Martin Lewis moaned about the three-hour long BAFTA ceremony with no break on social media on Sunday as he was forced to bring his own snacks.
The TV financial expert, 54, complained he had ‘no signal’ to use his phone during the awards and revealed the peculiar snacks he ‘snuck’ into the Royal Festival Hall.
Martin explained that halfway through the bash he enjoyed ‘popchips, Maltesers and a banana’ while sat in the star-studded audience.
Posing for a selfie from his seat with glamorous wife Lara Lewington, Martin wrote: ‘Halfway through the #Baftas, great fun but a three hour record, no break.
‘Very glad I snuck in popchips, Maltesers and a banana. No idea when this will send though. No signal.’
Despite there not being any breaks during the BAFTA Awards, Martin seemed happier than ever as he received the honour in recognition of his ‘extraordinary and lasting impact on British consumers and public life’.
Martin Lewis moaned about the three-hour long BAFTA ceremony with no break on social media on Sunday as he was forced to bring his own snacks
The TV financial expert, 54, complained he had ‘no signal’ to use his phone during the awards and revealed the peculiar snacks he ‘snuck’ into the Royal Festival Hall
The ITV star tearfully recalled his mother Susan, who died in a car accident just days before his 12th birthday as he received the special gong.
He started off his acceptance speech by joking that his ITV show is ‘mainly a PowerPoint presentation with a Q&A after’.
But getting serious, he continued: ‘I wrote this on Thursday, 42 years to the day since we suddenly lost my mum just before I was 12. My childhood was over.
‘For six years, I barely left the house and now I’m picking up a BAFTA.
‘So to all those of you out there struggling with your own demons, know this – life can be transformed. It can get better. If you told that broken, scared boy I’d be a campaign journalist, his jaw would have dropped.’
Addressing his wife, who was in the audience, Martin continued: ‘Happy birthday today, Lara. Sorry I stole your birthday.’
He concluded: ‘It is time for this nerd to party.’
Fans took to social media to praise Martin for his well deserved award while others described his emotional speech as ‘very moving’.
Martin first publicly discussed his mother’s death in 2018, revealing during an interview on BBC 5Live that he ‘cried every day’ afterwards, until he was 15.
He later said on Desert Island Discs: ‘My mum was there one day and she wasn’t the next and that was it.
‘This was 1984 and you didn’t have counselling. My childhood ended that day and I am still not over it.
‘I never left the house, couldn’t leave the house. Because I wasn’t at home when it happened to my mum and I couldn’t cope with the thought of leaving the house because something else could happen.’
Despite there not being breaks, Martin seemed happier than ever as he received the honour in recognition of his ‘extraordinary and lasting impact on British consumers and public life’
Fans took to social media to praise Martin for his well deserved award while others described his emotional speech as ‘very moving’
Lewis was presented the TV BAFTA special award by Richard Osman, who hailed him as ‘someone who hasn’t just informed the public, but genuinely helped them’.
‘He’s challenged government, influenced policy and caused real change,’ he said.
Elsewhere during the night, an emotional Stephen Graham was awarded Best Actor at the British Academy Television Awards, as his show Adolescence broke records at London’s Royal Festival Hall.
The actor, 52, revealed he had previously been nominated eight times for shows including Help, Time and This Is England ’90 , before finally landing the gong for Adolescence.
The four-part Netflix show, which received a staggering 11 nominations when it was announced in March, received the most ever wins for a series as it also took home Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Limited Drama.
Adolescence, which was created by actor Stephen and writer Jack Thorne, tells the story of British teenager Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), who is found guilty of murdering a female classmate after being sucked in by the manosphere online.
Each episode is filmed in one continuous shot and has been widely praised for addressing topics such as online radicalisation and misogyny.
During his acceptance speech, Stephen, who played Jamie’s father, said: ‘I might take my time. I’ve been nominated eight times and this is the first time I’ve won. I’d like to thank all my fellow nominees. Especially our James and our Ellis, both of you are magnificent. When I was a kid, I watched a television programme called Scully, written by Alan Bleasdale, and it had the wonderful Drew Schofield in it.
‘He lived across the road from my nannas house so he showed me then that I could be on the television. Drew was such a wonderful man. He was my inspiration so for any young kid, no matter where you’re from, anything is possible.’
Owen, 16, who has made history by becoming the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actor award at both the Golden Globes and the Emmy Awards, continued his award-winning streak as he took home the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.
Meanwhile, Christine Tremarco, who played Owen’s mother in the show, won Best Supporting Actress in a surprise result beating co-star Erin Doherty, who previously took home the Golden Globe and Emmy Award.
Stephen wiped away tears as Christine took to the stage and said: ‘I hold this BAFTA high to Hannah Walters and Stephen Graham, thank you so much.’
The Netflix series also won in the Limited Drama category, beating the shows; Fought The Law (ITV), Trespasses (Channel 4) and What It Feels Like For A Girl (BBC Three).
Code Of Silence scooped Best Drama. It follows Rose Ayling-Ellis as Alison Brooks – a deaf canteen worker who uses her exceptional lip-reading skills to help police investigate a dangerous jewellery heist.
The Lead Actress BAFTA went to Narges Rashidi for Passenger 951, who beat Aimee Lou Wood, Jodie Whitaker and Sheridan Smith.
The drama is the true story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was wrongfully imprisoned in Iran for spying. She, her husband and their daughter were at the ceremony.
Amandaland starring Lucy Punch won the BAFTA for scripted comedy. The show follows the demise of Motherland’s snooty Queen Bee, who has moved from a lavish life in well-to-do Chiswick to becoming a single mother in the less-than-desirable South Harlesden – which she christens ‘SoHa’.
However, Lucy and her co-star Philippa Dunne missed out on the Actress In A Comedy gong, which went to Katherine Parkinson for her performance in BBC One’s Here We Go.
Katherine thanked her husband Stephen during her acceptance speech, who she said: ‘wasn’t here tonight because he didn’t think I’d win.’
Claudia Winkleman accepted the Reality Award for The Celebrity Traitors.
Meanwhile, Alan Carr, 49, who won the series as a Traitor, dedicated his Most Memorable Moment Award win to his close friend Paloma Faith, who he ruthlessly murdered in plain sight on the show.
He said: ‘There’s no one else I would rather murder than you.’
The Entertainment BAFTA was awarded to Last One Laughing, which also scored big on the night.
