Live from the Red Carpet

:00:00. > :00:29.It is the biggest night of the year in British film. Hello and welcome

:00:30. > :00:34.to the Royal Albert Hall in London for this BBC News shall programme

:00:35. > :00:38.for the annual British Academy Film Awards. I am Jane Hill and with me

:00:39. > :00:42.for the next hour and a half or so is the film critic Jason Solomons

:00:43. > :00:46.and the fashion writer Lorraine Candy. All the stars will be writing

:00:47. > :00:50.here on the red carpet very shortly and we will be talking to plenty of

:00:51. > :00:55.them. Let's start our special programme here tonight by reminding

:00:56. > :00:57.ourselves which films are nominated in that all-important category, best

:00:58. > :01:21.film. I'm human. Oh, my God. That's

:01:22. > :01:26.incredible. Jesus Christ! Who is first in this queue? Do you mind if

:01:27. > :01:31.this young lass signs on first? There you go. Go back to your desk,

:01:32. > :01:48.let her sign-on and do the job the taxpayer pays you for. I don't care

:01:49. > :01:57.if I know where I go... URA janitor will stop. So what? You can do that

:01:58. > :02:02.anywhere. There are plenty of clogged up toilets in this town. I

:02:03. > :02:09.am in the hockey team. I work on George's boat two days a week. I

:02:10. > :02:15.have two girlfriends. I'm in a band. Why didn't you come home when you

:02:16. > :02:28.were supposed to? And who is you? Nobody. I found him yesterday. Some

:02:29. > :02:29.boys chased him. He's scared more than anything. He wouldn't tell me

:02:30. > :02:44.where he lived. And so that is just a reminder of

:02:45. > :02:51.that all-important category, Best Film. Welcome to the Royal Albert

:02:52. > :02:56.Hall where members of the public have defied my expectations yet

:02:57. > :02:59.again. Some of them were telling me they queued here yesterday to get

:03:00. > :03:03.the wristband you have to get if you want to come and stand on the side

:03:04. > :03:07.of the red carpet here. They were queueing in the Baltic London

:03:08. > :03:11.temperatures for 18 hours. That is how keen they were to get here and

:03:12. > :03:17.see everyone on the red carpet. Eddie Redmayne is among those and

:03:18. > :03:20.they are therefore not going to be disappointed because the arrivals

:03:21. > :03:24.have started early. He will be presenting an award tonight. For the

:03:25. > :03:29.last couple of years it has been all about him. Tonight he is here to

:03:30. > :03:33.present an award. With me this evening the film critic Jason

:03:34. > :03:37.Solomons and Lorraine Candy, the fashion writer from the Sunday

:03:38. > :03:43.Times, keeping a BDI on all the comings and goings on the red carpet

:03:44. > :03:50.-- a BDI. My colleague Lizo Mzimba is at the far end of the red carpet,

:03:51. > :03:53.some way away from me tonight and you will be talking to people when

:03:54. > :03:57.they arrive and some early arrival is already? Yes, I am joined by one

:03:58. > :04:06.of the most famous names in cinema now, Daisy Ridley. You are going to

:04:07. > :04:12.present an award tonight and also Eagle Huntress is up for an award.

:04:13. > :04:16.You must be used to this now? I am not. I have not done a red carpet

:04:17. > :04:22.for a long time. The last time was the Oscars. It is amazing being on

:04:23. > :04:25.British soil and it is great to be in Britain with people who are very

:04:26. > :04:31.kind and very excited. It is wonderful. Eagle Huntress is a

:04:32. > :04:40.wonderful story about female empowerment? I just absolutely loved

:04:41. > :04:47.the film and it so happens it is a similar theme that I am very happy

:04:48. > :04:53.to be speaking about really. And we finally have the title for the next

:04:54. > :04:59.Star Wars film. You pleased you have not given it away? Hilariously, my

:05:00. > :05:06.trainer said they have released the title and I said what? Ryan had told

:05:07. > :05:10.me last year so I was there with my little secret and it was all over

:05:11. > :05:18.the Internet. I was like, I missed the hype! I I put the title to the

:05:19. > :05:25.back of my mind so I would not slip up by accident. How exciting is it

:05:26. > :05:29.keeping all of those secrets? The film is out in December and you

:05:30. > :05:39.filled the macro filmed it months ago? I have been filling my time

:05:40. > :05:44.with lots of things. It gets easier. Seven was harder. Eight, people ask

:05:45. > :05:51.less questions. Because people have a grasp on what it is, they have

:05:52. > :05:58.more idea what it could be. They are shouting for you as they always are.

:05:59. > :06:03.Have a lovely evening. Thank you. They are shouting here already. We

:06:04. > :06:08.hear the rip every year. It is so hard to hear anything over the

:06:09. > :06:15.harbour. It is one of the things which makes the BAFTAs so much fun

:06:16. > :06:18.-- we hear it every year. It is a really, really lovely atmosphere

:06:19. > :06:22.here tonight. Let's get some quick opening thoughts from Jason and

:06:23. > :06:28.Lorraine. There has been so much talk about La La Land. It is great

:06:29. > :06:33.fun and uplifting but it is a love letter to Los Angeles and this is

:06:34. > :06:37.the British Academy we are talking about. Do you think they will talk

:06:38. > :06:42.about it differently? We tend to be in thrall to the LA but we have to

:06:43. > :06:47.do it back and we say we're here at the Royal Albert Hall, can we do

:06:48. > :06:51.things differently? It would be surprising if La La Land did not win

:06:52. > :06:55.Best Film, it has 11 nominations but there are other films to be

:06:56. > :06:58.considered. Films like Moonlight which I know has been beguiling

:06:59. > :07:04.Academy members here. It is poetic and it is a film which seeps into

:07:05. > :07:09.your soul. Has it done enough to trip but La La Land on the red

:07:10. > :07:13.carpet? I think it is a possibility that is why we have things in the

:07:14. > :07:18.balance. It would not be a shock if La La Land wins eight, nine or ten

:07:19. > :07:24.awards. I love it. I think it is charming and the is terrific. It is

:07:25. > :07:28.fooling people because it is not an old-fashioned musical. It is a young

:07:29. > :07:34.musical. It is very much about now. It is a very modern score. The two

:07:35. > :07:38.leads where their musical chops lightly. Ryan Gosling is cool and

:07:39. > :07:43.effortless but they are very aware it is the 21st century. They are not

:07:44. > :07:47.Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or Jean Kelly and Leslie Caron. I find

:07:48. > :07:52.it charming and light but some people have been disappointed that

:07:53. > :07:57.it did not change their lives. It is a musical, movie, it will not do

:07:58. > :08:02.that, I am sorry! But it does have the power to change people was that

:08:03. > :08:06.lives. It depends if the voters will go for something with heft behind it

:08:07. > :08:11.or they will say it is freezing cold, I want the son of La La Land.

:08:12. > :08:16.The stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are both due on the red carpet

:08:17. > :08:22.tonight. Brain Candy, what should we look out for? What trends have you

:08:23. > :08:26.been spotting? This is a really big night for British fashion. It would

:08:27. > :08:33.be great to see the British design houses, the British designers being

:08:34. > :08:38.represented. We saw a London designer being worn by Daisy Ridley.

:08:39. > :08:42.I would like to see more of that. We will see Burberry, Stella McCartney

:08:43. > :08:46.and big British brands as well and hopefully some of the sunshine that

:08:47. > :08:51.La La Land brought us as well because yellow is the big colour

:08:52. > :08:54.this season. It is a difficult colour to wear! We should mention as

:08:55. > :09:00.well the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be here tonight as

:09:01. > :09:03.well. Always fascinating to see what the Duchess is wearing and

:09:04. > :09:11.presumably, no doubt she will be wearing British? Yes, what she is

:09:12. > :09:15.wearing and he will be wearing will be fascinating. She often wears

:09:16. > :09:20.Alexander McQueen. But she always looks amazing whatever she wears. We

:09:21. > :09:25.will look out for that to the other end of the red carpet to Lizo

:09:26. > :09:33.Mzimba. I am joined here by a man who is a double nominee.

:09:34. > :09:39.You have two, one for directed screenplay and adaption. It is Tom

:09:40. > :09:43.Ford. You adapted this from a book called Tony and Susan? It is by

:09:44. > :09:49.terrific writer who is no longer with us. You had to change quite a

:09:50. > :09:54.lot of it? I did but these stories spoke to me. It is about loyalty and

:09:55. > :10:01.hanging on to people in your lives you laugh and not letting them go. I

:10:02. > :10:06.am a very loyal person. That spoke to a -- people you love. But I did

:10:07. > :10:11.have to make it cinematic. How much of yourself did you put into the Amy

:10:12. > :10:15.Adams character? When you are writing all of the characters you

:10:16. > :10:20.cannot help but put yourself in. Something has to speak to personally

:10:21. > :10:27.and you have to exaggerate that when you work on something. Tom Ford,

:10:28. > :10:32.thank you for talking to us. That takes us from the world of

:10:33. > :10:37.fashion, Tom Ford is still a fashion designer but also directs the odd

:10:38. > :10:43.film on the side. He does. He has a very stylised look at everything. He

:10:44. > :10:49.shows in LA now, not here. I suspect if Amy Adams is here she will be

:10:50. > :10:54.wearing Tom and Juliet as well. He made Nocturnal Animals which if

:10:55. > :10:59.anyone who knows me and follows no Twitter will know it was one of my

:11:00. > :11:03.least favourite films of the season but very stylish and fantastic

:11:04. > :11:08.cinematography. What are your thoughts? It has nine nominations

:11:09. > :11:14.here. At the Oscars, it was almost completely shut out of it. Where it

:11:15. > :11:18.plays to the BAFTA voters is very important. Tom Ford won best

:11:19. > :11:22.director at the Venice home Festival for Nocturnal Animals. It was deemed

:11:23. > :11:26.very stylish and a very powerful film. Amy Adams had a strong

:11:27. > :11:31.performance and Jake Guillen Hall as well. It seems to have lost

:11:32. > :11:39.momentum. -- Jake Gyllenhaal. It left to bitter taste in the mouth.

:11:40. > :11:47.His previous film with Colin Firth was very gentle and beautiful but in

:11:48. > :11:51.Nocturnal Animals, all the seven years he has been waiting to bring

:11:52. > :11:57.us another film, there are some very difficult scenes two digests. There

:11:58. > :12:02.are scenes of rape. The backlash against that film has been pretty

:12:03. > :12:06.harsh. I think it is a film about the power to hurt people and it is a

:12:07. > :12:12.fairly vicious film. It is also about how much Tom Ford hates Texas

:12:13. > :12:17.as well. He is still wrangling about that. But it is a very stylish film.

