Red Carpet The British Academy Film Awards

This programme contains scenes of Hello! Welcome to the EE British

Academy Film Awards red carpet show. I am Edith Bowman, we are outside

the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden. I know what you're

thinking, that is some incredible wheat intolerance she has got going

on. No, a fact and heavily pregnant, but with the likes of Bradley

Cooper, Hugh Jackman, all in attendance this evening, somebody

has got to look for being a birth Now, I'm hoping to speak to as many

of the stars and the red carpet as possible tonight. Also, we will

take a look back at some of the most memorable and hilarious

moments from the past 10 years of the awards, and we're going to

start with some of our favourite winners, the most excitable, and

one gentleman who did not even realise he had won. Peter Jackson

Wow! I do want to thank all of the I have the e-mail in My Out box,

telling him that I couldn't possibly do this, and I was about

to send it when a man came through to repair my fridge. I would like

to thank the fridge guy. I would like to thank my family, who live

If you are watching, it is not about the winning! This is England!

Sylvester Stallone? The third time I have been nominated, and the

previous two teams I took on a regime, press-ups, sit-ups... That

sort of thing, to get me in shape in case I won. This year I gave up!

I just thought, I will go with the He gave me a second chance after

BLEEP my career for 15 years! thought Jonathan was going to do

all the BLEEP, did you? I under normal circumstances, I would be

very excited about this, but sitting in front of me is one of

the Beatles, so WiMAX that! That was a fabulous beach, that is all

Your nominated for everything tonight, Ben Affleck! We are really

lucky, it is a thrill. We were on the list for the Town, so I am

really excited to be nominated. I have never been to the BAFTAs. This

is my first time, I am really excited. You must be gutted it is

raining! I heard the host is really funny. Have you met him? I hear he

is very funny. He is so good. know you like your comedy. The last

time we met you, you did a great Borat impression. Sometimes it is

terrible! If you find it funny, that is a good start! You still get

excited about being nominated? Did you phone somebody to tell them?

was really elated. There is something about the way the

Americans see the British, as being refined and having real taste, you

know. Shakespeare was British, after all! I think there's

something really special about these awards, I am sure it is not

just Americans who feel this way, so finding out I was nominated was

you have a little bit of paper Now, you do not have to win an

award to get you noticed that one of these shows, you could snag your

dress for end decade-long rumours about your sexuality, or you could

be utterly hilarious or inappropriate whilst presenting an

Alloa, everyone. Rusty! I get a little bit nervous presenting,

rather awkward. It always looks fake. I was worried about it, so I

wrote a little scene. OK. It is not a scene, I don't want to... You do

not have to, you cannot improvise. I went, it is pretty good! Brave of

them to give the stage to a couple Good one, Kirsten! Your hair is so

Collaboration can be a wondrous thing. They are tired! I have not

got a film out, I think I'm going to do another one about Truman

Capote de, you cannot have too many, can you? Wow, pointless, I watch

that at home! I am the founding member of the movie-star rock-star

exchange programme. Tonight, Sir Ben Kingsley will be singing brown

sugar at the Grammys. For many are visiting here tonight, short films

were the keystones that helped bridge the gap between a dream and

a career. Clearly I did not write this! I think it is important we

acknowledge I have already been very funny. Myriad challenges

arrive when attempting to adapt an already successful piece of

literature into an equally successful film. Chief amongst

these challenges is where you fit in all the fart jokes. Our five

nominees live up to that challenge. You are presenting an award tonight.

I do not know what award. Best documentary. Have you got a

favourite? I thought West Of Memphis was very good, The Imposter.

Marley, you are a big music fan. is a hero of mine. Searching For

Sugar Man is very good, a very strong category for producers. One

of the most exciting categories, genuinely. Do you know your are

presenting with? Superman! Very exciting, yes. Superman and The

Hobbit. Two civic heroes. Is it we are going up there? Do you know

Henry? I have never met him. Do you have a couple of seconds to say

hello? Yes, then back to our seats. Do you get involved of what you say,

are you going to freestyle? I do not think I will freestyle, if you

get a script through and you do not want to say it's, you can freestyle.

So they do it to you in advance? Yes, just in case and endorsing

Mitt Romney or something. Well, listen, good luck, I cannot wait to

see if you do freestyle, it is great to see you, looking forward

to part two. Now, it is inevitable, if you have

a number of the world's sexiest people at an opera house, there

will be flirting involved, I mean every time Ben Affleck and I are in

the same building, it is inevitable! It happens every time.

