Mo Gilligan Sees Off Top U.K. Entertainers to Win BAFTA Entertainment Performance Prize
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variety.comTim Dams This year’s Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards provided an early upset when Mo Gilligan beat a host of TV’s established names to win the Entertainment Performance Award.Gilligan, the host of “The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan,” saw off well known performers Graham Norton, Frankie Boyle and Lee Mack to take the first prize of the night at the BAFTAs.He noted that he “has only being doing this TV stuff for three or four years,” having worked on comedy circuits as well as in retail, including for Levi’s, to earn a living. “I still have to pinch myself,” he said.“Just on a personal note, this award means so much to me, even the names that I’m with, it’s like [blown] my mind away to be here,” he said.
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