:12:18. > :12:22.Can you mask the intent of the film by style alone? I can agree with

:12:23. > :12:30.people who don't like it. It is a bitter, bitter peace. But Amy Adams

:12:31. > :12:33.herself is very watchable. She is a real darling of the awards season

:12:34. > :12:43.and we should mention that she is also an Arrival which is nominated

:12:44. > :12:47.for Best Film. Amy Adams is kind of the next Meryl Streep. She is always

:12:48. > :12:53.nominated. Sometimes when you do lots of work it cancels each other

:12:54. > :12:58.out because you cannot vote for her in all films. Arrival of the sci-fi

:12:59. > :13:05.film from Denis Villeneuve. It is a big film with big themes about alien

:13:06. > :13:09.contact and she is a linguist who makes alien contact. It is a film

:13:10. > :13:13.which blows people's minds. It did not do that for me, I found it a

:13:14. > :13:16.disappointing movie but that is the joy of these awards season is

:13:17. > :13:28.because some people will like certain films and some will not.

:13:29. > :13:30.Then you will get a massive format Arrival with big effect against a

:13:31. > :13:32.British film like I, Daniel Blake or Nocturnal Animals which has a

:13:33. > :13:38.different feel to its artistic nature. Amy Adams is an award stable

:13:39. > :13:43.but she never manages to convert these things to winds. She is the

:13:44. > :13:47.perennial bridesmaid on the red carpet. She also could have been in

:13:48. > :13:54.La La Land, she has red hair, she sings and dances, she is Emma Stone

:13:55. > :13:58.by another name. Remind us who votes and who makes up the decisions

:13:59. > :14:03.tonight? There are about seven members of the British Academy. In

:14:04. > :14:09.the Oscars they have several thousand but they all come from

:14:10. > :14:12.film. The BAFTAs have people who work in television and also work in

:14:13. > :14:18.the gaming industry which always surprises people. They put a lot of

:14:19. > :14:23.money and British wealth into the gaming industry and they get to vote

:14:24. > :14:29.in the BAFTAs as well. It will be strange if they vote for Nocturnal

:14:30. > :14:34.Animals instead of the films with big special effects. The BAFTAs are

:14:35. > :14:38.very different to any other voting body in the world of cinema because

:14:39. > :14:42.they are made up from people in other genres and categories and

:14:43. > :14:47.crafts. While you are explaining that we are looking at pictures of

:14:48. > :14:50.Eddie Redmayne. Lorraine, the last time you and I were on the red

:14:51. > :14:55.carpet, you were talking about a photo issued you did with Eddie

:14:56. > :15:04.Redmayne and he is hugely important to men's fashion? He is. He has been

:15:05. > :15:08.hugely supportive. I think it is important to talk about what the men

:15:09. > :15:13.wear on the red carpet because we should not be defining women by what

:15:14. > :15:19.they wear on the red carpet. Fashion in this country ?28 billion to the

:15:20. > :15:24.economy. It is the second biggest employer in the UK. Evenings like

:15:25. > :15:29.this are really important. These are showcases for the big fashion

:15:30. > :15:32.houses. Why would he be wearing Dior? Is that a deal. This is the

:15:33. > :15:42.British Academy. Finding I think there are just a lot

:15:43. > :15:46.of ceremonies he has to go to. A lot of ceremonies, a lot of red

:15:47. > :15:51.carpets, so here's varying it. He is so friendly, he talks to everybody.

:15:52. > :15:53.He has just done about five selfies here and he is incredibly popular as

:15:54. > :15:58.a British actor. An awful lot of people screaming for

:15:59. > :16:04.him behind us, for sure. He is very popular among the early arrivals. We

:16:05. > :16:11.have reflected, Jason, on the Best Film category. Of course, another

:16:12. > :16:14.thing that sets BAFTA apart, that category of Best British film. I

:16:15. > :16:19.personally would be astonished if I, Daniel Blake does not win this, but

:16:20. > :16:21.what are your thoughts? Well, that is nominated in the best

:16:22. > :16:25.British film category and the Best Film category. If it does not win

:16:26. > :16:29.one of them, something has gone a bit wrong. It is not feature at the

:16:30. > :16:34.Oscars or anywhere else really, other than the European film awards,

:16:35. > :16:38.so this is a uniquely British film. It is Ken Loach's film, of course, I

:16:39. > :16:43.think a tremendously important film, a kind of state of the nation

:16:44. > :16:48.address. Is it a film that BAFTA members, who tend to be more liberal

:16:49. > :16:51.and metropolitan elite, are seeing and saying, that is how the other

:16:52. > :16:55.half live, and it is sort of a dose of medicine and not real? I think

:16:56. > :16:59.this one is one of ten large's very finest works. I think it is a

:17:00. > :17:03.tremendously important film everyone needs to say, and a dose of salts

:17:04. > :17:07.for the nation. It really makes you sit up and see what is happening to

:17:08. > :17:11.Britain today. There was a piece in the paper today is a job centre is

:17:12. > :17:14.not like this, the staff are not like this. Can Loach is saying,

:17:15. > :17:18.actually, I went round to a lot of them. Some people are like there's

:17:19. > :17:21.some other time. It is not a documentary, it is a drama about

:17:22. > :17:24.what can happen in a certain situation. I think he does it

:17:25. > :17:30.brilliantly. Hayley Squires is nominated. She is

:17:31. > :17:35.due to be here tonight. Let's now had to Lizo again.

:17:36. > :17:38.Thank you. I am joined by Kenneth Lonergan, the man behind Manchester

:17:39. > :17:41.by the Sea. You have a nomination for directing and four Original

:17:42. > :17:45.Screenplay. Congratulations, first of all. This is a very sad story

:17:46. > :17:51.about a man coping with grief. How do you make sure the town is not too

:17:52. > :17:53.unremittingly grim throughout it? I think with all the sorrow the

:17:54. > :17:58.characters go through, there is quite a lot of love in the story,

:17:59. > :18:01.and the characters are trying very hard to take care of each other,

:18:02. > :18:04.which is something that happens in life. When things go wrong, you

:18:05. > :18:07.often find people rallying around each other and showing up for each

:18:08. > :18:11.other and doing their best for each other. I find that encouraging and

:18:12. > :18:15.inspiring, and I hope the film is about that as much as anything.

:18:16. > :18:19.So you think it is a mixture of grease, relationships, family?

:18:20. > :18:21.I think it is about coping with things that none of those wants to

:18:22. > :18:29.cope with, but the fact that people do cope with them, and it is about,

:18:30. > :18:36.if a character has been hit harder than anyone has deserves to be had,

:18:37. > :18:39.but he is still showing up, trying to make arrangements and look after

:18:40. > :18:43.his nephew, and doing it out of the love he has for his brother and his

:18:44. > :18:45.brother had for him. In many ways, the film seems to be about that more

:18:46. > :18:49.than anything else. It premiered more than a year ago at

:18:50. > :18:54.the Sundance festival. What are the last 12 months been like, seeing it

:18:55. > :18:57.go from strength to strength, both distribution wise, and in the way

:18:58. > :19:04.that audiences and critics have related directly macro it is great.

:19:05. > :19:08.You hope your works will be liked. Your first duty is to make it as

:19:09. > :19:13.good as you can, and then you hope people will like it, and to have

:19:14. > :19:18.such wonderful distribution, with Studio Canal and Amazon in the

:19:19. > :19:20.States, and the performances and people responding, it is all you can

:19:21. > :19:24.ask for. You must be delighted that Casey

:19:25. > :19:28.Affleck and Michelle Williams, with only 11 minutes' screen got

:19:29. > :19:32.nominations as well. Yes, well, she is brilliant, and it

:19:33. > :19:36.is a performance that pervades the movie. Every scene she has, she is a

:19:37. > :19:38.knockout. She can do anything. I'm not surprised at all sea is getting

:19:39. > :19:46.all this attention. Thank you so much for your time.

:19:47. > :19:52.Manchester by the Sea, a film we have not touched on this far, Jason.

:19:53. > :19:58.I would say that is in a category film that you really appreciate. It

:19:59. > :20:02.is beautifully and shot, without possibly enjoying it. I know Casey

:20:03. > :20:05.Affleck is nominated for a lark in this award season, but his character

:20:06. > :20:13.is not the most likeable. Yes, it is about a janitor from

:20:14. > :20:17.Boston, a call back to his hometown, the titular Manchester, which is a

:20:18. > :20:19.rather snowy place near Boston. He has to go back there because his

:20:20. > :20:25.brother has died and he has inherited his nephew, played by

:20:26. > :20:28.Lucas Hedges, and has to run into his ex-wife, played by Michelle

:20:29. > :20:33.Williams. There is a secret buried in his past. What is it? That is

:20:34. > :20:36.basically the film. It reveals their pain, and he is a very pained lead

:20:37. > :20:41.character who doesn't change much over the course of the movie. It is

:20:42. > :20:45.an incremental change, if you like, a thawing of that frost. We see the

:20:46. > :20:50.tiny changes are everything. A little goes a long way in this

:20:51. > :20:54.movie. Not a lot happens, and yet, everything happens, in a way. Kenny

:20:55. > :20:59.Lonergan, the director that Lizo was talking to, he has brought moments

:21:00. > :21:03.of the everyday integrates drama. A very fine director. But my favourite

:21:04. > :21:07.is the Lizo will speak to next. That had there now.

:21:08. > :21:14.Yes, I am joined by Barry Jenkins, the man behind the firm moonlight.

:21:15. > :21:18.You have got a nomination, and the film is up for best screenplay. What

:21:19. > :21:20.has it been like, taking this film around the world?

:21:21. > :21:23.It has been amazing. The movie has been met with a lot of love.

:21:24. > :21:26.People are finding a way to see themselves in these characters, and

:21:27. > :21:29.that's all you can ask from an audience.

:21:30. > :21:32.And of course, with the rows over diversity in the last couple of

:21:33. > :21:36.years, moonlight has been one of the films at the forefront of what many

:21:37. > :21:42.people say our award juries making the right decision this year.

:21:43. > :21:46.Yes, and I am proud to be in that place. I am very proud of that. I

:21:47. > :21:49.think the awards season, the divers make up this year, is more

:21:50. > :21:53.reflective of the world I live in and the industry I work in, so it

:21:54. > :21:57.heartens me we are able to be a part of reflecting that world.

:21:58. > :22:00.Your film is relatively low-budget compared to something like La La

:22:01. > :22:05.Land, but it has had a massive impact. For you, what were the main

:22:06. > :22:12.challenges of getting a movie like this made, and it seems to be out of

:22:13. > :22:14.proportion to the impact it has made?

:22:15. > :22:20.There weren't many challenges. Once the companies came on board, the

:22:21. > :22:26.budget was what it was. I think we are all craftspeople, and can work

:22:27. > :22:29.with big or small tools. The tool, the budget, on this film was small,

:22:30. > :22:33.but it did not change the mode of expression. We approached it as if

:22:34. > :22:41.we had unlimited resources. It felt like a luxury to have $1.5 million,

:22:42. > :22:44.but these companies really had our backs, so everything I have ever

:22:45. > :22:48.done, including short films, this is probably the easiest I have made,

:22:49. > :22:51.because I always have felt supported.

:22:52. > :22:54.What is the message of your film? Is it about acceptance?

:22:55. > :22:57.I think it is about that, but more than that, about human expression.

