Heggessey turns heads
Lorraine Heggessey, the chief executive of TalkbackThames, did something of a Holly Willoughby at the Royal Television Society programme awards last night, wowing the bash in a daring purple dress with a particularly plunging neckline. Guests struggled to concentrate on what the former controller of BBC1 was saying as she introduced the lifetime achievement award and the judges' award. Sir David Attenborough apparently won one of them but Monkey didn't hear.
Life on Marrs?
BBC2 had a good night at the awards, winning five in all including two for Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain. BBC2 controller Roly Keating was particularly excited, yelping with delight whenever his channel won a gong. Marr was more sanguine, asking who several of the winners were as they went up to collect their awards although a bottle of champagne seemed to perk up the usually chipper broadcaster.
Waititi gets more than a Pot Noodle
Most surprised winner of the night was Taika Waititi, also known as Taika Cohen, a writer and director on BBC4's US comedy import Flight of the Conchords, who didn't seem to know what to do when he went up to collect the award for best international show. The New Zealander told guests he didn't know what to say, but encouraged them to "come over to table 36 for a chat". Monkey hears that the Kiwi didn't even make a special trip to London for the bash - he was actually in town to film a Pot Noodle ad campaign.
