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All the latest news and updates on the British Academy Film Awards aka the Baftas, an annual ceremony which aims to reward the best of British and international cinema, which first took place in 1949. A separate British Academy Television Awards (Bafta TV Awards) is also held each year. Here's all you need to know about the current nominees, latest winners, biggest snubs, and more.

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Paul Giamatti reveals the one line that will truly shock audiences in The Holdovers

Channel: Film Film January 19, 2024 By Tori Brazier
USA. Barry Keoghan and Archie Madekwe in the (C)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer new film: Saltburn (2023) .  Plot: A student at Oxford University finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate, who invites him to his eccentric family's sp

Bafta shock after hit film snubbed and Saltburn sweeps nominations

Channel: Film Film January 18, 2024 By Tori Brazier
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Kate Beckinsale demands 'major change' from Bafta after 'heartbreaking' death of stepdad

Channel: TV TV January 20, 2024 By Sabrina Barr

Here's why awards season 2024 is shaping up to be the best in years

Channel: Film Film January 20, 2024 By Tori Brazier
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: (L to R) Mia McKenna-Bruce, Sophie Wilde and Phoebe Dynevor attend the EE BAFTA Rising Star 2024 nominations announcement at The Savoy Hotel on January 10, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

Two major actors nominated for EE Bafta Rising Star Award and you definitely know them

Channel: Film Film January 10, 2024 By Tori Brazier
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David Tennant to make hosting debut at the 2024 Baftas

Channel: Film Film January 5, 2024 By Tori Brazier
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Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 lead BAFTA 2024 video game awards

Channel: Gaming Gaming December 15, 2023 By GameCentral
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 19: Ariana DeBose performs on stage during the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards, held at the Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

Ariana DeBose cried over one thing amid criticism of Baftas viral rap

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz June 9, 2023 By Alistair McGeorge

Strictly's Ellie Taylor strips naked after Bafta TV Award celebrations

Channel: TV TV May 16, 2023 By Pierra Willix
Play Video Daisy May Cooper and Taron Egerton confess they had a snog as they share cheeky reunion at Bafta TV Awards Instagram

Daisy May Cooper and Taron Egerton confess they had a snog as they reunite at Baftas

Channel: TV TV May 15, 2023 By Sabrina Barr
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Derry Girls fans rage as BBC cuts Siobhán McSweeney's 'political' comments in speech

Channel: TV TV May 15, 2023 By Robert Oliver
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 14: Laura Whitmore DJs at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises After Party at The Royal Festival Hall on May 14, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Scott Garfitt/BAFTA via Getty Images)

Laura Whitmore looked killer at TV Baftas afterparty in a sheer sparkly top

Channel: Showbiz Showbiz May 15, 2023 By Aisha Nozari
2023 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises - Backstage

Kate Winslet: 'We don’t want to lie awake, terrified for our children’s mental health'

Channel: Tech Tech May 15, 2023 By Katherine Fidler
Play Video Bafta TV Award viewers 'crying again' over moving tribute to late Queen Elizabeth II after Paddington sketch win

Bafta TV Award viewers 'crying again' over tribute to late Queen in Paddington sketch

Channel: TV TV May 15, 2023 By Sabrina Barr
British actor Robbie Coltrane attends a photocall for the film Great Expectations in central London on October 21, 2012. AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT (Photo credit should read CARL COURT/AFP via Getty Images)

Bafta explains after viewer backlash to Robbie Coltrane's absence from memoriam segment

Channel: TV TV May 14, 2023 By Emily Bashforth

Joe Lycett makes Holly Willoughby dig in cutting Bafta TV Awards 2023 acceptance speech

Channel: TV TV May 14, 2023 By Cydney Yeates

The Traitors, Derry Girls, and I Am Ruth win big at TV Baftas 2023

Channel: TV TV May 14, 2023 By Emily Bashforth

TV Baftas hosts take aim at Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield scandal

Channel: TV TV May 14, 2023 By Emily Bashforth
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 14: Joel Dommett (2nd L) accepts the Entertainment Programme Award for 'The Masked Singer' with Derek McLean, Daniel Nettleton, Claire Horton, Lucy Eagle and Mo Gilligan at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises, held at the Royal Festival Hall on May 14, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

Joel Dommett stunned as Masked Singer beats Strictly at Bafta TV Awards

Channel: TV TV May 14, 2023 By Cydney Yeates
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Derry Girls star Siobhán McSweeney teases Sister Michael spin-off ahead of TV Baftas win

Channel: TV TV May 15, 2023 By Emily Bashforth