Here are some blatant examples of sexual tension over the last few

years at the British Academy Film Awards. Once again, I am as excited

as a given on heat to welcome you to this night of high drama, high-

tension, high excitement that we, for legal reasons, call the Orange

British Academy Film Awards. I do not get a kiss. It is a pleasure to

be here at the film awards, although from behind that set it

looks like... That is my kind of awards show, yeah? Kate Winslet has

got to be a front-runner. Seriously! You have got kids,

right? Haven't you? You have got kids. I might have. I think you

make the shortlist. Anyone want to nominate themselves, after the show

All five nominees are absolutely gorgeous, and I get to give it to

all of them. Yummy! My girlfriend is here tonight, I love her and she

looks really hot tonight! A British actor so good looking his face has

been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, which

makes it the perfect spot on which to set and enjoy a picnic.

Catherine keener is here, and she is hot. Old Mother Fry has

sharpened a critical eye, she says, tremendous film, and I like that

very nice Jude Law, didn't I catch you up in bed with him once? No, I

was in a film, Mother. Sorry, I was miles away! Marisa Tom Maher for

putting up with me, she is a hell of a talent, it was very brave of

her to take her clothes off all the time. And I enjoyed looking at her!

I would like to spank... Thank! Thanks Spike Jones! Oh, thank God,

it wasn't I would like to thank William Jones. I wonder if he would

be a lovely darling and blow a kiss Thank you very much! I am joined by

rave sport, how are you? This is so beautiful, isn't it? It is gorgeous.

With the rain, it is extraordinary. You have done this before, Life Of

Pi, you must be really proud of that. Prometheus is nominated for

best special-effects, which I did, I did the special-effects!

Hopefully I will win that. I have got my speech prepared. I'm going

to thank God, that is it. That is giving away the plot of the film!

True! It is great to be here with all these lovely, talented people.

Gorgeous people, it is quite intimidating sometimes, all these

gorgeous people. I am quite intimidated by you right now.

have got to present an award as well. I am presenting Best Short

Film and Best short animation. you know Helen? We have met a few

times, she is a gas. Sometimes you get a sexual tension with the

citation read us. I'm going to try to push for sexual tension, I am

all about sexual tension. The peer row Helen McGrory! -- the beautiful.

I'm not going to prepare anything, I'm just going to see what happens.

Good luck tonight, nice to see you. Confirmation of sexual tension here

tonight and this is the reason why. Let's look at the best dressed on

the carpet this evening and I had I have stitched myself into this

and I cannot take it off. I have a So much glamour, however there is

one man who is more suave and debonair than all of them put

together. He is quintessentially British, strong, dangerous. The men

want to be him and the women want to be with him. I am of course

talking about the one and only Mr Stephen Fry. He is back presenting

the BAFTAs for the 7th time. Ladies and gentlemen, I your host for this

evening, Mr Stephen Fry. Thank you. Please, please stop. Oh, you have.

The stage is bedecked with mirrors, as you can see, with an original,

charming, design idea or the satirical reference to this crazy

business? Let the tiara of joy and circle your brow and the elastic

panty hose of festivity end girdle your most intimate parts. I am

quivering with irrepressible, mouth-watering delirium at the

undulating prospect of this most splendid... That is Stephen Fry's

script. I did not understand a bloody word! Nobody does. I think

that is yours. Thank you. Strewth! Before I give up his award, I have

a question that is on everybody's mind. What was that horrible

slippery substance on the red carpet? Judi Dench's shoes are

ruined and she is holding you personally responsible. I think it

might have been a combined years of greasy flattery that have been

given out, losing on to the red carpet and beginning to bubble out.

You should not! Thank you. I have the Archbishop of Canterbury likes

to say on these occasions, that is enough tedious BLEEP. Let's party!

Good night and bless you all. joined by this evening's 7th time

host. It could even be eight. do you get for your 8th time?

get away with it, I hope! The weather is the chief attraction. We

rely on Americans wanting wind and sleet to take their minds of the

glorious Hollywood weather. I think it was 2005 when the red carpet

actually had some news coming out of it. We joked about that and it

was very fun. I asked in all innocence the second time I did it,

how long is the red carpet? The reply came back, about 40 minutes.

It is no longer the object itself. It is a segment, an event, an idea.

A different time zone? Yes, not a physical thing. We are standing on

a piece of tapestry that his scarlet. This is not the red carpet,

the red carpet is the people screaming and you doing your best

to keep warm in the folds there, I am sure. It is false! -- in your

false fur. Are you excited about meeting a Sally Field? Yes, I am

very excited because she is up there along with Helen Mirren and

people like that. Some big names will be up there, and they have

never done the BAFTA before. I will not give it away. Does the name

begin with the letter B? That person is nominated, so not a

surprise. Don't try and guess because you would spoil everything.

You seemed so relaxed. The inside I am a cauldron bubbling with

butterflies. Can butterflies do that? Probably in a crazy child's

cartoon fantasy! Hello, Tim Burton. I have to do some glad-handing and

prepare my script. It is mostly done but I have to put some rude

words into the autocue now that the sponsors and the BBC have passed it.