:22:58. > :23:01.We don't ignite as a society that we are always giving feedback to

:23:02. > :23:05.people, telling them to behave in a certain way. They should have the

:23:06. > :23:07.freedom to decide who they are one themselves. That is the ultimate

:23:08. > :23:09.message of the film. Barry, thank you for your time. An

:23:10. > :23:17.outstanding movie. Yes, I quite agree with ??MACRO1

:23:18. > :23:20.there. I felt sorry Barry Jenkins was not nominated for best Director,

:23:21. > :23:23.even though his film Moonlight is in the best film category. As we

:23:24. > :23:28.reflected at the beginning, it could not be more different than La La

:23:29. > :23:32.Land, but it is a thoughtful, beautiful piece.

:23:33. > :23:36.Absolutely. The story of a young boy growing up, told in three chapters.

:23:37. > :23:40.We see him at eight years old, we see him as a teenager having a Tough

:23:41. > :23:44.life in high school, coming to terms with his sexuality, and then as a

:23:45. > :23:46.grown-up, he has completely changed. He is played by three different

:23:47. > :23:51.actors who don't really look the same, but that is the point. It is

:23:52. > :23:54.about toughness and growing up. I almost want to spoil what Moonlight

:23:55. > :24:01.is, because when you watch it, you don't know what you are going to

:24:02. > :24:05.get. It has also got nominees for Naomie Harris and Mahershala Ali,

:24:06. > :24:11.who I think is tremendous. We see him there in one of the key scenes

:24:12. > :24:16.of the film, where he is teaching a child, nicknamed Little, to swim.

:24:17. > :24:19.Naomie Harris plays his mother. The film has toughness and tenderness in

:24:20. > :24:22.equal measure, and can really break your heart and make you cry in

:24:23. > :24:26.various places where you were not expecting it. What is different

:24:27. > :24:31.about Moonlight is, it is a sort of tone poem. We don't normally see

:24:32. > :24:34.films like this nominated at the top echelons of best picture. This might

:24:35. > :24:37.have slipped down the cracks eight years ago and nominated at film

:24:38. > :24:43.festivals like Sundance, but because of the drive to look for films that

:24:44. > :24:46.are different, that old black and African-American stories, Moonlight

:24:47. > :24:49.suddenly finds itself front and centre, and carries it beautifully.

:24:50. > :24:53.It is the sort of film we could have overlooked, and I am so delighted it

:24:54. > :25:00.has got eight Oscar nominations and as many BAFTA nominations as it has.

:25:01. > :25:05.It is putting people in the spotlight like Mahershala Ali.

:25:06. > :25:13.He is fantastic, isn't a tee yes, he was in house of cards.

:25:14. > :25:15.-- House Of Cards. And Naomie Harris, an extraordinary performance

:25:16. > :25:18.from there. And she really thought twice about

:25:19. > :25:22.taking a role, because it is not giving anything away to say that her

:25:23. > :25:25.character has a drug addiction, which plays into the relationship

:25:26. > :25:31.with the sun, and from everything I have read, she had some misgivings

:25:32. > :25:33.about playing that sort of character with all the drug problems

:25:34. > :25:39.associated with it again, as might be perceived.

:25:40. > :25:42.I think if you years ago, for African-American films, there were

:25:43. > :25:47.too many characters who were, for example, crack addicts. For example,

:25:48. > :25:52.Ali Barry in Jungle Fever. She realised she wanted to play

:25:53. > :25:55.different kinds of characters, but that this was a different kind of

:25:56. > :26:00.character, there was something very special about her. She needed three

:26:01. > :26:03.days' work on this film, but this is the one that will change her career

:26:04. > :26:07.and life, it is a fantastic performance. I'm delighted for her.

:26:08. > :26:10.I think she has been a fine actress for a long time and not able to find

:26:11. > :26:15.parts like this in Britain. Real shame, I think, that she has had to

:26:16. > :26:18.go to the US to get a part like this. I am thrilled she has, and her

:26:19. > :26:21.career will escalate from here. Absolutely. We will find out in a

:26:22. > :26:28.few hours whether she wins tonight. An excellent performance.

:26:29. > :26:32.Let's also remind people, the Bafta also gives a fellowship every year,

:26:33. > :26:37.and this year, it is going to someone you particularly admire and

:26:38. > :26:42.like? There are two reasons I watch films,

:26:43. > :26:45.Mel Brooks and Woody Allen, and tonight, Mel Brooks is 87 years old

:26:46. > :26:51.and getting a fellowship from BAFTA. He said he is not overwhelmed, he is

:26:52. > :26:56.just whelmed by it, but I think Mel that is something. He did The

:26:57. > :27:03.Producers, one of the funniest scripts ever written, and then

:27:04. > :27:07.History Of The World Part one, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles. He

:27:08. > :27:11.is a zany in his comedy, but he has something to do their words say

:27:12. > :27:13.about now. I wouldn't be surprised if the funniest moment of the night

:27:14. > :27:18.came from Mel Brooks. We look forward to that later in the

:27:19. > :27:21.ceremony. Nicole Kidman arriving, very bravely taking off her jacket!

:27:22. > :27:26.Perhaps we will hear from parent little later. As we hear that would

:27:27. > :27:35.see these images of Nicole Kidman, let's go to Lizo as well.

:27:36. > :27:38.Yes, I am joined by the Director of Arrival, nine nominations, including

:27:39. > :27:41.a best Director nomination for you. An incredible sci-fi film with an

:27:42. > :27:44.unusual narrative structure, how difficult was it balancing all those

:27:45. > :27:48.elements? We spent a lot of time in the

:27:49. > :27:51.editing room. A long creative process, because exactly as you

:27:52. > :27:58.said, the elements were not obvious. By far the most difficult movie I

:27:59. > :28:02.ever made. Balancing the intellect and the emotions was hard to do.

:28:03. > :28:06.And what is Amy Adams, who plays the crucial central role in this movie,

:28:07. > :28:11.bring to it? Intelligence, intelligence, and

:28:12. > :28:16.intelligence. And Grace, and she has the movie on her shoulder. She was

:28:17. > :28:23.my news. She was the main inspiration for this movie. -- my

:28:24. > :28:27.muse. She is a fantastic actress, and it was a massive honour for me

:28:28. > :28:30.to work with her. And not only astonishing visually,

:28:31. > :28:33.the sound in this movie, along with it take to balance all those

:28:34. > :28:37.elements? Which is the more challenging?

:28:38. > :28:41.-- how long did it take? Yes, it is always tricky to train

:28:42. > :28:45.create new alien sounds, create a language, so that was a long

:28:46. > :28:49.process. We were working with the sound crew based in New Zealand.

:28:50. > :28:54.They worked with people from Montreal, so it was like a

:28:55. > :28:58.Commonwealth team working from everywhere on the planet to try to

:28:59. > :29:01.create those fantastic sounds, the way that my aliens are speaking.

:29:02. > :29:19.Thank you so much for talking to us. So, Denis Villeneuve, I know he is

:29:20. > :29:21.nominated, and that's what counts. Let's look at this beautiful shot

:29:22. > :29:23.here, looking at the Royal Albert here, looking at the Royal Albert

:29:24. > :29:27.Hall. Regular watchers of this programme will know that we have

:29:28. > :29:30.moved location this year. For many years, this has come from the Royal

:29:31. > :29:33.Opera house in London's Covent Garden. We have moved a couple of

:29:34. > :29:38.miles away down to the Albert Hall, and it looks absolutely beautiful

:29:39. > :29:45.here tonight. The film critic Jason Solomons Whitney, and Lorraine Candy

:29:46. > :29:49.at their word, editor of style at the Sunday Times. Lorraine, quick

:29:50. > :29:52.thought in terms of what we have seen so far. Still many more people

:29:53. > :30:00.to come down the red carpet, but do you have any thoughts so far? Some

:30:01. > :30:02.of the women, I want to give them a jumper?

:30:03. > :30:05.It is great that it is at the Albert Hall. The British fashion awards

:30:06. > :30:09.were here last year, and they were fantastic as well. Seeing a lot of

:30:10. > :30:18.women being incredibly brave with this shoulder -- off the shoulder

:30:19. > :30:21.garments, and Nicole Kidman must be freezing!

:30:22. > :30:30.The wonderful rates Paul. We love him. Very versatile. I think perhaps

:30:31. > :30:35.he is presenting a -- and awards tonight, and that is way he is here.

:30:36. > :30:40.Rafe Spall. We are just looking at Nicole Kidman. I feel as if I see

:30:41. > :30:43.her in so many adverts these days, I have lost track of who she

:30:44. > :30:47.advertises, but does she have a particular connection with Armani?

:30:48. > :30:51.No, she has been close to the house, but she worked with a lot of design

:30:52. > :30:56.and beauty houses as well. She is always on the front row in Paris and

:30:57. > :30:59.Milan. She travels around a lot. I think Armani is a heritage brand, so

:31:00. > :31:03.she will have a long relationship with them, and it is quite

:31:04. > :31:07.revealing. Yes! Do they look at the weather

:31:08. > :31:10.forecast before they come?! I think people will have changed

:31:11. > :31:19.their minds at the last minute, actually. Just give as a reminder of

:31:20. > :31:23.how important this can be. We are here at the British Academy Awards.

:31:24. > :31:29.There I suggest, in terms of the fashion publicity, is it a

:31:30. > :31:32.competition to try and dress and Oscar winner as well?

:31:33. > :31:36.It is absolutely huge for the fashion industry, because it is a

:31:37. > :31:44.huge shop window into some of the biggest design houses. Everything

:31:45. > :31:47.that they make getting a high profile is what drives sales, and

:31:48. > :31:52.that drives their retail, so it is very important to them. Often, they

:31:53. > :31:57.establish long-running relationships with female actresses, bringing them

:31:58. > :32:00.to the shows. There are a lot of actresses who have bespoke clothes

:32:01. > :32:06.made for them this evening, so some will be mature dresses worth up to

:32:07. > :32:10.?10,000. Usually, the jewellery arrives at the early part of the

:32:11. > :32:13.evening with a bodyguard, said that the jewellery houses, bowled Dari,

:32:14. > :32:20.Tiffany, Will Atkinson in bodyguards all around London today to make sure

:32:21. > :32:23.there are items are safe and the red carpet. These items are

:32:24. > :32:25.photographed, and with Instagram and social media, they are photographed

:32:26. > :32:36.endlessly. Well, as the cries from the crowd

:32:37. > :32:40.behind us get ever louder, if we can hear ourselves think and talk,

:32:41. > :32:44.Jason, let's also mentioned the fact that there is the rising star award,

:32:45. > :32:47.again, one of the things that is just a little different about the

:32:48. > :32:52.BAFTAs, a nice little touch that is a little different, and the only

:32:53. > :32:55.award that is voted for by members of the public.

