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G'day for cult Aussie musician Rolf |
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Monday, 06 December 2004 |
Cult Australian musician, artist and television presenter Rolf Harris has been named Showbusiness Personality of the Year by the Variety Club.
The Variety Club's 52nd Annual Showbusiness Awards also gave Matt Lucas and David Walliams the Comedy Award for Little Britain, the surreal sketch show which has won critical acclaim and a steadily growing audience.
Elsewhere, The Producers scooped the Musical Theatre Award while Radio Personality of the Year was BBC Radio One breakfast show host, Chris Moyles. The Daily Express Readers Award for Most Loved Entertainer went to Cilla Black.
Rachel Stevens' successful transition to solo artist is recognised with her Recording Artist of the Year prize. Michael Crawford won Outstanding Stage Performance of the Year for his role in The Woman in White.
Two BBC stars won awards with Natasha Kaplinsky getting Terrestrial TV Personality of the Year and Fearne Cotton winning The Caron Keating Young Presenter of the Year award.
Kaplinsky presents BBC Breakfast as well as the new series of Strictly Come Dancing while Cotton is a Top of the Pops presenter.
Sir David Frost won The Bernard Delfont Award for Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness while singer Amy Winehouse won the Sir James Carreras Award for Outstanding New Talent.
Yvette Fielding and Derek Acorah scooped Multichannel TV Personality of the Year for their show, Most Haunted.
Outstanding Performance in a TV Drama went to James Nesbitt while Outstanding Film Performance of the Year went to Enduring Love star Daniel Craig.
The awards were held in association with Express Newspapers.
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