What time are the Bafta 2023 awards, who is hosting and how to watch on TV?

The 2023 BAFTA Awards are set to kick off on Sunday, February 19 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT. The show will be broadcast live on the BBC in England.

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Richard E Grant has taken over hosting duties and this year’s ceremony has even more celebs than usual on the guestlist – including Colin Farrell, Ana de Armas, Viola Davis, Cate Blanchett, and royalty. Here’s everything you need to know about this year’s BAFTA Film Awards.

Celebrating the very best in both British and global filmmaking, famous faces from both in front of and behind the camera will be donning their finest threads to hit the red carpet.

One of the starriest nights in the British film calendar has arrived – that’s right, it is time for the 2023 EE Baftas film awards.

The 76th annual ceremony will be taking place in the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, where the likes of Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchett and Austin Butler will be hoping to walk away with the famous mask statue.

But what time will the ceremony be on TV, who is on hosting duties and which films have been nominated?

Here is everything you need to know for tonight’s star-studded event…

What time are the Baftas and how to watch on TV?

You can watch all the glitz and glamour on BBC One tonight – February 19 – from 7pm till 9pm.

For the first time ever, the show will culminate in a live broadcast of the final four categories. In previous years, the entire show has been pre-recorded.

Who is hosting the Baftas?

This year, hosting duties will belong to the Bafta-nominated actor Richard E Grant and This Morning’s Alison Hammond.

Grant, 65, will. be hosting the event from the Royal Festival Hall, while Hammond, 48, will be catching up with the winners (and losers) backstage.

Speaking about securing the gig, Grant said: ‘I feel hugely privileged to be hosting the EE Baftas for the first time and the opportunity to celebrate the very best of the extraordinary range of this year’s films.’

Discussing her access-all-areas Bafta Studio segment of the show, Hammond told Metro.co.uk that ‘It’s the stuff you get to see when they (the winners) go off with their award. I’m going to be looking after them, guiding them through the evening, finding out the gossip,’ she said.

‘I’m going to have to remain professional, and I will be bringing my professionalism, because this is Bafta, this ain’t no joke!’ she laughed.

What films have been nominated at the Baftas?

Netflix’s war-drama All Quiet On The Western Front leads the way for most nominations with a grand total of 14 nods, and will be vying for Best Picture alongside The Banshees Of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once
and Tár.

Among the actors, Colin Farrell and Austin Butler share a category along with Brenda Fraser, Daryl McCormack, Bill Night and Paul Mescal for lead actor, while lead actress includes Cate Blanchett, Michelle Yeoh, Danielle Deadwyler, Ana de Armas and Emma Thompson.

You can check out the full list of nominations below:

Bafta 2023: Full list of nominations

Best film
All Quiet On The Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Tár
Elvis

Outstanding British film
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian and Charles
Empire of Light
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Living
Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
See How They Run
The Swimmers
The Wonder

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Aftersun, Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)
Blue Jean, Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hélène Sifre (Producer)
Electric Malady, Marie Lidén (Director)
Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, Katy Brand (Writer)
Rebellion, Maia Kenworthy (Director)

Film not in the English language
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina
Corsage
Decision to Leave
The Quiet Girl

Documentary
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Moonage Daydream
Navalny

Animated film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes on
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red

Director
All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Decision to Leave, Park Chan-wook
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Tár, Todd Field
The Woman King, Gina Prince-Bythewood

Original Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness

Adapted Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front
Living
The Quiet Girl
She Said
The Whale

Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Viola Davis, The Woman King
Danielle Deadwyler, Til
Ana De Armas, Blonde
Emma Thompson, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Leading actor
Austin Butler, Elvis
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Daryl McCormack, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Bill Nighy, Living

Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau, The Whale
Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Carey Mulligan, She Said

Supporting actor
Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse
Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet on the Western Front
Micheal Ward, Empire of Light

Original score
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Casting
Aftersun
All Quiet on the Western Front
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Triangle of Sadness

Cinematography

All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Elvis
Empire of Light
Top Gun: Maverick

Editing
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick

Production design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Batman
Elvis
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Costume design
All Quiet on the Western Front
Amsterdam
Babylon
Elvis
Mrs Harris Goes to Paris

Makeup & hair
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Elvis
Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
The Whale

Sound
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Elvis
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Special Visual Effects
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Top Gun: Maverick

British short animation
The Boy the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Middle Watch
Your Mountain is Waiting

British short film
The Ballad of Olive Morris
Bazigaga
Bus Girl
A Drifting Up
An Irish Goodbye

EE rising star award
Aimee Lou Wood
Daryl McCormack
Emma Mackey
Naomi Ackie
Sheila Atim

The EE British Academy Film Awards 2023 starts at 7pm on BBC One tonight

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