Added 2015-03-19 22:45:41 +0000 UTC
I hadn't mentioned this on Digi2000 as it'd obviously just be blatant showing off, and people seem to resent anyone taking pride in the things they've done... Yet I trust you all sufficiently that I hope you won't hate me for showing off on here instead - but I won a Royal Television Society Award this week, for my kids show 4 O'Clock Club. I know - BAFTA judge one week, RTS award for Best Children's Fiction the next... I've become a disgusting luvvie, for pity's sake. But there I was, sat on the CBBC table in a sea of celebrities - Les Dennis on the table directly in front of me, Sheridan Smith to my left, Keeley Hawes to my right, Bear Grylls somewhere over yonder, and the production team of The Paedophile Hunters behind me. My life isn't normally like that, I assure you - the awards ceremony was among the more surreal nights I've ever had. I even got spoken to by Melvyn Bragg, and an email of congratulations from the Director General of the BBC the next day. On the plus side... I looked like somebody dragged a tramp out of an underpass, and forced him to wear a dinner jacket. Anyway. Here you go. Me posing somewhat self-consciously with my bloody award, and my 4 O'Clock Club producer, like the member of the Illuminati I so obviously am.
Comments
Cheers all. Video coming soon - and I will indeed flash you my award. Matron.
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
2015-03-25 20:43:35 +0000 UTCI'm really pleased for you! Nice one! Q: What do you call a vampire who has a nose for handbags? A: Smell Von Bag! (Melvyn Bragg!) That award best be in the next video.
Ian Richardson
2015-03-20 18:53:52 +0000 UTCThat's wonderful news! Congrats on your richly-deserved win!
Peter
2015-03-20 12:11:42 +0000 UTCBrilliant, super chuffed for you.
John Matthews
2015-03-20 11:28:54 +0000 UTCNice one, Paul. It is nice to be recognised for the work you do when it's a labour of love. Enjoy the warm sense of achievement swiftly followed by the nagging sense of the next thing you need to do.
Barrie Ellis
2015-03-20 10:09:02 +0000 UTCFantastic, delighted for you, couldn't have happened to a nicer fellow. Such an achievement will stay with you for the rest of your life, when you're old and grey (er?) it'll be lovely to know your efforts were appreciated and your skills acknowledged - something few of us will sadly achieve !!
Antony Adler
2015-03-20 09:57:27 +0000 UTCCongratulations! From now on showing off is going to be called a 'Melvyn' brag.
2015-03-20 09:22:16 +0000 UTCMassive congratulations! I 'won' a 'RTS' once, playing as the Global Defence Initiative. It was a good time for me too, although Melvyn Bragg wasn't there.
2015-03-20 07:57:21 +0000 UTCMany congratulations on your victory Mr. R. I once won a book token at school so I too know the dizzying heights of success. The award must be displayed in the background of the next video, I insist. Just imagine the Peadophile Hunters team had been sat behind the CBBC table at the BAFTAS 40 years ago. Be like foxes in a henhouse...
2015-03-20 07:48:35 +0000 UTCCheers for that, young Adam.
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
2015-03-19 23:23:19 +0000 UTCCongrats! The RTS Award winning creator of Digitiser2000 has a nice ring to it.
Adam Humphreys
2015-03-19 23:21:06 +0000 UTCCheers, Davydd! I dunno about empire building - in my experience awards/nominations count for absolutely nothing, apart from being an excuse to show off. And get drunk.
Paul Rose (Mr Biffo)
2015-03-19 22:57:38 +0000 UTC
