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The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration - Winners' acceptance speech, Live Event, Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards in 2017

14 May 2017

Winner's acceptance speech by on behalf of the Production Team for The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration in the Live Event category

ANT MCPARTLIN:  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Oh, it is nice it fell to us to accept this award.

DEC DONNELLY:  This is nice.

ANT MCPARTLIN:  How lovely.

DEC DONNELLY:  That is very nice indeed.

ANT MCPARTLIN:  Very nice.

DEC DONNELLY:  Thank you so much to ...

 ANT MCPARTLIN:  Oh no, hello.  These guys worked on it. I don't know their names.

DEC DONNELLY:  Thank you so much to ITV.  Thank you to the  huge production team who put this whole thing together -- these three, basically.  And it was an amazing, amazing ceremony, an amazing evening.

 ANT MCPARTLIN:  It was all night.  A good night.  Very good night.

DEC DONNELLY:  But a lovely night.  I think that is all the thanks, isn't it?

ANT MCPARTLIN:  Well, thanks to Her Majesty.

 DEC DONNELLY:  Her Majesty the Queen, of course.

ANT MCPARTLIN:  It was her house we had it at!

DEC DONNELLY:  I suppose!

ANT MCPARTLIN:  Her house and lots of horses.

DEC DONNELLY:  Thank you, your majesty.  In fact, we should probably send that to her.

ANT MCPARTLIN:  We will take it to her.

DEC DONNELLY:  We'll take it!

ANT MCPARTLIN:  Pop round tomorrow, pop the kettle on.

DEC DONNELLY:  Ma'am, this one is for you.  We will pop round and deliver it.  You can have the BAFTA. Thank you so much.  Yeah, we will have a lovely evening.

ANT MCPARTLIN:  We've said enough, let's go.

DEC DONNELLY:  Let's go. Enjoy the night.  Thanks, everybody.

NEW SPEAKER:  Just one more thank you as well to Simon Brooks-Ward and everybody else at HPower, who put this event on.  So thank you to them.  Thank you.

(Applause)