:32:56. > :32:59.Yes, that is right, which is quite interesting. It gets people

:33:00. > :33:03.involved, and they can tweak away. What happens is, someone from the

:33:04. > :33:09.most popular film will win, so someone from Star Wars, they will

:33:10. > :33:13.win, and Kristin Stewart a few years ago for Twilight, you might as well

:33:14. > :33:17.give them the award right now. But this year, we don't have that. We

:33:18. > :33:21.have people who are indeed bubbling under. Ruth Negga is probably the

:33:22. > :33:25.most interesting, because she is a rising star at the BAFTAs, but also

:33:26. > :33:30.nominated for Best actress at the BAFTAs. I would say that is fairly

:33:31. > :33:35.risen, if you ask me! She is a film not many people will have seen yet

:33:36. > :33:39.that is recently out in the UK, a crucial film, and interracial

:33:40. > :33:43.romance film in which she gets married to Joel Egerton, who is not

:33:44. > :33:48.nominated. A great performance from her in this film, much done with her

:33:49. > :33:53.eyes. Very tender and delicate performance. She has been rising for

:33:54. > :33:56.a while in the UK, but to see her here is very interesting. Whether

:33:57. > :34:00.she will win the category, I don't know, but as the Oscar-nominated and

:34:01. > :34:03.is probably enough for her. She is up against Lucas Hedges, who I

:34:04. > :34:06.mentioned earlier, from Manchester by the Sea, the nephew who has to be

:34:07. > :34:11.adopted. He is very, very good, the nephew

:34:12. > :34:14.who is only 20. Many of these stars are terribly

:34:15. > :34:17.annoying, because they are very young and have great careers ahead

:34:18. > :34:24.of them! Tom Holland, here's a young British actor, the son of the

:34:25. > :34:30.broadcaster Dominic Holland. He is Spiderman in the new Spiderman

:34:31. > :34:34.movie. He is only 20. Yes, wonderful young actor. And Laia

:34:35. > :34:38.Costa, many will not know her name, but she is an interesting film, all

:34:39. > :34:43.done in one shot, which takes place in Berlin. Then we have someone who

:34:44. > :34:45.I think is probably at the top of a game by now.

:34:46. > :34:51.I think we can say that. Let's go to laser.

:34:52. > :34:56.Yes, I am with Nicole Kidman, nominated for Lion, an incredible

:34:57. > :34:58.story. So emotional. What was your reaction when he first heard about

:34:59. > :35:03.the story? Well, I read it, and I was really

:35:04. > :35:10.moved by it. Then I found out it was a true story and I was gobsmacked

:35:11. > :35:14.that it had actually happened. And then I got to be in the film.

:35:15. > :35:19.The Director asked me, and he said, would you like to play the role? She

:35:20. > :35:22.really wants you to play there. It is always a lovely feeling when the

:35:23. > :35:24.person it is based on wants you to play them.

:35:25. > :35:29.Do you feel more pressure when portraying a real-life person?

:35:30. > :35:34.Sorry, what was the question? Do you feel more pressure when portraying a

:35:35. > :35:38.real-life person. I don't know if you feel more

:35:39. > :35:42.pressure. You feel a sense of obligation and responsibility to be

:35:43. > :35:50.true to their spirit and essence and try to fulfil what they want,

:35:51. > :35:52.because it is their life. Luckily, Sue was very, very embracing and

:35:53. > :35:55.very comforting, and very supportive.

:35:56. > :36:02.Nicole, thank you so much for your time.

:36:03. > :36:08.Nicole Kidman, and we had not spoken much about Lion. I loved it. I loved

:36:09. > :36:13.it so much more than I expected too, for some reason. If you have not

:36:14. > :36:19.seen it, take tissues, I would say. A wonderful story, very moving. It

:36:20. > :36:21.is very slow-paced, I will say. But it is beautiful cinematography as

:36:22. > :36:24.well. We should add it as a true story as

:36:25. > :36:31.well, all the more remarkable, because it is a about a little boy.

:36:32. > :36:35.It is in three parts. In the first part, it is played by a beautiful

:36:36. > :36:38.Indian eight-year-old who gets lost on a train, and is adopted on the

:36:39. > :36:45.streets of Calcutta by Nicole Kidman. Dev Patel is also nominated

:36:46. > :36:49.tonight. She broke my heart in this when she first receives the trial

:36:50. > :36:53.from Lion, and says, I am going to adopt this kid. A beautiful

:36:54. > :36:58.performance from there. She has curly hair in it, doesn't play the

:36:59. > :37:03.glamorous Nicole Bittman role. I think it marks a new stage in her

:37:04. > :37:07.career, this part. When she won the Oscar a long time ago, she has

:37:08. > :37:11.really struggled to find parts that kind of match her talent, really,

:37:12. > :37:14.and has been used by directors in different forms. I think this is the

:37:15. > :37:18.best we have seen her for some time, so I'm delighted she is here to

:37:19. > :37:22.celebrate that. She has also become the emblem for that movie, carrying

:37:23. > :37:26.the movie, which people are crying about all over the country, about a

:37:27. > :37:31.boy finding his home on Google Earth, when he is intending to go

:37:32. > :37:35.home to India. There is not a dry eye in the house.

:37:36. > :37:39.We spoke to Dev Patel just after he heard he had been nominated. He was

:37:40. > :37:43.just so delightful. He called his mum, and then he spoke

:37:44. > :37:44.to us! I think that was very sweet of him.

:37:45. > :37:50.And he was busy filming in Mumbai at And he was busy filming in Mumbai at

:37:51. > :37:55.the time, but very delighted, as if he can't believe how far he has come

:37:56. > :37:59.from, as he would put it, his suburban north London upbringing.

:38:00. > :38:03.A great story for Dev, but it couldn't happen to a nicer guy as

:38:04. > :38:13.well. It is interesting to see his career go from Channel 4, Skins, the

:38:14. > :38:17.big break of Slum Dog Millionaire, but he worked in US television for

:38:18. > :38:20.Aaron Sorkin in The Newsroom as well. He has changed and sell

:38:21. > :38:25.significantly as an actor, physically, for this role. He has

:38:26. > :38:30.beefed up to play this guy. I think you will be an important British

:38:31. > :38:35.actor in the years to come, because you mentioned the diversity issue,

:38:36. > :38:40.this is a film with a story about people of colour, and last year, we

:38:41. > :38:44.had hashtags. We will not get those of the BAFTAs this year. Things have

:38:45. > :38:47.changed quite significantly, and Dev Patel is at the vanguard of that.

:38:48. > :38:54.More from Lizo now. Thank you, I am with the Director

:38:55. > :39:00.Ron Howard, who is nominated for the documentary the Beatles a week the

:39:01. > :39:03.touring years. -- The Beatles: eight Days a Week - The Touring Years. So

:39:04. > :39:07.much has been said about the Beatles over the past few decades, what

:39:08. > :39:11.inspired you to make another story? I realised the perspective you can

:39:12. > :39:17.now bring to the story, also because Paul and Ringo are willing to do

:39:18. > :39:23.new, comprehensive interviews for us to build around, but I think that

:39:24. > :39:28.perspective, it certainly reminded me that these young guys had

:39:29. > :39:31.something to teach us today, their commitment to certain principles,

:39:32. > :39:39.you know, whether they were artistic or moral. They really lived by them,

:39:40. > :39:41.and that is to be acknowledged. As well as newly discovered footage,

:39:42. > :39:45.there must have been a massive decision about what to actually

:39:46. > :39:50.leave out of the documentary? You could have made something 12 hours

:39:51. > :39:52.long? Certainly, and more. We wanted plenty of room for the music, first

:39:53. > :39:57.and foremost. How many times does a and foremost. How many times does a

:39:58. > :40:01.Director get the opportunity to get in that much great Beatles music?

:40:02. > :40:04.But there was all the humour, and in all this personal drama, it was a

:40:05. > :40:15.kind of coming-of-age story, the way they developed and threw down the

:40:16. > :40:18.gauntlet. Through Lizo, -- Beatlemania, there was a lot of

:40:19. > :40:20.drama as well. Well, Ron Howard, enjoy the evening.

:40:21. > :40:25.Thank you very much. Ron Howard, he was on the red carpet

:40:26. > :40:30.with his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard a little earlier. In the

:40:31. > :40:37.background, at and I think we might hear from you surely, is Isabel

:40:38. > :40:43.Huppert. Not nominated here, but she has an Oscar nomination? Yes, she

:40:44. > :40:47.was nominated for an Oscar, great surprise for a French actress,

:40:48. > :40:50.banana nominated here, which was equally so brightening. I think she

:40:51. > :40:56.is an incandescent star. -- not nominated here. She is terrific in a

:40:57. > :41:05.fungal Things To Come as well. I'm glad she is here, and hope she does

:41:06. > :41:11.not make a wasted journey. -- a film called Things To Come. It is unusual

:41:12. > :41:14.for her to push for a role get the Oscar nomination, and it does not

:41:15. > :41:19.happen very often. I talked to very couple of weeks ago when the critics

:41:20. > :41:22.awarded her a lifetime achievement award, and she said she did not

:41:23. > :41:26.often get that spotlight and was delighted to be here.

:41:27. > :41:27.Let's return to how we started our programme to commit more about La La

:41:28. > :41:36.Land, back to Lizo for that. I am here with the Director of La La

:41:37. > :41:40.Land, and the screenplay nominee. What has it didn't like, this

:41:41. > :41:43.roller-coaster ride since you premiered in Venice?

:41:44. > :41:46.It has been a roller-coaster ride. It has been amazing. The thing I

:41:47. > :41:49.could not predict that has really may be happy is just that the movie

:41:50. > :41:52.has connected with people all around the world. That is really so real to

:41:53. > :41:55.me. Did you have any reservations about

:41:56. > :41:59.making a musical at a time when people thought, no, we don't want to

:42:00. > :42:02.see musicals any more? I did not have any reservations. I

:42:03. > :42:07.think a lot of financiers had reservations. It is about six or

:42:08. > :42:10.seven years to get financing, but no, all of us who made the movie

:42:11. > :42:14.jumped in headfirst. I do so much for your time.

:42:15. > :42:23.And if you stay with us for a second, we hope to get in a word

:42:24. > :42:28.with Jacob? No, we can't. Do we have JK Rowling? We do! How are you? You

:42:29. > :42:34.are live on BBC News. Hello, BBC News. Fantastic Beasts

:42:35. > :42:38.and Where to Find Them, nominated for Outstanding British Film. You

:42:39. > :42:42.must be thrilled as a writer and producer?

:42:43. > :42:46.Yes, yes, I am genuinely over the moon, actually. It is amazing,

:42:47. > :42:50.amazing. Even if we don't win, that is a huge nomination to get, so I am

:42:51. > :42:53.really thrilled stop did you have any reservations about returning to

:42:54. > :42:57.the wedding world you created with Harry Potter?

:42:58. > :43:01.Absolutely, of course. The expectation is massive, the bar is

:43:02. > :43:04.very high, and the only reason to return is if you have a story that

:43:05. > :43:09.you still really wanted to tell, and I did have, and it has been

:43:10. > :43:11.incredible, actually. I have loved it.

:43:12. > :43:15.And preparations for the next movie coming along. Have you cast your

:43:16. > :43:22.jumbled or yet? We're doing that right now, and it

:43:23. > :43:25.is a massive thing, Dumbledore, my favourite character in the whole

:43:26. > :43:27.series, so we're right in the middle of that right now.

