Joe Lycett rocked up to the TV BAFTAs in a full Elizabethan gown this evening (12 May) and there's a hilarious reason why.
With bright orange hair, the comedian walked the red carpet in London dressed as Queen Elizabeth I.
Tonight's (12 May) TV awards are hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and Lycett's Channel 4 show, Late Night Lycett, is up for an award.
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But it's his bizarre outfit stealing the show already as he and his two aunties chatted to media before the awards ceremony.
One X user wrote: "Joe Lycett said, 'I will make the BAFTAs my Met Gala'."
A second joked: "I feel sorry for the persons sat behind @joelycett tonight...."
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And another pointed out: "Joe Lycett actually went through with his promise to attend the BAFTAs dressed as Elizabeth I. Incredible."
Yep, that's because Lycett made a promise to wear the costume, after losing a bet with his aunties who are essentially stars of his show.
He said that if Margaret and Pauline managed to get 200,000 followers on Instagram by a certain date, then he'd attend tonight's show dressed as the Tudor queen.
And, good for the aunties, they made it. Although, if they had hit 250,000 by today, then EastEnders actor Natalie Cassidy would have walked the red carpet alongside as his 'lady-in-waiting'.
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Oh well, Queen Elizabeth I seems good enough.
Lycett shared the snap to Instagram, alongside a portrait of the actual Lizzie, with the caption: "Who wore it best?"
BAFTA commented to say it's 'incredible' as Lorraine Kelly wrote: "You are very very silly - keep up the good work."
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Radio 1 host Greg James wrote: "Perfect weather for it! Elizabetty Swollocks."
And singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor put: "I love this look."
One user joked on X: "I hope Joe Lycett wins an award purely so he has to get on stage in that outfit and confuse the heck out of people who haven’t watched Late Night Lycett or don’t follow him on Instagram."
The full list of nominees and winners from tonight's TV BAFTAs are as follows:
Comedy entertainment programme
The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
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Late Night Lycett (Channel 4)
Rob & Romesh Vs... (Sky Max) - WINNER
Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)
Current affairs
Inside Russia: Traitors And Heroes (BBC Four)
Putin vs the West (BBC Two)
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight (Channel 4)
The Shamima Begum Story (BBC Two) - WINNER
Daytime
Loose Women and Men (ITV1)
Lorraine (ITV1)
Make It at Market (BBC One)
Scam Interceptors (BBC One) - WINNER
Drama series
The Gold (BBC One)
Happy Valley (BBC One)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Top Boy (Netflix) - WINNER
Entertainment programme
Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas (Apple TV+)
Later… with Jools Holland (BBC Two)
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One) - WINNER
Entertainment performance
Ant & Dec - I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! (ITV1)
Big Zuu - Big Zuu's Big Eats (Dave)
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show (BBC One)
Hannah Waddingham - Eurovision Song Content 2023 (BBC One)
Joe Lycett - Late Night Lycett (Channel 4) - WINNER
Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan - Rob & Romesh Vs... (Sky Max)
Factual entertainment
Celebrity Race Across the World (BBC One) - WINNER
The Dog House (Channel 4)
Endurance: Race to the Pole (Channel 5)
Portrait Artist of the Year (Sky Arts)
Factual series
Dublin Narcos (Sky Documentaries)
Evacuation (Channel 4)
Lockerbie (Sky Documentaries) - WINNER
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (BBC Two)
Female performance in a comedy
Bridget Christie - The Change (Channel 4)
