1 Still the best-loved Comedy Awards moments of all; having been presented with his Lifetime Achievement Award, Spike Milligan interrupts a dedication from lifelong fan Prince Charles, to call the future king a “grovelling little bastard”. 2 Norwich’s third most successful pre-breakfast DJ, Alan Partridge, performs an unforgettable duet of “Don’t go Breakin’ My Heart” with Sir Elton John. 3 Julian Clary claim’s he’s been killing time backstage by performing an unusual and graphic sexual act upon Tory politician Norman Lamont, one of the most talked about moments in the show’s history (especially in the bars and clubs of Soho).   4 The longest acceptance speech of all time goes to the irrepressible Johnny Vegas. During his time at the podium he manages to thank everyone and their wives – including a variety of pubs in St Helens.   5 Paul Merton had the most unique of experiences on The British Comedy Awards – he actually had time to fill. Jonathan stood to one side and let Paul have two minutes to say whatever he wanted…     6 Cheeky Hugh Grant thanks “the West Indian Community” for the “big part they played in making Notting Hill a success”.   7 Ricky Gervais, at the podium with the team behind The Office, explains to the audience that wheelchair-bound Ash Atalla is the show’s Producer, and that “he hasn’t won a competition”.   8 The award for the most amount of swear words in an acceptance speech goes to… Kathy Burke! She racked up an impressive three ‘f’ words and an ‘s’ word in the space of two sentences.   9 Mel Gibson presents Dame Edna Everage with her Lifetime Achievement Award. Edna graciously accepts the accolade, saying she’d like to thank a lot of technical, behind-the-scenes people but she can’t remember their names.   10 If there is one thing you learn in comedy – it’s the way you tell ‘um. When Stephan Hawking was presenting an award, Jonathan admitted that he never managed to get all the way to the end of A Brief History of Time and asked if it had a happy ending. Stephen told him that with over 20 million copies sold – it did for him!