Dave Myers’ final series of The Hairy Bikers triumphs at TV Choice Awards a year after death

The past bid of The Hairy Bikers to diagnostic Dave Myers, who passed distant past year, has been honoured with the Best Food Show grant astatine the TV Choice Awards.

The BBC bid Hairy Bikers Go West, which followed Myers and his longtime person Si King arsenic they journeyed down the westbound seashore of the UK from Scotland, was celebrated astatine the London ceremony.

In an affectional acceptance speech, King—joined connected signifier by Myers’ widow, Liliana Orzac, and stepdaughter, Izabelle—acknowledged the trouble of making their last series, knowing it would beryllium Myers’ last.

“This amusement was a hard amusement to marque due to the fact that we knew it was Dave's past show,” helium told the audience. “Everybody that you spot connected the signifier this evening had a monolithic portion to play successful that, with their assistance and enactment and kindness and downright hard work.

“These radical we emotion dearly due to the fact that they've worked with america for years and years.”

Reflecting connected Myers’ emotion for recognition, King added: “And this grant is peculiarly peculiar due to the fact that Dave loved that radical liked awards, helium loved it.”

The latest installment of the BBC amusement is expected to beryllium the last bid of The Hairy Bikers. In an interrogation with The Observer, King, 58, confirmed, “There is nary Hairy Bikers without Dave.”

The lawsuit was filmed for the BBC Two documentary The Hairy Bikers: You’ll Never Ride Alone, which aired during the festive play past year.

Elsewhere, Brenda Blethyn, 78, was presented with an outstanding publication award, successful designation of her 14 bid arsenic no-nonsense Northumberland detective Vera Stanhope, successful ITV’s Vera.

There were 2 wins for ITV play Mr Bates Vs The Post Office. It took champion caller play and Toby Jones, who played Sir Alan Bates, won champion play performance.

ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! won its 19th TV Choice grant astatine the ceremonial for champion world show, portion BBC aesculapian play Call The Midwife scooped different grant for champion household drama, and the formed of Channel 4’s Gogglebox took location champion amusement show.

Emmerdale won champion soap for the 2nd clip successful a row, and the ITV show’s Beth Cordingly won champion soap newcomer for her relation arsenic Ruby Fox-Miligan.

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel won its archetypal TV Choice grant for champion crippled show. The BBC programme bushed the likes of ITV’s The Chase, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? and The 1% Club.

BBC’s Escape To The Country was named champion daytime show, ITV’s Long Lost Family scooped champion manner show, and the BBC’s Ghosts took champion drama show.

Best endowment amusement went to the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, portion Channel 5’s All Creatures Great And Small won champion play series, and the channel’s Springtime, Harvest and Winter On The Farm won champion factual show.

Channel 5 was besides named favourite channel/streaming site.

Bridgerton prima Nicola Coughlan won champion drama show for her relation arsenic Maggie successful Channel 4’s Big Mood, portion Peter Ash, who plays Paul Foreman successful ITV soap Coronation Street, won champion soap performance.

The awards were presented successful a ceremonial connected Monday, aft the winners were voted for by the TV magazine’s readers.