:43:28. > :43:32.You have been quite outspoken and social media recently about a lot of

:43:33. > :43:37.things. How strongly do you feel about the political situation in the

:43:38. > :43:42.world at the moment? Let's just say, it is an interesting

:43:43. > :43:46.time to be writing a franchise about the rise of a populist maniac.

:43:47. > :43:51.And I must ask, I know you are a huge Kennedys buff. Natalie Portman

:43:52. > :43:53.nominated for Jackie, have you seen it?

:43:54. > :43:56.I haven't, I genuinely want to see it, but I haven't.

:43:57. > :43:59.I would be interested to know what you think as someone with a massive

:44:00. > :44:07.interest in the Kennedys. Nice to see you as ever. Take care.

:44:08. > :44:13.Well, Lizo keeping very, very busy at the far end of the carpet.

:44:14. > :44:18.That is JK Rowling. Some interesting things going on with her on Twitter

:44:19. > :44:24.recently as you may have seen. Before her, the Director of La La

:44:25. > :44:29.Land. Look at this! The lovely Dev Patel. Hopefully, we will hear from

:44:30. > :44:35.him in a moment. It might have struck people

:44:36. > :44:39.watching, how young he is, that Director!

:44:40. > :44:45.Yes, policemen and film-makers! Here 31 years old and nominated for best

:44:46. > :44:49.Director. Film has been nominated, 11 nominations for La La Land. It

:44:50. > :44:51.says to me that film is having to reinvent itself and get younger.

:44:52. > :44:57.With him and Barry Jenkins, who Lizo or two earlier, the 37-year-old

:44:58. > :45:00.Director of Moonlight, we are seeing a new movement, lots of new

:45:01. > :45:04.film-makers coming through. I think it is very important film remains

:45:05. > :45:08.relevant to young film-makers, because they could migrate to

:45:09. > :45:11.television and Netflix. Lots of power there these days. It is

:45:12. > :45:15.important that these film-makers want to make films for the communal

:45:16. > :45:19.experience and the big screen. I think we're seeing an interesting

:45:20. > :45:24.move this year. I think cinema has been to be honest, quite dull for

:45:25. > :45:26.two years. La La Land and Moonlight have really altered the landscape

:45:27. > :45:30.and change the way people shoot and receive films. They have given

:45:31. > :45:35.things and new energy, and a spring in the step.

:45:36. > :45:43.There is Amy Adams, who we have been speaking about as well. Lorraine,

:45:44. > :45:49.putting you on the spot, do you have any idea who she is wearing? Very

:45:50. > :45:53.difficult to see from the monitor. I tell you what's brilliant about Amy

:45:54. > :45:57.and Emma Stone, the rise of the Red Hat. How that's become amazing

:45:58. > :46:08.again. How women are asking for it as a hair colour. Tom Ford's film,

:46:09. > :46:19.he has some redheads, Julianne Moore, Amy Evans on the young

:46:20. > :46:24.actress Isla Fisher. There is your surrogate son, Dev Patel! This is

:46:25. > :46:28.Andrew Garfield arriving but let's hear from Lizo.

:46:29. > :46:35.I am joined by Dev Patel, best supporter actor nominee. Lion, what

:46:36. > :46:39.an superb story, what did you think? I actually got sent the news

:46:40. > :46:44.article. The fact these incredible news events actually happened and a

:46:45. > :46:49.boy showed such adaptability, street smarts and resilience, it completely

:46:50. > :46:52.moved me and I was obsessed with it from that moment on, where I was

:46:53. > :46:56.knocking on the screenwriter's door trying to get an It's amazing

:46:57. > :47:05.walking the red heart carpet having had that. Circle moment. What was

:47:06. > :47:11.most difficult, the Australian accident or getting into the skin of

:47:12. > :47:16.the Both. I had to change the way I sound and the way I look. It is

:47:17. > :47:21.really going crazy! It nourished me as a human being. It took me to

:47:22. > :47:26.places in the world I had never been to. I made a lifelong friend in the

:47:27. > :47:30.director, I can't tell you how much I love him and respect him.

:47:31. > :47:40.Thank you. Best of luck tonight. Thank you so much.

:47:41. > :47:48.Dev Patel, who stars in Lion. That is Emma Stone, winner of the Golden

:47:49. > :47:55.Globe for Best Actress in a comedy or a musical. Signing autographs. We

:47:56. > :48:01.were just recollecting the rise of the redhead. It is Emma Stone. We

:48:02. > :48:04.were saying at the start of the night, you were particularly

:48:05. > :48:14.interested to see who she would be wearing this evening.

:48:15. > :48:20.Nicole Kidman. We are, you will have gathered, very close to a large

:48:21. > :48:23.group of members of the public who queued a time yesterday to stand on

:48:24. > :48:27.the red carpet here. I have to tell you, there was a lot of love just

:48:28. > :48:31.now for JK Rowling. They were screaming for her to come over. She

:48:32. > :48:36.was busy having her photograph taken by the photographers just below us

:48:37. > :48:42.here. But huge reception for her. That was very striking, I thought. I

:48:43. > :48:46.think we can return to Lizo. Thank you. I'm joined by Hugh Grant,

:48:47. > :48:52.another Best supporting actor nominee. She might do all the

:48:53. > :48:55.singing in this movie but it is your character, Sinckler, at the centre

:48:56. > :49:00.of it all, at the centre of gravity of the movie.

:49:01. > :49:04.Well, you could argue that. The centre of gravity is the

:49:05. > :49:07.relationship between the two of them. In the end it is a romance,

:49:08. > :49:12.but a very weird one. How did you find playing a man in a

:49:13. > :49:16.difficult position? He wants to be very supportive to his wife but he

:49:17. > :49:22.also has realistic expectations and viewpoints on her abilities.

:49:23. > :49:27.My character knows that my wife is the worst singer in the world but

:49:28. > :49:32.has to pretend she's not. Partly out of love, but partly out of self

:49:33. > :49:37.interest, because if that myth is exploded his whole world, which is

:49:38. > :49:43.quite affluent, explodes. What was it like working with the

:49:44. > :49:47.screen legend that is Meryl Streep? Well, of course, terrifying and a

:49:48. > :49:52.treat in equal measures. Hugh Grant, thank you very much for

:49:53. > :49:58.talking to us. Best of luck tonight. Hugh Grant, who stars alongside

:49:59. > :50:02.Meryl Streep. Meryl Streep is due here this evening. Meryl Streep, who

:50:03. > :50:10.now always gets referred to as that rather overrated actress! After what

:50:11. > :50:14.Donald Trump said. She's got a few awards in her Cabinet. Do you think

:50:15. > :50:18.she might get another one here today? Just thinking about that

:50:19. > :50:22.category. Best Actress category... Meryl Streep is always in that

:50:23. > :50:28.category. She's up against Emily Blunt and Amy Adams. I think...

:50:29. > :50:33.Natalie Portman as well. Emma Stone, I think is so charming. We saw her

:50:34. > :50:40.earlier. So charming, she sings and dances and carries the comedy, I

:50:41. > :50:42.think it is Emma Stone's. We were talking about I, Daniel Blake, a

:50:43. > :50:47.standout film from Ken Loach. Let's hear from him now.

:50:48. > :50:51.I am with Ken Loach at this end of the carpet. A film, a very powerful

:50:52. > :50:56.piece of work since you premiered it in Cannes. What's it like being

:50:57. > :50:59.honoured with a BAFTAs and night for Best Film and Outstanding British

:51:00. > :51:02.Film nomination? It's extraordinary. The film is so

:51:03. > :51:07.different to all the razzmatazz here. It is quite strange having

:51:08. > :51:11.made a film about people whose lives are thrown into chaos by the Social

:51:12. > :51:15.Security system, to find yourself among those bullets and grammar. But

:51:16. > :51:19.there you go, it's part of the contradiction of the film business.

:51:20. > :51:25.It's nice that people liked the film. I mean, it's good for the

:51:26. > :51:28.film, so that's OK. How important our events like this,

:51:29. > :51:31.bringing a message home that you want to get to as many people as

:51:32. > :51:35.possible? It gives the film prominence and a

:51:36. > :51:40.profile and we've been very lucky with awards this year. The Academy

:51:41. > :51:44.Awards obviously helped. So yeah, we are, more people know about it,

:51:45. > :51:48.maybe more people will go on fear. Then the people who it's really

:51:49. > :51:53.about, they might see some, a real campaign to get things changed.

:51:54. > :51:57.How pleased were you to see Hayley Squires getting a best supporting

:51:58. > :52:02.actress nomination for the movie? She is a terrific girl and a

:52:03. > :52:11.brilliant actress, obviously. As is Dave Jones as Daniel break. I'm

:52:12. > :52:14.really chuffed Hayley, she's going to do lots of great work in her

:52:15. > :52:15.career and she's a fine writer, too. She is someone to watch.

:52:16. > :52:26.Thank you for your time. Ken Loach, the director of I, Daniel

:52:27. > :52:29.Blake. You wouldn't have been able to hear that, Jason, but

:52:30. > :52:33.particularly paying tribute to Hayley Squires, saying he thinks she

:52:34. > :52:40.has a fantastic future ahead of her. A very strong performance by her.

:52:41. > :52:44.I love her in this film, she is absolutely incandescent. She plays a

:52:45. > :52:48.sort of beating heart of this movie. I, Daniel Blake is the title but it

:52:49. > :52:53.is really about her, her struggles as a single mum. She's been shoved

:52:54. > :52:57.out of London and has to go and live in Newcastle and fight... It's

:52:58. > :53:00.almost a tigerish performance, a tigress protecting her young in this

:53:01. > :53:03.movie, trying to do everything to survive. Ken Loach has this

:53:04. > :53:06.marvellous facility for picking unknown actors and making them

:53:07. > :53:10.absolutely give the performances of their lives that the find their

:53:11. > :53:12.careers. I think Hayley Squires is one of those. She is nominated

:53:13. > :53:26.tonight in the supporting category, which I think is right, I would love

:53:27. > :53:28.to see her win that. It is such a British performance, as well. Such a

:53:29. > :53:30.British actress but becoming brilliant at this awards season,

:53:31. > :53:33.growing into this and becoming glamorous and really fighting for

:53:34. > :53:35.that role. Ken Loach, he's about to join Lizo, we can probably hear from

:53:36. > :53:40.her shortly. She was fantastic, and Dave Johns as

:53:41. > :53:46.well, who plays the title character. Let's hear from her now.

:53:47. > :53:49.Yes, I'm with Hayley Squires, best supporting actress nominee, what was

:53:50. > :53:55.your reaction when you heard? One of shock and excitement but yes,

:53:56. > :53:59.shock. How have you found the reaction to

:54:00. > :54:04.the movie over the past few months? It's been massive. We've had a

:54:05. > :54:08.massive outpouring from community groups, from people who recognise

:54:09. > :54:10.something in I, Daniel Blake to be relevant in their lives, either

:54:11. > :54:14.happen to them or their family members. The outpouring of people

:54:15. > :54:19.talking about it, writing about it, getting in touch with us and wanting

:54:20. > :54:21.to do something about it is massive. A very moving scene with your

:54:22. > :54:27.character in a food bank. How did you prepare for something like that?

