Monday 28 May 2012

The Teen, The BAFTAs, that Cumberbatch boy, and Me.

So last night the Teen and I hot footed it down to the Royal Festival Hall for the BAFTA TV awards. In the car on the way there, my "usual" route to Waterloo, I realised how far I'd come. Normally I'd be sitting, cushion under the seatbelt, on my way to Guy's or St Thomas's for treatment, wearing loose clothing, a headscarf, and a grimace. Last night I wore a dress, high heels, short hair (OK, VERY short hair), and a smile. And what a time we had!

As a Southbank member, I was able to get a couple of tickets to the event and even though, when I bought them I had only just completed my treatment, I was determined to be well enough to go. Teen and I dressed up and off we went, all excited at the possibility of seeing Benedict Cumberbatch, and all the others too, of course. We had to arrive before all the celebrities (dammit) but we did get to walk the red carpet (actually red, white and blue carpet) which was hugely exciting.
I have no idea who these people are!

Then we made our way upstairs and hung over the balcony watching the arrivals. Even then, before it had even started, the atmosphere was wonderful with everyone talking to each other (how un-British) and pointing out all the famous people. I was relieved when the Cumberbatch boy arrived because the Teen was so desperate to see him, but I have to say, I was rather keen to see Rupert Penry-Jones!
Before it all started.

The event itself was glittering and lovely and rather a thrill. Moriarty (Andrew Scott) won best supporting actor to a barrage of screams and applause and, oh, he was so sweet. Cumberbatch didn't win - the best actor award went to Dominic West. It was rather funny though that when they played the clips of the nominees, you could hear nothing of the Cumberbatch clip because of the screams. Yes, from me and the Teen as well. The best part of the evening for me, however, wasn't who was there or what happened on stage, it was just being there with my lovely daughter. Her face as Cumberbatch and Matt Smith came on stage to present Stephen Moffat with his award was just the best thing ever. Her two favourites on stage at the same time and she was there!
The Teen (who won't thank me for posting this)!

The most moving thing was watching Terry Pratchett receiving the award for best single documentary, Choosing to Die. It took him ages to get to the stage and he looked so slight, but his speech was so heartfelt and humble.

So, all in all, we had a fantastic evening. I said I would go and I did. I dressed up (with thanks to my sister for the dress). I laughed, I cheered, I screamed (just a bit) and I was able to forget the past six months completely. Oh, and we got chocolates!


14 comments:

  1. Love it Sue! Am so pleased you had such an amazing time - you deserved it xx

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    1. It was so good! And I got to buy fab shoes beforehand.

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    1. We're already looking forward to next year!

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  3. Sounds like a totally fab time! Now, is there by any remote chance some of that chocolate left???

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    1. Of course not! Teen ate hers before it even started. I polished mine off the next day. They were very sweet. Mini Bafta heads. You would have liked them! :-)

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  4. Hurrah - what a fab write-up. Teen-Girl looks awesome. Also, please tell her that she's now who I see in my head when I think about Kit's cousin, Megan.

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  5. Great post. So pleased you had a lovely time. I prefer Dominic West - he's awesome in The Wire.

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    1. I can totally see why he won but, really, that Cumberbatch has the popular vote!

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  6. Glad that you had such a great time (and quite glad I missed all that high-frequency noise!)

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    1. I'm afraid even I was at it! Got a bit too excited I think! :-)

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  7. great post. set my day off smiling.

    i just had to look up rupert penry-jones, as i don't get to see too much british t.v. here in the u.s. (well not as much as I would like to) and can't keep up.

    I loved whitechapel. He was my favourite. We've just finished Sherlock Holmes and I loved both of them in it - and Moriaty was a blast. Creepy little scary guy, loved him. Glad he won.

    Your daughter looked lovely :)

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    1. Whitechapel's great isn't it? Although I haven't seen the third - allegedly very scary - series. Only the first two. Do you get Silk? He's in that too. And, thank you. Laura did look lovely! :-)

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