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Comic Brand wins top performer gong

Russell Brand has scooped an award for best UK performer in a non-acting role.
The Brits host, 31, got the gong for The Russell Brand Show and Russell Brand's Got Issues, both on Channel 4, as well as Big Brother's Big Mouth and his MTV show.

Dame Helen Mirren continued her winning streak at the Broadcasting Press Guild's 33rd annual Television and Radio Awards.

The Oscar-winning Queen star won the best actress
title for her performance in ITV1's Prime Suspect: The Final Act as Det Supt Jane Tennison.

Jim Broadbent was named best actor for his role as Lord Longford in the Channel 4 drama Longford, about the campaigner's relationship with Myra Hindley. Longford also won the award for best single drama.

Time-travelling BBC1 show Life On Mars took two awards - for best drama series and the writer's award.

Planet Earth, on BBC1, was named best documentary/factual series and scooped the innovation in broadcasting award, for its new filming methods.

The BBC won eight of the 14 non-performance categories.

Stephen Fry: The Secret Life Of The Manic Depressive, on BBC2, was named best single documentary.

Caroline Aherne's The Royle Family: Queen Of Sheba, an hour-long special on BBC1, took the comedy/entertainment award. wigantoday

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Comic Brand wins top performer gong

Russell Brand has scooped an award for best UK performer in a non-acting role.

The Brits host, 31, got the gong for The Russell Brand Show and Russell Brand's Got Issues, both on Channel 4, as well as Big Brother's Big Mouth and his MTV show.

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To the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Monkey was bedazzled by the talent at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane today. Stephen Fry, John Simm, Andy Harries, Philip Glenister, Sue Johnston, Andy Harries... they were all there. Only two winners were no-shows - Helen Mirren and Russell Brand. Coincidentally they were both in Los Angeles (not together, now that would be a story) and sent video messages. Helen's was suitably gracious, Russell's suitably loquacious. Russell said he was honoured to receive an award from "an organisation that before I got this bit of paper I didn't know existed". He won best non-acting performer, which as he pointed out: "Every last word in that is a devaluation of the actual achievement ... it's like best non-acting performer ... on a Wednesday." He went on to add: "Ally Ross, thank you for your constant acerbic sniping", before ending his speech with "I am having a lot of sex, I really am." guardian