:54:28. > :54:30.I met with the food bank where we shot the scene and spoke to the

:54:31. > :54:36.people who worked for the charity that run the food bank. Myself and

:54:37. > :54:38.Ken talked in depth about people who end up in those circumstances, we

:54:39. > :54:42.talked about hunger and what that does to the body and then tried to

:54:43. > :54:46.go in and be as truthful as possible in those circumstances.

:54:47. > :54:52.Thank you so much for talking to us this evening.

:54:53. > :54:56.Hayley Squires, wishing Lizo a lovely evening. It might be her who

:54:57. > :55:00.ends up having a lovely evening, I think that's the way these things

:55:01. > :55:04.are meant to go! The star of I, Daniel Blake. Amy Adams again. We

:55:05. > :55:07.are in a striking vantage point is here because things are very

:55:08. > :55:11.different here. It is not the Opera house, the Albert Hall, a new setup

:55:12. > :55:16.and louder than ever, if that's possible!

:55:17. > :55:21.We arrived this balcony where it is almost like a holding pen, whether

:55:22. > :55:25.celebrities are taken off to have their photos taken. Celebrities on

:55:26. > :55:27.their head. The lovely thing is I got a really good look at Amy Adams'

:55:28. > :55:47.dress is beautiful. We just trying to reattach

:55:48. > :55:53.microphone. We are looking at pictures now of Barry Jenkins, the

:55:54. > :55:58.director of Moonlight. One of my favourite films of this season.

:55:59. > :56:03.Jason mentioning the fact he is only 37 years old. We hope we will see

:56:04. > :56:08.more fantastic features from him. I think we can hear you properly,

:56:09. > :56:14.Lorraine. We were reflecting on Amy Adams, a simple dress, but the green

:56:15. > :56:26.is so beautiful. Lovely, beautiful green dress. Tom Ford Cape. There is

:56:27. > :56:32.Gucci and Dior. Osmond. Dev Patel was wearing a Burberry tuxedo. It is

:56:33. > :56:37.great. You can see them here close up.

:56:38. > :56:40.And you've been reminding us just how important, how influential and

:56:41. > :56:47.how useful that is for all those fashion houses you've just named.

:56:48. > :56:49.Yes, the world stage. Photographed here, Cena list-macro and then all

:56:50. > :56:54.the red carpet gaffe brings and websites around the world will have

:56:55. > :57:03.them in the next few days. Probably the highest trafficked galleries.

:57:04. > :57:07.You mentioned earlier the role of the jewellers or the jewellery

:57:08. > :57:11.designers. We shouldn't forget that. I was particularly struck, I've

:57:12. > :57:15.never been this close to a number of real a list stars before and I was

:57:16. > :57:21.struck that I could have a fantastic sight line of Amy Adams' big drop

:57:22. > :57:25.earrings. They come up, possibly some of these, with a bodyguard.

:57:26. > :57:31.They do, most of the jewellery arrives with two or three

:57:32. > :57:34.bodyguards. Probably thousands of pounds worth of jewellery sat down

:57:35. > :57:40.there at the moment being worn. She's just about to have her picture

:57:41. > :57:43.taken. Tremendously democratic, I think. A

:57:44. > :57:47.holding pen of celebrities just beneath us. I could steal some of

:57:48. > :57:51.their earrings. They are all waiting for their go on giving each other a

:57:52. > :57:56.go. They also have to pass through Lizo before they get here. He has

:57:57. > :58:01.one of the big stars of the night. I am with Emma Stone, Best Actress

:58:02. > :58:08.nominee for La La Land. The film has gone down so well. Do you think part

:58:09. > :58:11.of its appeal is people can relate to Maja's struggle, her wish to

:58:12. > :58:15.better herself and move on in the world?

:58:16. > :58:18.I'm not ever really sure what parts are the most resonant for people, I

:58:19. > :58:22.think it's different parts for different people, but maybe, maybe

:58:23. > :58:30.that part of wanting to believe in something against all odds and

:58:31. > :58:34.trying to hold onto hope. And hold creativity, even when it seems

:58:35. > :58:37.impossible. When was the first moment you knew this film is

:58:38. > :58:49.something special and really hitting a nerve with audiences and critics,?

:58:50. > :58:54.It was a special and overwhelming, very hot moment. There was no air.

:58:55. > :58:57.We were sweating and teary and it was really special.

:58:58. > :59:01.Thank you so much for your time this evening. Hope you have a good

:59:02. > :59:06.evening at the ceremony. Thank you very much.

:59:07. > :59:10.Excellent to hear from Emma Stone, nominated for her role in La La

:59:11. > :59:14.Land, directed by Damien Chazelle. You are watching a special BBC News

:59:15. > :59:18.programme from the Royal Albert Hall in London, the British film Academy

:59:19. > :59:21.awards. I should give you a warning that there is an increasing amount

:59:22. > :59:27.of flash photography into my's programme. The actors, actresses,

:59:28. > :59:31.directors and producers are starting to ride thick and fast and the

:59:32. > :59:35.photographers, a huge number of them... There is a lot of flash

:59:36. > :59:39.photography tonight. I think you can safely expect that for the rest of

:59:40. > :59:45.the programme. Hugh Grant just having his photo taken. And he stars

:59:46. > :59:57.alongside Meryl Streep and she has just arrived. I forget how many

:59:58. > :00:04.BAFTAs she has won but she certainly has a huge number of Oscars. She

:00:05. > :00:10.hasn't got a huge amount of nominations, turning nominations

:00:11. > :00:15.into a winners in the easiest thing to do. She doesn't always win. I

:00:16. > :00:20.think tonight, we're not at the Opera house but she praised the

:00:21. > :00:24.world's worst opera singer. As I say, we saw Emma Stone with the Lizo

:00:25. > :00:29.earlier before. We were talking about her. She was wearing Chanel.

:00:30. > :00:33.She is sparkling and incandescent, as she is in the film. Every now and

:00:34. > :00:37.then Hollywood feels the need to anoint some new and we see that more

:00:38. > :00:41.regularly now. This year I think is Emma Stone's year. This is the new

:00:42. > :00:46.starlet they are putting forward and she has Mathilde over the years. She

:00:47. > :00:54.worked with Woody Allen, she was in Crazy, Stupid Love. She has worked

:00:55. > :00:58.with Woody Allen twice, and aircraft and become a tremendous actress.

:00:59. > :01:03.What should other La La Land is a great feat. She dances amazingly but

:01:04. > :01:07.not outstanding. She delivers her lines brilliantly, she has a

:01:08. > :01:13.modernity and wit to her and has become almost like a Diane Keaton

:01:14. > :01:17.figure, that we can... Every time she comes on screen thing, can I

:01:18. > :01:21.love her any more and yes, you can. Very rarely on a cover of a

:01:22. > :01:25.magazine. She's actually at the moment probably the most wanted in

:01:26. > :01:29.terms of design houses dressing her. She's been very, very careful about

:01:30. > :01:34.the kind of publicity she does. She rarely does an interview. She's very

:01:35. > :01:37.rarely photographed out and about with the paparazzi. She's always

:01:38. > :01:42.holding back, which makes are worth more. I think she's an extraordinary

:01:43. > :01:45.new start and I think if she does go into fashion should be very powerful

:01:46. > :01:51.because she is so beautiful to dress and a quirky looking girl.

:01:52. > :01:56.We're just seeing Amy Adams again, that dress we were talking about a

:01:57. > :02:02.few moments ago. You it was Tom Ford. He directed Nocturnal Animals.

:02:03. > :02:06.It is one of the films that was talked about this year. She is also

:02:07. > :02:14.in Arrival, in the Best Film category. She plays a linguist. I

:02:15. > :02:18.like the idea behind Arrival. It is that notion that aliens arrive,

:02:19. > :02:23.someone arrives from outer space, but you do not send in dance or

:02:24. > :02:29.trips, you send in an interpreter to try to speak to them. She plays the

:02:30. > :02:34.interpreter. That is right. I am a linguist myself, so I found it

:02:35. > :02:38.touching, that you would invent a language to speak to them. The

:02:39. > :02:42.talking and communication would be the way forward. It is a powerful

:02:43. > :02:48.message. It is a film I saw before the political upheaval of these

:02:49. > :02:53.days. Films like this, this is when cinema can be important, it can show

:02:54. > :02:58.you how behaviours can work, what scenarios may be. Arrival is one of

:02:59. > :03:02.those important movies. Not self-important, it is about the

:03:03. > :03:05.practicalities of sci-fi. In the end, it is a film that comes down to

:03:06. > :03:12.Amy Adams and the personal aspect of it. While it was being cosmic, it

:03:13. > :03:16.had me. I loved it. There are some great effects. And Jeremy Renner,

:03:17. > :03:22.who plays opposite her, he is very strong as well. I think we're

:03:23. > :03:28.looking at Naomie Harris. We are. She is from Moonlight. She is

:03:29. > :03:34.wearing Gucci. Yes, an extraordinary collection. It is so upbeat and

:03:35. > :03:41.pretty. They had a new designer start two years ago. He brought a

:03:42. > :03:47.new, feminine aesthetic. It has become the label to wear. I have

:03:48. > :03:49.seen it for five times tonight. That is probably the biggest number of

:03:50. > :03:54.times I have seen a designer tonight. That is interesting. She

:03:55. > :04:04.looks so pretty. It is very feminine. You will no far better

:04:05. > :04:08.than me, Lorraine, but I sensed that she is an actress who is very much

:04:09. > :04:12.engaging with the fashion world as well. She was fabulous in The Theory

:04:13. > :04:15.Of Everything, alongside Eddie Redmayne, one of her many strong

:04:16. > :04:20.performances. There have been many others. I feel like I am seeing her

:04:21. > :04:26.associated with bashing, is that the? Yes, she will be in the front

:04:27. > :04:33.row at London fashion issue -- at London fashion week on Friday, it is

:04:34. > :04:37.Paris after that. She will definitely be in the front row on

:04:38. > :04:43.Monday next week. Is that one of her favourites? Yes, one of her brands.

:04:44. > :04:48.You're watching BBC News, special coverage from the Royal Albert Hall

:04:49. > :04:55.in London. We are building up to the British academy film awards. La La

:04:56. > :04:59.Land is the film with the most nominations but that does not

:05:00. > :05:06.necessarily translate to winning on the night. This is the favourite,

:05:07. > :05:14.Meryl Streep, a favourite of so many. She has fabulous longevity,

:05:15. > :05:18.superbly talented. I was chatting to lots of members of the public

:05:19. > :05:22.earlier this afternoon. All those people who had been queueing up to

:05:23. > :05:27.stand on the red carpet. I always say, who do you want to see, who are

:05:28. > :05:31.you looking out for? Lots of them said Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone,

:05:32. > :05:36.but some of them still say Meryl Streep. She has been with us for so

:05:37. > :05:42.many years. Fantastic performances. People want to see her. People might

:05:43. > :05:47.want to hear a speed give her a Golden Globe speech is anything to

:05:48. > :05:50.go by. Will we have the same politicisation at the Baftas? I am

:05:51. > :05:56.not sure. People are grown up with Meryl Streep in various ways. She

:05:57. > :06:01.was an independent move like the Deer Hunter in the 1970s, and

:06:02. > :06:06.Manhattan. All the way through the 1980s, those great roles, like

:06:07. > :06:11.Silkwood, and the reboot through the 1990s, in films like the River Wild,

:06:12. > :06:14.and Margaret Thatcher in the Ireland lady. Nevin Florence Foster Jenkins.

