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Ant and Dec speak out on BAFTA win as award ceremony marred by 'unfair' snub controversy

Ant and Dec have spoken of their surprise at their win at Sunday night's BAFTAs as the ceremony continues to be marred by controversy over It's A Sin being 'snubbed.'

No stranger to awards success, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night takeaway was on the shortlist for the first award of the night at London's Royal Festival Hall, as famous faces flocked to the event for the first time in a number of years, after it was scaled down massively for the coronavirus pandemic. Saturday Night Takeaway saw off competition from the likes of Strictly Come Dancing and An Audience With Adele to win for Best Entertainment.

As well as having a record breaking winning streak for Best Presenter at the National Television Awards, Ant and Dec have had plenty of BAFTAs success over the years too, but seemed genuinely surprised to have won again. During their acceptance speech, Dec said they were 'fully expecting' to be beaten and were just there 'for the party,' before opening up on the difficulties of filming the 2021 series of Takeaway while the country was still in lockdown.

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