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lammo Jun 2022 2:48pm, 23 Jun 2022 11,288 posts	0 lammo and who else DG?
Diogenes Jun 2022 2:49pm, 23 Jun 2022 70,862 posts	0 Diogenes I'm guessing Cilla Black
DeeGee Jun 2022 2:51pm, 23 Jun 2022 22,033 posts	0 DeeGee I was leaving it for the purposes of a little bit of quiz-time. It's not Cilla.
rf_fozzy Jun 2022 2:52pm, 23 Jun 2022 17,380 posts	0 rf_fozzy Noel Edmonds.
DeeGee Jun 2022 2:52pm, 23 Jun 2022 22,034 posts	0 DeeGee It was 1999, Michael Barrymore won the Special recognition Award so it was obviously considered poor form to give him the Best Presenter gong as well.
DeeGee Jun 2022 2:54pm, 23 Jun 2022 22,035 posts	0 DeeGee Cilla was closer than Noel. Think of a scouse woman...
DeeGee Jun 2022 2:55pm, 23 Jun 2022 22,036 posts	0 DeeGee I wouldn't say she was surprised to win, but when her name was announced she spat her glass of wine out all over her blank.
Diogenes Jun 2022 2:55pm, 23 Jun 2022 70,863 posts	0 Diogenes Lily Savage
DoricQuine Jun 2022 2:58pm, 23 Jun 2022 6,934 posts	0 DoricQuine That the Scots invented mechanised beheading over 200 years earlier than the guillotine. nms.ac.uk
Mushroom Jun 2022 3:21pm, 23 Jun 2022 2,394 posts	0 Mushroom As did some folks in Yorkshire! Also 16th Century - but records not quite sure of the start date - but possibly a little earlier than the Scottish one guillotine.dk en.wikipedia.org