Educating Yorkshire’s choir sings to millions at TV awards

PUPILS from the school made famous by Educating Yorkshire shared spotlight with X Factor winner Sam Bailey and pop star Michael Bolton to kick off the National Television Awards.
Sam Bailey and Michael Bolton sing with the Educating Yorkshire Choir for the 2014 National Television AwardsSam Bailey and Michael Bolton sing with the Educating Yorkshire Choir for the 2014 National Television Awards
Sam Bailey and Michael Bolton sing with the Educating Yorkshire Choir for the 2014 National Television Awards

The choir from Thornhill Community Academy, near Dewsbury, swapped the school hall for the O2 Arena as they performed the soul classic Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.

The first award of the evening, for factual entertainment, went to Paul O’Grady: For The Love of Dogs. Accepting his award, the star praised the production team saying: “A lot of very, very clever people go into the making of For The Love of Dogs and I can’t include myself in that.”

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Khali Best who plays Dexter Hartman in EastEnders won the newcomer award.

The award for best performance in a TV drama to Doctor Who star Matt Smith. His co-star Jenna Coleman and show supremo Steven Moffat accepted the award for the actor who is currently appearing in American Psycho in the West End.

The daytime television award to ITV’s This Morning. Host Phillip Schofield said: “That’s a real shock for us actually. Four in a row is unbelievable.”

The award for comedy went to the BBC’s Mrs Brown’s Boys. Its writer and star Brendan O’Carroll said: “We just wanted to make a comedy show that makes people laugh.”

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Coronation Street’s Julie Hesmondhalgh won the serial drama performance award for her performance in the controversial right-to-die storyline which ended with the suicide of her on-screen character, Hayley Cropper.

Kiefer Sutherland handed out the award for best detective to Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch, who appeared in a video-link from Los Angeles.

The award for entertainment presenter went to Geordie duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly. The pair, better known as Ant and Dec, won for the thirteenth year in a row.