It was a funny old night at the BAFTAs last night wasn't it? Almost as if the judges had decided "we know what you think of our nominees, and we know how predictable awards ceremonies can be, so we're going to give almost every award to the person/group you least expect just to shake things up a bit."

Casualty winning the continuing drama gong over Corrie? What's that all about? That tired old show ran out of new ideas years ago. This was a definite poke in the eye for anyone who expects the award to always go to one of the big three. And it wasn't the only one...

While Life on Mars won the Pioneer Audience Award (because, after all *we* know what we like) it missed out on every other category it was nominated for. No 'Drama Series' win (that went to The Street, which I must admit I also enjoyed immensely); no 'Best Actor' ornament for John Simm (Jim Broadbent won that one for his role in Longford).

Some of the above were surprising but, on reflection, understandable. Others were simply from another planet. Ricky Gervais, for example, winning the 'Comedy Performance' prize for yet again reprising his David Brent character for the millionth time. 'Housewife, 49' collecting not one but two awards - for Best Single Drama and the Best Actress prize for Victoria Wood. That Mitchell & Webb Look won Best Comedy Programme (although the competition wasn't up to much!)

But for me, the strangest decision of all was to give the Situation Comedy award to the Royle Family one-off Queen of Sheba over the excellent Green Wing. What is this - a nostalgia prize?

With Graham Norton as host, the most interesting part of the show was watching the audience. Most of them looked either bored senseless or the very picture of suppressed emotion - be it anger, disappointment or jealousy. The cameras caught John Simm perfectly as Jim Broadbent was announced as the Best Actor winner. "Not pleased" doesn't do his expression justice. You'd think he had just jumped off a building in an attempt to get back to 1973 and landed on the window cleaners' cradle instead.

You can see the full list of winners on the BAFTA website.