Gbemisola Ikumelo - Black Ops (BBC One) - WINNER
Máiréad Tyers - Extraordinary (Disney+)
Roisin Gallagher - The Lovers (Sky Atlantic)
Sofia Oxenham - Extraordinary (Disney+)
Taj Atwal - Hullraisers (Channel 4)
International
The Bear (Disney+)
Beef (Netflix)
Class Act (Netflix) - WINNER
The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic)
Love & Death (ITVX)
Succession (Sky Atlantic)
Leading actor
Brian Cox - Succession (Sky Atlantic)
Dominic West - The Crown (Netflix)
Kane Robinson - Top Boy (Netflix)
Paapa Essiedu - The Lazarus Project (Sky Max)
Steve Coogan - The Reckoning (BBC One)
Timothy Spall - The Sixth Commandment (BBC One) - WINNER
Leading actress
Anjana Vasan - Black Mirror's Demon 79 (Netflix)
Anne Reid - The Sixth Commandment (BBC One)
Bella Ramsey - The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic)
Helena Bonham Carter - Nolly (ITVX)
Sarah Lancashire - Happy Valley (BBC One) - WINNER
Sharon Horgan - Best Interests (BBC One)
Limited drama
Best Interests (BBC One)
Black Mirror's Demon 79 (Netflix)
The Long Shadow (ITV1)
The Sixth Commandment (BBC One) - WINNER
Live event coverage
Coronation Concert (BBC One)
Eurovision Song Contest 2023 (BBC One) - WINNER
Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance (BBC One)
Male performance in a comedy
Adjani Salmon - Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three)
David Tennant - Good Omens (Prime Video)
Hammed Animashaun - Black Ops (BBC One)
Jamie Demetriou - A Whole Lifetime with Jamie Demetriou (Netflix)
Joseph Gilgun - Brassic (Sky Max)
Mawaan Rizwan - Juice (BBC Three) - WINNER
News coverage
Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas at War (Channel 4) - WINNER
Inside Myanmar: The Hidden War (Sky News)
Israel-Hamas War (Sky News)
Reality
Banged Up (Channel 4)
Married at First Sight UK (E4)
My Mum, Your Dad (ITV1)
Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix) - WINNER
Scripted comedy
Big Boys (Channel 4)
Dreaming Whilst Black (BBC Three)
Extraordinary (Disney+)
Such Brave Girls (BBC Three) - WINNER
Short form
Mobility (BBC Three) - WINNER
The Skewer: Three Twisted Years (BBC iPlayer)
Stealing Ukraine’s Children: Inside Russia’s Camps (Vice News)
Where It Ends (BBC Three)
Single documentary
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (Sky Documentaries)
Ellie Simmonds: Finding My Secret Family (ITV1) - WINNER
Hatton (Sky Crime)
Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (Netflix)
Soap
Casualty (BBC One) - WINNER
EastEnders (BBC One)
Emmerdale (ITV1)
Specialist factual
Chimp Empire (Netflix)
The Enfield Poltergeist (Apple TV+)
Forced Out (Sky Documentaries)
White Nanny, Black Child (Channel 5) - WINNER
Sports coverage
Cheltenham Festival Day One (ITV1) - WINNER
MOTD Live: FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 (BBC One)
Wimbledon 2023 Men’s Final (BBC One)
Supporting actor
Amit Shah - Happy Valley (BBC One)
Éanna Hardwicke - The Sixth Commandment (BBC One)
Harris Dickinson - A Murder at the End of the World (Disney+)
Jack Lowden - Slow Horses (Apple TV+)
Matthew Macfadyen - Succession (Sky Atlantic) - WINNER
Salim Daw - The Crown (Netflix)
Supporting actress
Elizabeth Debicki - The Crown (Netflix)
Harriet Walter - Succession (Sky Atlantic)
Jasmine Jobson - Top Boy (Netflix) - WINNER
Lesley Manville - The Crown (Netflix)
Nico Parker - The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic)
Siobhan Finneran - Happy Valley (BBC One)
Memorable moment award
Beckham - David teases Victoria about her ‘work class’ upbringing (Netflix)
Doctor Who - Ncuti Gatwa being revealed as the 15th Doctor (BBC One)
Happy Valley - Catherine Cawed and Tommy Lee Royce’s final kitchen showdown (BBC One) - WINNER
The Last of Us - Bill and Frank’s Story (Sky Atlantic)
The Piano - 13-year-old Lucy stuns commuters with performance (Channel 4)
Succession - Logan Roy’s death (Sky Atlantic)
Topics: BAFTAs, Joe Lycett, TV and Film, Celebrity
Jess Battison