainment prize, Ant had to join the team on stage.

Ant and Dec were nominated together for ITV1's Saturday Night Takeaway in the best presenter category, while Britain's Got Talent won best entertainment programme at Sunday's ceremony - but this particular award wasn't for Ant.

It looked like an uncomfortable moment all round, but the pair managed to turn it into a joke.

Clapping Holly on the back, Ant shepherded her towards the podium to claim the prize.

Turning to Holly, Dec laughed "oh yes, you were in it weren't you?"

Accepting the award, he then said: "Wow, wow... Thank you BAFTA, thank you ITV for your continued support, thank you everyone.

"This obviously goes to a very hard and dedicated production team both her and in Australia, our crew in Australia work incredibly hard. I'd like to say thank you to Holly for helping me out last year, who did a fantastic job standing in for Ant, who has reluctantly come up here tonight, there he is, because he's still part of the team obviously, so we wanted him up here to celebrate with us as well."

Thanking the BAFTA team again, he called the award "a wonderful surprise".

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