:06:15. > :06:19.She has managed to get funnier as she has got older. Florence Foster

:06:20. > :06:24.Jenkins is a great comedy performance. She has managed to grow

:06:25. > :06:30.and almost be ageless. You think of her about you cannot pigeonhole her

:06:31. > :06:35.as any sort of tight. She can change to become Margaret Thatcher budgie

:06:36. > :06:38.can become Florence Foster Jenkins. Talking of costumes, you see them in

:06:39. > :06:45.the red carpet. We sometimes forget how brilliant they are in cinema.

:06:46. > :06:49.The costumes for Meryl Streep in Florence Foster Jenkins are things

:06:50. > :06:54.of wonder, witty, extraordinary, creations that go with the

:06:55. > :06:59.character. She is nominated for that as well, for her work on the film.

:07:00. > :07:14.Emma Stone being very brave, signing lots of autographs. People around

:07:15. > :07:18.her were trying to move her own. There is Emily Blunt, nominated for

:07:19. > :07:23.a girl on a train. How much involvement does she have with the

:07:24. > :07:27.fashion world? Not so much. Not as much as we noticed with Emma Stone

:07:28. > :07:37.at the beginning. I am not sure what she is wearing. It is possibly

:07:38. > :07:41.Gucci. It is really beautiful. She is not classically want to be seen

:07:42. > :07:47.in the front rows. She is taken seriously as an actress and she

:07:48. > :07:51.seems to be focused on that. It is funny the way these decisions are

:07:52. > :07:55.taken. We do not know if that is driven by the fashion industry or

:07:56. > :07:58.her personal choice. When you see her run the red carpet, you feel she

:07:59. > :08:02.could win anything and she would stand out. You would think that

:08:03. > :08:08.fashion designers would want to dress her. Yes, it is always about

:08:09. > :08:13.time. Where people are filming and where they are in the world when the

:08:14. > :08:16.collections dropped. Whether they can be photographed for the

:08:17. > :08:21.campaigns as well. It is all about juggling the acting and the

:08:22. > :08:26.campaigns they may be doing as well. Emily Blunt is nominated in the

:08:27. > :08:29.leading actress category. She is alongside that very strong

:08:30. > :08:35.contender, Emma Stone, that we've been talking about so much. Also

:08:36. > :08:40.alongside Natalie Portman, who is wonderful in Jackie, and who is very

:08:41. > :08:44.heavily pregnant. I presume that is why she not here tonight. Probably

:08:45. > :08:48.not an airline that would want to take that on. Error where we saw a

:08:49. > :08:54.brief shot of Tom Holland, young man, 20 years old, from London. He

:08:55. > :09:02.is in the Rising Star category we talking about earlier. Yes, and Noel

:09:03. > :09:07.Clarke, previous winner. We have segued beautifully. It can make a

:09:08. > :09:11.career. Noel Clarke is a real ambassador for that Rising Star

:09:12. > :09:16.award. It changed his life and his career. There is a reason for them

:09:17. > :09:21.continuing that relationship with that award. It gives the Baftas a

:09:22. > :09:25.little bit of a difference. People can be involved. The Oscars are

:09:26. > :09:30.terribly high and mighty. You cannot be involved, but you can with the

:09:31. > :09:37.Rising Star award. You can votes forehead and become part of the

:09:38. > :09:40.ceremony. Bafta are keen to anoint new people and keep them as part of

:09:41. > :09:43.the family. It is an ongoing relationship. As it is with fashion

:09:44. > :09:50.houses, and film-makers and actresses. I mention Naomie Harris.

:09:51. > :09:54.Sometimes I feel like we might lose some of her talent to America. It is

:09:55. > :09:57.important we use them in British films and have parts for them that

:09:58. > :10:01.are strong and make them proud to be in the British film industry. We

:10:02. > :10:07.need are stars. We should treat them well. We should make sure they are

:10:08. > :10:11.looked after, because they will just disappear. The only way to do that

:10:12. > :10:15.is to make sure the work is good enough. Very interesting that we saw

:10:16. > :10:22.Naomie Harris in that beautiful Gucci creation. This is Emma Stone.

:10:23. > :10:26.That sums up the Baftas tonight. Emma Stone in La La Land, Naomie

:10:27. > :10:30.Harris in Moonlight, perhaps to make of the strongest contenders at the

:10:31. > :10:36.British academy film awards this evening, live from the Royal Albert

:10:37. > :10:39.Hall in London. La La Land has the most nominations. We wait to see

:10:40. > :10:47.whether it walks away with all the trophies. Emma Stone wearing Chanel.

:10:48. > :10:50.Naomie Harris, as we were reflecting earlier, I really fantastic

:10:51. > :10:54.performance in Moonlight. The two films could not be more different,

:10:55. > :11:02.Moonlight about a young man growing up in a pure area of Miami in the

:11:03. > :11:05.1970s. And Isabelle Huppert, who is nominated for an Oscar and will be

:11:06. > :11:13.presenting an award here tonight. You're watching BBC News. And the

:11:14. > :11:21.Royal Albert Hall, the new venue for this year for the Baftas. It really

:11:22. > :11:25.does look beautiful. It is a particularly long red carpet. I feel

:11:26. > :11:29.like it is about twice the length of the Opera house we're used to. And

:11:30. > :11:33.on this bitterly cold night, some of the stars had been very good indeed

:11:34. > :11:37.about staying and having their photograph taken and signing

:11:38. > :11:41.autographs. That was Ken Loach, nominated for I, Daniel Blake. What

:11:42. > :11:46.an extraordinary and lengthy career. He is 80 years old. Use a long red

:11:47. > :11:51.carpet, lengthy career. It was 50 years ago he got his first Bafta

:11:52. > :11:56.nomination. He has it that she has had a few nominations in between as

:11:57. > :12:00.well. I will make some predictions. I think that Ken Loach will win for

:12:01. > :12:05.I, Daniel Blake in the best British film. I think that La La Land will

:12:06. > :12:11.win Best Film. You could not have two more different films carrying

:12:12. > :12:15.away the major prizes. For the career alone, Ken Loach deserves it.

:12:16. > :12:18.But for I, Daniel Blake, he double deserves it. There is controversy

:12:19. > :12:24.around it because some people are not happy at the way the benefit

:12:25. > :12:27.system is per trade. He would argue, and I can see over your shoulder,

:12:28. > :12:33.doing some interviews, he would argue that he and his scriptwriter,

:12:34. > :12:38.Paul Lafferty, who he works with a lot, did lots of research, and

:12:39. > :12:44.conducted lots of interviews. Ken Loach was supposed to have retired

:12:45. > :12:48.from making feature films. But poll uncovered this research and it was

:12:49. > :12:52.too much like Ken Loach for him to refuse. If he had not made this

:12:53. > :12:55.film, I am not sure there is a simple film-maker out there who

:12:56. > :13:02.would have made it, certainly not in this way. -- a single film-maker.

:13:03. > :13:06.And Arnold was nominated for American honey. She's influenced by

:13:07. > :13:11.Ken Loach. Will she be making films like that? It Ken Loach does not

:13:12. > :13:18.make that film, the stories do not get told. It is controversial, but

:13:19. > :13:23.all the better for it. I am glad that people there to challenge it,

:13:24. > :13:27.because they will find it is not a false note in that movie. As the

:13:28. > :13:33.movie is constructed, people might say gets a bit melodramatic, but was

:13:34. > :13:35.Charles Dickens. He is making a point and sometimes cinema has to

:13:36. > :13:40.cut straight to the heart. That is what I, Daniel Blake does. There is

:13:41. > :13:44.Hayley Squires, having her photograph taken on the way into the

:13:45. > :13:50.Albert Hall. A young upcoming talent. Ken Loach and his producers

:13:51. > :13:55.went through a long casting process. He wants to work with people who are

:13:56. > :14:01.considered unknown. He did that with Hayley Squires and Dave Johns, who

:14:02. > :14:04.plays the character Daniel Braid. He is a stand-up comedian. Ken Loach

:14:05. > :14:10.does not want celebrity to detract from the message. For him, the

:14:11. > :14:16.medium of cinema is to get across this political message. A big star

:14:17. > :14:20.might detract from that. There is Dave Johns, who plays Daniel Blake.

:14:21. > :14:24.There are a formidable pairing that movie. They put Newcastle on the

:14:25. > :14:28.map. It does not get enough cinematic limelight. People in

:14:29. > :14:36.Newcastle will be cheering that film. It represents that plays well.

:14:37. > :14:41.Daniel Blake has been received with warmth in that place. When you look

:14:42. > :14:45.at the list, the categories, do you think Hayley Squires would have a

:14:46. > :14:50.chance? We have mentioned it before, but Naomie Harris is very good in

:14:51. > :14:55.Moonlight. Viola Davis, we have not spoken about her much, but she is

:14:56. > :15:00.strong in Fences. He has won Oscars for roles in the past. It is a

:15:01. > :15:04.strong category. The supporting categories are more interesting than

:15:05. > :15:09.the leading categories. The supporting roles lend a certain town

:15:10. > :15:12.to a picture. The actor can be free of the burden of carrying the whole

:15:13. > :15:18.movie and land a different tone to it. Hugh Grant is very funny in

:15:19. > :15:22.Florence Foster Jenkins. I think Mahershala Ali is great as well in

:15:23. > :15:27.Moonlight. This is a Dev Patel category in Lion. He becomes the

:15:28. > :15:29.main part of that film. People will be fond of him and the night and

:15:30. > :15:38.homecoming king. Yes, Russell Tovey having his photo

:15:39. > :15:43.taken. He is presenting an award tonight. Looking at the Best Actor

:15:44. > :15:49.nominee is fair. All of them here tonight, as well. That takes us back

:15:50. > :15:54.to something we touched on right at the start, the importance of the

:15:55. > :15:59.BAFTAs now. It is up there, it is very much part of the award season,

:16:00. > :16:04.not just in the States but the big film festivals as well, Venice and

:16:05. > :16:09.Berlin. Where do you rank BAFTA, if you can, in terms of importance? If

:16:10. > :16:14.you won BAFTA you would be very chuffed with yourself and rightly

:16:15. > :16:19.so. What is becoming important is there are some differences, as well.

