Richard Ayoade wins over viewers during Bafta TV Awards hosting debut
The comic aimed jibes at Sian Clifford and Idris Elba as he led the televised ceremony.
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Richard Ayoade has impressed viewers with his “wonderfully dry” sense of humour as he made his debut as host of the Bafta TV Awards.
The comedian, presenter and star of The IT Crowd, 43, hosted the first socially-distanced edition of the long-running ceremony on BBC One.
He kicked off the show with a pre-recorded segment featuring him outside the BBC Television Centre in London, in which he excitedly told the camera “Let’s check out how the atmosphere is fizzing inside”.
However, upon cutting to the empty studio viewers were met with silence.
