6.30 pm         Networking drinks reception
7.30 pm         Dinner and awards ceremony
10.30 pm       Post-awards networking reception

Dress code     Black tie preferred

We were delighted that Sandi Toksvig  hosted this year’s gala dinner and awards ceremony.

The diminutive Dane has been wowing audiences with her caustic wit since her student days, when she appeared in the Cambridge Footlights reviews.

Now dividing her time between traveling, writing and performing, Sandi presents Radio 4’s Excess Baggage and The News Quiz. She is also a regular on I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue. TV credits include Mock the week, QI and the first ever episode of Have I got news for you.

Sandi has written a number of children’s books, starting with Tales from the Norse’s mouth. She has also been successful with non-fiction, including Island Race, an account of her voyage around the coast of Great Britain with her friend and former Beirut hostage John McCarthy.

Sandi has been named Channel 4 political humorist of the year, and the Press Guild’s radio broadcaster of the year.