31pc of teens ‘have committed assault’
STARS HAVE paid tribute to the late all-round entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth at the first National Television Awards since his death.
The awards remembered the former presenter, singer, dancer and gameshow host as Ant and Dec took home the first prize in his memory for their
show. Presenting the award, Sir Bruce’s widow Lady Wilnelia Forsyth said she was “proud and honoured that this special award is named after my darling Bruce”.
She added: “I know he would have loved it because showbusiness was his life.”
Earlier Paul O’Grady had led tributes to the TV favourite, with whom he had enjoyed a good friendship.
He said: “He was a lovely man, I was very, very fond of him.
“He was a turn, he was an all-round entertainer, he was a smashing bloke and a laugh.”
duo Iain Lee and Shappi Khorsandi echoed O’Grady’s words with the latter describing Sir Bruce as her “childhood”.
Lee added: “When I was a kid he was there – he was a constant. He made it look really, really easy and that was his skill, making it appear really easy to be natural and confident and calm and silly on TV and it’s not, it’s a real skill.
“Ant and Dec have got it but Brucey was the best,” Lee added.
judge David Walliams, who scooped the award for TV judge, had a cheeky message for colleague Simon Cowell.
Picking up his award Walliams, prompting laughter from the crowd, said: “Simon, if you’re watching at home it’s about 10 past eight, you probably haven’t got up yet. But I have a message for you (blows raspberry).”
won the award for best crime drama. The series finale left viewers shocked when it emerged that Leo Humphries, played by Chris Mason, forced 16-year-old Michael Lucas (Deon Lee-Williams) to rape Julie Hesmondhalgh’s character, Trish Winterman.
Skelmanthorpe-born actress Jodie Whittaker, who played Beth Latimer, dedicated the award to survivors of sexual assault. Sir David Attenborough’s
show won the impact award and Suranne Jones won best drama performance for playing Gemma Foster in the
series.
was judged the best Challenge show and was the best Factual Entertainment programme.
New research shows a large number of teenagers have physical assaulted someone. A total of 31 per cent of 14-year-olds have shoved, hit, slapped or punched someone, according to analysis of data from the Millennium Cohort Study, which tracks the lives of thousands of youngsters born in the UK in 2000/01.
It found that rates of assault were higher among boys, with 41 per cent of boys and 21 per cent of girls carrying out an assault.