When Barnaby Marriott got tickets to see Graham Norton he never suspected he would end up being the star of the TV show.

Now he is preparing for a trip to Rekyavik in Iceland after the audience voted his holiday snap the most embarrassing among a selection submitted by viewers.

The 22-year-old librarian was one of hundreds of people who got tickets to be in the audience for one of the Channel 4 star's programmes in London.

Every audience member for V Graham Norton was asked to submit an embarrassing holiday photograph.

Barnaby, of Princes Road, Brighton, took along his mother's favourite - a picture of him dressed as a pixie, holding a fishing rod and sitting on a concrete toadstool.

The photo was taken by his step-father on holiday in Cornwall when Barnaby was 12 years old.

He couldn't believe his ears when Graham said his snap was one of the best four.

The audience then clapped and cheered for their favourite and the pixie won.

Barnaby, who has worked at Hove Library for five years, said: "I only took the photo along because I never thought it would get chosen.

"My mum told me to do it. She said she thought Graham would like it - it was all down to her."

He went on stage with Graham who put his arm around him.

And for embarrassing himself on prime-time television, Barnaby won the holiday for two in Rekyavik.

Barnaby then rushed back to Brighton to watch himself on television later that night.

Two weeks after the show, Barnaby is still enjoying mini-celebrity status.

He said: "I have been recognised in my local chip shop and in the street. A few people in the library have also come up to me and said they saw me on the show.

"I have managed to read a bit about Iceland in the library and it sounds fantastic."

Barnaby is going on the weekend break in October and will take along the man who made it all possible - his stepfather.

He said: "If he hadn't taken the photo I wouldn't have won, so it's only fair."