Some awards that, alas, weren’t handed out on the night…
- The News Hour prize for cringeworthy awards-giving goes to the luvvie pairing of Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, announcing Best Director and chatting about their rehearsals for Waiting For Godot. On the other side of the coin, David Frost and Michael Sheen get a gong for their nice dual impersonation of David Frost – something that could have fallen hideously flat.
- The prize for speaking off-piste went to Goldie Hawn, for her red carpet explanation of how life came to be (something to do with matter and energy).
- The award for unfettered emotion goes to Sharon Stone, for crying at every speech. Is that the actor’s craft at it finest?
- Award for best wince goes to Michael Sheen, for when the main selling point of Frost/Nixon was described to be Frank Langella’s magnificent performance.
- Award for bizarre technical cock-up goes to the montage of new Bafta fellow Terry Gilliam’s films, that was partially repeated at least twice.
News hour, with Jerry Caesar 