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Monkey reckons our MediaGuardian colleague John Plunkett will be delighted to have been elevated to celebrity status by the Independent. "Tom Stoppard's Parade's End won four major awards at yesterday's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards," a news in brief on page 23 of Friday's Indy reported, before concluding: "A host of other stars, including John Plunkett and Olivia Colman, were also honoured." This Plunkett fella was at the event, this much is true. But MediaGuardian's broadcasting correspondent was MCing proceedings in his capacity as chair of the BPG – not actually receiving an award. We'll leave it up to you, dear readers, to decide if he's a star.Monkey reckons our MediaGuardian colleague John Plunkett will be delighted to have been elevated to celebrity status by the Independent. "Tom Stoppard's Parade's End won four major awards at yesterday's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards," a news in brief on page 23 of Friday's Indy reported, before concluding: "A host of other stars, including John Plunkett and Olivia Colman, were also honoured." This Plunkett fella was at the event, this much is true. But MediaGuardian's broadcasting correspondent was MCing proceedings in his capacity as chair of the BPG – not actually receiving an award. We'll leave it up to you, dear readers, to decide if he's a star.
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