I can sneak something without them noticing. Have a great evening.

Lovely to see you. Goodbye. Thank Could I love Stephen Fry any more?

I actually don't think so. Two of the most coveted awards tonight are

the best actor and best actress awards. You will be very familiar

with most of the nominees but maybe not everybody, unless you are Mark

Kermode. Claudia Winkleman will explain who is who.

In Silver Linings Playbook, Bradley Cooper is a disturbed young man on

a quest to win back his wife. Marion Cotillard plays Stephanie, a

trainer who suffers a horrific accident. Ben Affleck plays a real-

life CIA agent trying to get diplomats out of a revolutionary

Iran in Argo. Shoot him, he is an American spy. Helen Mirren portrays

the wife and long-time collaborator of Alfred Hitchcock. The work I am

doing gives me pleasure and purpose. It takes absolutely nothing away

from you. Hugh Jackman plays an ex- convict who changes his identity in

Les Miserables, adapted from Victor Hugo's epic novel. Zero Dark

Thirty's Jessica Chastain is a CIA operative who believes she has

found a Osama Bin Laden. You don't know Al-Qaeda. Joaquin Phoenix

plays a World War Two veteran who meets a spiritual leader. Jennifer

Lawrence is nominated for a patrol of Tiffany, a depressed young widow

with a sex addiction in a Silver Linings Playbook. There is just no

silver lining. Daniel Day-Lewis takes on the role of US President

Abraham Lincoln as he tries to ban slavery in the final weeks of the

American Civil War. I cannot accomplish a goddamn thing of any

human meaning all worth until we cure ourselves of slavery.

Emmanuelle Riva plays an elderly woman as she is cared for by her

husband to. Hello, Hugh Jackman. How are you? I am very well. I am

worried about you because it is cold. You can cuddle me and I will

be fine! Since we saw each other, you got this nomination for this

role that was so important to you. It has been the role of a lifetime.

My first British film. I have waited a long time and I might quit

now. This is as good as it gets. Wait until we get the results

tonight! Are you confident? Here's the thing. After hosting the Oscars,

I was saying to my wife, it is so relaxing just to be going! I love

watching the BAFTAs and just to be here, I am thrilled. Anything else

is a bonus. Stephen Fry sets the tone perfectly. He is a master. I

watch him every year because I tried to steal as many ideas as I

can. Sorry, I Anstey Lane it! Anything that is good. -- sorry, I

am steeling it! Can I say the word speech to you? Are you ready?

degree. I can just remember my wife, my wife, my wife. If I get that

right, I am OK, right? And if you do not get it tonight, what about

your face? If I don't get it? will not happen, obviously!

face? It goes like this. Fantastic. That means I hate you. Pretty much!

I wish you all the best for tonight. Go and get warm. There are some

hand warmers here. I like the body The warmth that man exudes. Five of

the world's most exceptional directors are up for the best

director category this very evening. Let's take a look at some of their

exceptional work. Ang Lee is nominated for the

adaptation of the novel Life Of Pi. I need to find a way to feed him. I

can eat the biscuit but got made tigers carnivores, so I must learn

to catch fish. If I don't, I'm afraid his last meal will be a

skinny vegetarian boy. Ben Affleck directs the real-life spy story

Argo. You don't have any idea? is the best bad idea we have, by

far. The United States Government has just sanctioned it. Michael

OK, so how do you know it is Osama Bin Laden? Kathryn Bigelow direct

the controversial Zero Dark Thirty. He is there. Quentin Tarantino is

nominated for the slavery epic Django Unchained. Amateur slight

disadvantage in that I do not know what they look like. -- I am at a

slight disadvantage. But you do, don't you? I am joined by a

gentleman who is no stranger to the BAFTAs. I think I totalled 49

nominations over the years fall of your films. I did not count. That

is pretty good. Very nice. Is that an indication of the appreciation

that to get from the British audience for your films? Absolutely.

This is the only place that my movies can be a commercial hit.

Life Of Pi has struck an emotional chord. Why is that? I think it is

an amazing movie! If you do say so yourself! It is an endeavour to

bring up a lot, philosophical book to a movie. -- Be loved,

philosophical book. And it is a thinking movie and people have

great tastier. In terms of nominations for the film, is

director most personal? Is that the one that you want? I have got it

twice. Again! I hope that the movie is on it because everybody worked

so hard but all of the movies are deserving because it is a great

year. I am just happy to be here. We wish you a great night and

success. Thank you. I could stay here all night but I

would turn into an ice block. The stars are making their way inside

already. They are taking their seats for the British Film Academy

Awards, which you can see on BBC One at 9 o'clock this evening. Who