Airdate: BAFTA Awards 2019

The British Academy Film Awards will air same day on UKTV next month.

Considered one of the biggest nights in the film industry calendar, the EE British Academy Film Awards will be held at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall, with British actress Joanna Lumley hosting for the second year running.

The awards are renowned for playing host to an impressive line-up of stars and regarded as an important indicator of the frontrunners for the Academy Awards ®.

This year’s nominations reflect a stellar year in film, with The Favourite leading with 12 nominations; Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star is Born, First Man and Roma receiving seven nominations; Vice has six; Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman has five; with Cold War and Green Book receiving four each.

Australian actress Margot Robbie is nominated in the Supporting Actress category for her role of Queen Elizabeth I in the critically divisive Mary Queen of Scots. The film is also nominated for Costume Design, and Make Up and Hair. Australian screenwriter Tony McNamara is nominated for writing the screenplay for The Favourite along with Deborah Davis, while Australian production designer Fiona Crombie is also nominated for her work on the film.

Watch Will Poulter (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch ) and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) announce the nominations for 2019’s EE British Academy Film Awards here.

Monday, 11th February at 8.30pm on UKTV.