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LOOK IT’S ME AT THE BAFTAS (thanks to daleknek for posting the picture):
It’s my ‘taking art seriously’ face :D
So my great friend and flatmate Charlie presented an award at the BAFTAs a few days ago, and was gracious enough to take me along to the show, as well as the BAFTA after-party (or the Bafter-party, as I never call it). The ceremony itself was really cool – everyone was wonderful and chatty (I had a charming exchange with Sheila Hancock before it all took off), and people were in fun high spirits throughout. And it was an excuse to wear my suit, which is always nice.
The party, though, was something else. It was in the Natural History Museum. In the bit where the dinosaur was. A PARTY. IN A MUSEUM. There was music, and free champagne, and everyone important to British film and television, all there, chatting, hanging out. James Nesbitt would walk by Ben Miller and they’d hug and grin and catch up on old times. I saw that everywhere, people just being friendly and lovely. Everyone was approachable. I congratulated Ant and Dec on their BAFTA win, and they thought it was lovely that I took the time to say hello. We bumped into Graham Norton and Michael McIntyre, both of which were keenly interested in what Charlie does on YouTube and chatted with him at length about it, not in a patronising way, but with genuine interest. I had a chat with Steven Moffat about Doctor Who in which we discovered that he’d heard Charlie’s song Blink. I briefly said hello to Jane Lynch and told her what a huge fan of Glee I was and wished her a good night, and she was very gracious to me as she got pulled into the crowd by the many other people who wanted her attention. And Charlie and I stood under the dinosaur with Professor Brian Cox, the former drinking lemonade while the rest shipped champagne, and talked about how beautiful it all was.
I could go on, but I don’t want this to be a big name-drop post, cos that’s not the point of it. The point is just illustrating how wonderful these people are, and how much I enjoyed being in their environment for the evening. I had a lovely time, and if you ever get the chance to attend a Bafter-party, I highly recommend that you do :D
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