:16:20. > :16:25.It's not the same as the Oscars, it has its own unique a very unique

:16:26. > :16:31.British award. They look for very different things. The mix is very

:16:32. > :16:34.crucial. They are getting it just about right this year, with the

:16:35. > :16:40.Outstanding British Film. The Americans are pleased, nestle

:16:41. > :16:46.alongside them. I would like to see a day where we don't have Best Film,

:16:47. > :16:49.we just have, or best British film, just all together, with the

:16:50. > :16:59.documentaries as well. So rich is sin are at the moment that to

:17:00. > :17:03.delineate is very old-fashioned. Beard animated, documentary or

:17:04. > :17:05.blockbusters. But for now the red carpet is where they are

:17:06. > :17:11.democratically squeezed together, robbing freezing shoulders!

:17:12. > :17:15.It suddenly got a little more, and quite. Penelope Cruz presenting an

:17:16. > :17:19.award here tonight as well. Now we can hear ourselves and talk to each

:17:20. > :17:24.other, just some of your grip reflections on tonight on what we've

:17:25. > :17:29.seen, on a bitterly cold night? There have been some very beautiful

:17:30. > :17:34.creations out there? Yes, people have been wearing them very briefly.

:17:35. > :17:38.To my mind there hasn't been anything new or unusual. It's a

:17:39. > :17:44.whole season of trouser suits and all in ones. We've seen nothing but

:17:45. > :17:48.dresses tonight and it's all been very floaty and feminine. Fashion is

:17:49. > :17:53.in a cool place at the moment. I would like to have seen people

:17:54. > :17:58.mixing it up a bit, using more designers. I would like more British

:17:59. > :18:02.designers on the catwalk. Surprised we haven't seen any Victoria

:18:03. > :18:08.Beckham. She has done trousers, especially as it is so cold! It's

:18:09. > :18:12.unusual to see so many European houses are not British houses. I'd

:18:13. > :18:16.like to have seen more London designers, being on the eve of

:18:17. > :18:20.London Fashion Week. Everyone looked amazing. Nod to the men as well.

:18:21. > :18:25.That is important as well. It's interesting we always talk about

:18:26. > :18:28.what women wear, it doesn't define them as actresses but it's great to

:18:29. > :18:35.see them engaging with the industry. I always think we need to talk about

:18:36. > :18:40.what men wear. Dev Patel wore Burberry, which was great. We saw a

:18:41. > :18:44.lot of Tom Ford and Armani as well. There were some blue tuxedos, Tom

:18:45. > :18:50.Ford in a red velvet... He always wears that. If you can get away

:18:51. > :18:59.with! He wears these things very well. I'm sure he has snuck in the

:19:00. > :19:06.back. Well, something of a lull here. We should point out that two

:19:07. > :19:11.important people haven't arrived as far as we know. The Duke of

:19:12. > :19:17.Cambridge is a patron of BAFTA. The patron of BAFTA. They had a

:19:18. > :19:23.pre-soiree at Kensington Palace last night, a nominee 's party. That is

:19:24. > :19:28.kind of his stomping ground. He's very much in charge of it. There was

:19:29. > :19:32.some talk, may silly talk a few weeks ago, about whether the Dutch

:19:33. > :19:37.ash should be coming as well, because she might be so glamorous

:19:38. > :19:41.she might put Nicole Kidman and the others to shame, complete nonsense!

:19:42. > :19:45.She doesn't always turn up but he himself will be here. He is

:19:46. > :19:52.presenting the Fellowship to Mel Brooks. I think there is going to be

:19:53. > :19:56.a gag gag waiting to happen and maybe a film coming out that at some

:19:57. > :19:59.point. I think he's very supportive of BAFTA and I think it's very

:20:00. > :20:04.important for BAFTA to have that edge. And again, with its

:20:05. > :20:07.international reputation, it gives them another draw for the people

:20:08. > :20:13.coming. I think he's very involved with that, as well. He does go to...

:20:14. > :20:16.Before all those Royal variety shows and all those royal premiers, they

:20:17. > :20:21.used to give them terrible films to watch but I think now we are in safe

:20:22. > :20:25.hands and the taste has got a bit better than the bland family films

:20:26. > :20:28.they used to put in front of his grandmother, the Queen.

:20:29. > :20:36.Maybe this is a silly question, but is it useful for them to have that

:20:37. > :20:40.royal patron edge? Does it boost the British Academy? I'm curious what

:20:41. > :20:44.difference it makes. I suppose by definition it brings publicity. It

:20:45. > :20:48.does. It makes it feel it is such an important industry. Varane was

:20:49. > :20:51.talking about how much fashion contributes to the gross domestic

:20:52. > :20:56.product to the country, film as well. Billions. It is vital they get

:20:57. > :21:01.represented. Films struggled for a long time to be taken seriously. I

:21:02. > :21:06.think that debate is over now. We can't lose sight of its commerce and

:21:07. > :21:11.how important it is. We talked about Felicity Jones earlier, she is in

:21:12. > :21:16.star wards broke one, a huge film around the world. For Britain to

:21:17. > :21:22.remain the centre of that, the centre of culture, we are almost

:21:23. > :21:26.second to La La Land in Hollywood itself, is Britain as a cultural and

:21:27. > :21:29.creative entity. To have the royal family behind that is very

:21:30. > :21:33.important. You are watching this BBC News

:21:34. > :21:40.special programme live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, as we

:21:41. > :21:44.edge up to the beginning of the British Academy film awards. The

:21:45. > :21:51.ceremony due to begin, I believe, dead on seven o'clock. Most of the

:21:52. > :21:55.actors, actresses, directors and producers are inside. They made

:21:56. > :21:59.their way up the red carpet in this new venue here at the Royal Albert

:22:00. > :22:07.Hall. The ceremony, we should say again, will be hosted by Stephen

:22:08. > :22:12.Fry, as we have become used to. And the Fellowship tonight will be

:22:13. > :22:17.presented by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as we've been

:22:18. > :22:21.reflecting. And I'm making an educated guess, perhaps they are

:22:22. > :22:26.arriving now. That award, as we say, goes to someone who has had an

:22:27. > :22:32.extremely long and extremely influential career, Mel Brooks. I

:22:33. > :22:37.think 87 now, is he? He is, 87, extraordinary. The longevity of that

:22:38. > :22:41.career... I think the Duchess and you are arriving and we'll be right

:22:42. > :22:46.behind you, Jane. A different route for them. They get a different

:22:47. > :22:49.carpet. They have a considerably shorter

:22:50. > :22:54.carpet, that's what I just realise. You are at eagle eyed in a way that

:22:55. > :23:03.I was not. Yes, just arriving behind us. The Duke of Cambridge in his

:23:04. > :23:06.role of patron of BAFTA. And Lorraine Candy from the Sunday

:23:07. > :23:10.Times, you were saying at the start of our programme tonight that you

:23:11. > :23:14.hoped we would see a British dress, British designer.

:23:15. > :23:20.I don't know, I think possibly Alexander McQueen, but... She does

:23:21. > :23:25.look amazing, doesn't she? We will see if we can get confirmation of

:23:26. > :23:30.that. Alexander McQueen, a label that she wears quite a lot. Yes, her

:23:31. > :23:35.wedding dress also. Would she have thought about that dress for

:23:36. > :23:40.tonight? Film related red carpet would...? I think she would have

:23:41. > :23:45.wanted to support British and she knows she's going to be photographed

:23:46. > :23:47.more than any other woman here. She would have put quite a lot of

:23:48. > :23:58.thought into that. So, they make their way in. What's

:23:59. > :24:02.so striking is we've been fighting the volume levels all night, as we

:24:03. > :24:05.always do here at the BAFTAs. But because they came through a

:24:06. > :24:08.different entrance, the vast majority of members of the public

:24:09. > :24:13.hear clearly didn't realise they had arrived, because there was no

:24:14. > :24:16.shouting, even I was taken by surprise.

:24:17. > :24:19.They don't want to upstage the actresses. They're with the Chief

:24:20. > :24:24.Executive of BAFTA, is wearing Burberry. I thought I'd get that in

:24:25. > :24:29.there! Good inside knowledge, Jason.

:24:30. > :24:33.That really does signify that we are very close to the ceremony starting.

:24:34. > :24:38.We had a couple of predictions from you this evening, Jason, but I'm not

:24:39. > :24:41.going to let you go and let this element of the evening close without

:24:42. > :24:45.getting some firm predictions from you and then you and I will be back

:24:46. > :24:50.together in a couple of hours from now to see whether you or I were

:24:51. > :24:54.right. In terms of Best Film, that is distinct from the category of

:24:55. > :25:01.Best British film, but Best Film, just to remind people the

:25:02. > :25:04.nominations are Arrival, Manchester by the Sea, I, Daniel Blake and

:25:05. > :25:08.Moonlight and La La Land. Do I gather you are calling that the La

:25:09. > :25:12.La Land? Yes, 11 nominations and I think that heft will carry it

:25:13. > :25:16.through. I'd love it to be Moonlight but I think it is La La Land and I

:25:17. > :25:21.will be delighted for that as well. Yes, I guess I feel the same as you.

:25:22. > :25:24.I would love it to be Moonlight. Outstanding British Film, forgive

:25:25. > :25:28.me, apologies to some because we have barely mentions of those

:25:29. > :25:35.mentioned. Fantastic beast and where to find them is among them. I,

:25:36. > :25:42.Daniel Blake, you would think? Yes, I think I, Daniel Blake. A foreign

:25:43. > :25:47.film in the British category, under the shadow, set in Iran in the 80s

:25:48. > :25:50.but I think it is a I, Daniel Blake. A tremendous year and winning in

:25:51. > :25:53.Cannes and I think he will carry that momentum through to winning

:25:54. > :25:59.tonight. And the shouting her shouted again. I think that is

:26:00. > :26:04.because Casey Affleck has arrived. Yes, he is over there, hiding with a

:26:05. > :26:08.beard, not how he appears in the film. Casey Affleck, he is in

:26:09. > :26:12.Manchester by the Sea. Probably the hot favourite to win Best Actor 's

:26:13. > :26:17.night. He's got the pressure from Andrew Garfield behind him but I

:26:18. > :26:21.think it is Casey Affleck's, it seems he is winning everywhere else.

:26:22. > :26:26.I have to say, it's not the performance I love the most, but I

:26:27. > :26:29.see why it is getting a lot of heft behind it and I think it's probably

:26:30. > :26:33.going to carry at all the way through to the Oscars. Hard to see

:26:34. > :26:38.anyone coming in and tripping up Casey Affleck other than his own

:26:39. > :26:43.beard. Jason Solomons and Lorraine Candy, fantastic to have you

:26:44. > :26:48.alongside me and bearing the cold. We could even hear each other for

:26:49. > :26:52.some of it, an absolute treat! Thank you. The British film Academy Awards

:26:53. > :26:57.will get underway in the next 15 minutes or so and we will have a

:26:58. > :27:01.special results programme for you here on BBC News. Jason and I will

:27:02. > :27:08.be back with you for that at 9:30pm this evening. We will see whether

:27:09. > :27:13.Jason's predictions are indeed correct. Let's find out what

:27:14. > :27:16.happens. For now, from here, alongside the red carpet at the

:27:17. > :27:19.Royal Albert Hall in London, it is goodbye for now.