Danny Dyer was handed a BAFTA at London’s Royal Festival Hall for his performance inSky Comedy series Mr Bigstuff. However, the ceremony’s host, Alan Cumming, had to apologise for his actions

Danny Dyer was elated to win a coveted BAFTA Award on Sunday, but host Alan Cumming quickly apologised for the star’s actions. Danny was presented the BAFTA for Best Male Performance in a Comedy and he couldn’t hide his delight.

The former EastEnders man won the accolade for his performance in Sky Comedy series Mr Bigstuff. When it cameto accepting the prize, Dyer admitted: “The acting was so bad it was funny”.

Sunnie Jo Dyer, Danny Dyer and Dani Dyer(Image: Mike Marsland/WireImage)

Dedicating the gong to writer Ryan Sampson, Danny said: “He’s one of the greatest people ever to come out of Rotherham – not saying much. You won this for me mate.”

He then added: “Girls – Sunni, Dani, I done it,” before breaking the rules, emphatically saying: “I f***ing done it.” The 47-year-old star’s vocab left Alan Cumming needing to say he was “asked to apologise” for the language from Danny.

He wasn’t the only one to break the no swearing rule, though. Sophie Wilan was also a rule breaker during her speech for Alma’s Not Normal winning best Scripted Comedy.

Danny Dyer broke a BAFTA rule(Image: PA)

“It’s been s*** hot,” she said. She soon realised her error and covered her mouth. However, her mishap was well received by the star-studded crowd, who laughed at her actions.

Elsewhere, the BBC won the sport Bafta TV award for its coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics, while host Alan Cumming also quizzed Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon on the mysterious fishing trip from the hugely popular BBC series.

The Welsh star’s character Bryn West and his nephew Jason are constantly asked by members of their family in the sitcom about their unknown fishing trip in which they go camping together. However, each character swore to keep it secret.

Alan turned to Rob, who was sitting with fellow Gavin And Stacey actors in the Bafta audience, to ask about the trip. “Please answer it for us now. Uncle Bryn, what actually happened in that camping trip?,” he said.

Brydon began to speak and replied “I never talk” before Alan cuts him off and moves onto the next nomination, which received huge applause and laughter at the eveng.

“Oh, sorry, Rob. We’ve got to go straight on with the next award. We’ll pick it up at next year’s Bafta,” he joked.

Other award winners on the night included The Jury: Murder Trial, which won Best Reality programme. It pipped The Traitors to the title.

Collecting the award, producer Ed Kellie said: “This proves that reality TV can actually be about something.”