And so to Telegraph TV's Bafta red carpet preview, starring the Daily Telegraph diarist Celia Walden. Kinda like Live! TV's news bunny - but lacking his poise. Or wit. Five minutes, 53 seconds, most of which was banal inanity, apart from the bits that were inane banality. Celia intoned: "We are going to be talking to some of the biggest stars around the world, Cate Blanchett is going to be here." Except that she wasn't. "We are going to be talking to whomever we can get our hands on." For Celia, that meant one Piers Morgan, former Daily Mirror editor and, er ... her boyfriend, who appears two minutes in. Monkey reproduces the exchange:
Walden: "Mr Morgan, a quick comment."
Morgan: "You look fit." [Or he might have said thin, Monkey couldn't tell]
Walden: "Are you coming to terms with fame, do you think?"
Morgan: "Well, I would like to be more famous. It is hard to imagine how - but I would like to be. What I really need is a trophy wife."
Celia: [Throaty guffaws. Much microphone waving] "Huhuhuh. Okay, enjoy your evening."
No doubt he did.
