I Talk Telly Awards 2023 were won by Good Omens, Staged, David and Michael and David! 🥳🥳🥳❤❤❤
Acceptance Speech for BEST COMEDY PARTNERSHIP - DAVID TENNANT & MICHAEL SHEEN - STAGED
David: Hello, everybody. David Tennant here from TV's Staged. Just dropping by to the I Talk Telly Awards to say... thank you because we are very thrilled to have won an award for Staged.
Georgia: Oh, that's nice.
David: Yeah.
Georgia: What's it for?
David: Best Comedy partnership.
Georgia: Oh, right. For erm.
David: For me and...
Georgia: You and Michael.
David: Me and Michael.
Georgia: Ok. That's... That's nice.
David: You know what that means, Georgia.
Georgia: No, I'm not doing it again.
David: Yeah, it's time.
Georgia: No, I'm not doing it again.
David: You've got to.
Georgia: David, I'm not doing it again.
David: You've got to.
Georgia: Everyone else has moved on and you need to too.
David: It's impolite. We've got to say thank you properly for the award to the lovely people who voted. We love them very much. Go on...
Georgia: I don't wanna do it.
David: Do it.
[Georgia holds big cardboard head of Michael Sheen in front of herself]
David: Heeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy! Michaeeeeel! Michael Sheen and David Tennant here saying thank you for recognizing us as Best Comedy Partnership. Very kind. We're thrilled, aren't we, Michael?
[The cardboard head of Michael nods]
David: Anything else you want to say, Michael?
[The cardboard head of Michael shakes as no]
David: Anything at all?
[The cardboard head of Michael shakes as no]
David: Say something in Welsh.
Georgia behind the head: I don't want to say anything in Welsh.
David: Must be something you could say in Welsh.
Georgia behind the head: I don't want to say anything in Welsh.
David: Thanks everybody! Iechyd da! [= Cheers in Welsh]
Acceptance Speech for BEST RETURNING COMEDY - STAGED
[There is Anna and Lyra, with Cardboard Georgia and Cardboard David]
Lyra: Thank you everyone for voting for Staged!
Anna whispers: For Best Returning Comedy.
Lyra: For Best Returning Comedy.
Acceptance Speech for BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE - DAVID TENNANT - LITVINENKO
David: Hello. Welcome to backstage at the Domar Warehouse. I just stepped out of rehearsals for a second because I want to say thank you so much for this award. Litvinenko was such a very special project to be part of. It meant so much to all of us who were involved in telling Sasha Litvinenko's story. It wasn't just another job. We were telling the story of an extraordinary man and his extraordinary family. It was an honour to portray him. And it means so much to have it recognized in this way. Marina Litvinenko and Anatoly, her son, were extraordinary human beings to get to know. And to be entrusted with their story is something that I will be forever proud of. So this means a great deal. So thank you to everyone who voted and thank you to I Talk Telly. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much.
We don't have an acceptance speech but Good Omens won in the BEST RETURNING DRAMA category! :)
Three point turn? Nah, that turn had enough points that I could have used it as set up for the forbidden sin of human transmutation and accidentally disintegrated my brother
the picture used when announcing the winner for the best comedy partnership that david and michael won:
does originally include anna:
I completely forgot she was even there to begin with. also, interesting choice to edit a photo like that rather than use one just with michael and david to begin with.
Oh, man. I don't know why this managed to totally escaped my notice the other day, but you are absolutely right! Thank you for pointing this out.
And I am with you, I somehow also forgot that Anna was in the original picture, which seems to speak to how memorable she was in season 3 of Staged (as I recall, she actually had less screen time in season 3 than either of the other two, and Georgia had more, interestingly enough).
What's fascinating to me is exactly what you said, however. That instead of using any one of the numerous already existing shots of Michael and David together in S3, they chose this one and edited her out of it. And not only was AL edited out of the shot, they also edited David and Michael to be closer together. I mean...there are choices, and then there are choices, and that was most definitely A Choice.
It somehow doesn't feel like an accident, either. Especially not when we consider that something like this has happened with previous awards. As we all vividly remember, David received an NTA in 2021 that was presented to him by Michael. At the time, the NTA Instagram page was posting pictures of the winners in each category, and every picture was of the winner either giving their acceptance speech at the podium, or by themselves in the press room.
Except...this was the picture they used for David:
To me, this always felt like an inkling of the press knowing something without actually saying it (especially given that the Radio Times also referred to Michael and David as a handsome couple that same night). And to now have the blatant editing of that I Talk Telly graphic two years later, is well...really quite something, when you put it all together.
So yes, that is very definitely an interesting choice, and I am honestly wondering if they just assumed no one would notice or realize. (Which it seems many didn't, as everyone was talking a lot about Michael being absent from the acceptance speech videos, but you are the first person I've seen say anything about her being absent from the photo). I am glad you did notice, however, so that we could discuss it...
Martin and Breeders have been nominated for the I Talk Telly Awards 2023. It's decided by public vote, so there is no chance that he'll win. 🥲 (Got to be realistic here. xD )
Martin and Breeders are nominated for
Best Returning Comedy - Breeders
Best Comedy Partnership - Daisy Haggard & Martin Freeman (Breeders)
You can vote here: >>> click <<<
Winners will be revealed at
10am on 10th December 2023