The skill FACTOR.(Features)

From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: December 4, 1997 | Copyright information

This is the season of awards ceremonies. But the prize for the most irreverent dinner of 1997 must go to one hosted by satirical wit Angus Deayton.

Seven Scots firms from oil giant Shell to a small garden centre scooped prestigious UK National Training Awards.

And, Angus Deayton of Have I Got News For You fame kept the audience of almost 300 business and political types quiet -- if only not to miss the next dig.

The wit suited an ...

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