CHARLIE BROOKER: Blimey, okay. I did not expect that. This is mildly terrifying. 2016 was a pretty horrible year, I thought. So to receive an award for summarising it is a bit like being commended for doing a really accurate painting of a haemorrhoid.
(Laughter)
Anyway, I would like to thank — personally I would like to thank my wife, who puts up with this. This is the team who make the show. It is a huge team effort, so everybody chips in.
(Applause)
And I would like to thank Shane and Alex at the BBC. Everybody here, literally everybody works much harder than I do. And hopefully, by the time we get to 2017 wipe, we will have a less awful year to summarise. This is really awful. You are all staring at me. Stop judging me, monsters!
Thank you very much.
(Applause)
