Radio night

With a joblot of Argos light-sabres as table decorations, and Robbie Williams supported by the lyrics on autocue for "Let Me Entertain You" and "Rock DJ", the Sony Radio Academy Awards lurched into action, with Chris Evans struggling throughout to keep the crowd quiet, despite the drink prices.

By 8.43pm, the BBC Radio PR chief felt confident enough to tweet an all-purpose quote...

Boaden: "I'm delighted the range, quality and distinctiveness of our programmes has been recognised by the judges." #sraa2013
— James Hardy (@jameshardy61) May 13, 2013

This some two hours before the end of the formal awards ceremony.

Quite a lot for me to enjoy at a distance: a gold for Newsbeat in the News And Current Affairs category; gold for a World Service documentary with Robin Lustig; a special award for Steve Lamacq, who has occasionally polished his scripts near me in The Stag's Head; proper Olympic wins for the Event Coverage on 5Live, and for the Peter Allen/Colin Murray show; music awards for Cerys Matthews; entertainment awards for Danny Baker; gold for John Humphrys' journalism; a gold for Today, as Ceri Thomas moves on; and Station of the Year for Five Live.

Spare a thought tonight for the efforts of all those who spent tiring hours putting the entries, successful and unsuccessful, together.