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BAFTA Awards Will Broadcast Ceremony, Including Best Film Category, With Two-Hour Delay
Unlike last year, the entire BAFTA Film Awards telecast on Feb. 18 will air with a two-hour delay.
Last year, for the first time ever, the show ran with its usual two-hour delay but the final four categories were broadcast live, meaning audiences at home got to watch in real time as Austin Butler picked up the award for best actor for “Elvis,” Cate Blanchett received a best actress gong for “Tar,” Emma Mackey won the Rising Star award and “All Quiet on the Western Front” was crowned best film. Last year’s BAFTA ceremony had the highest ratings — an average of almost 4 million — since 2019 as well as the usual handful of viral clips and snafus: a lost-in-translation moment saw Carey Mulligan accidentally announced as the winner of the best supporting actress award instead of the actual winner, “The Banshees Of Inisherin” actor Kerry Condon, while Ariana DeBose’s rap about the best actress nominees quickly went viral and best comedy actress winner Siobhan McSweeney’s politically charged statement was cut from the BBC’s broadcast, causing some controversy online. Lee Connolly, creative director of production company Penny Lane Entertainment, who are producing the awards show, pointed out that although audiences at home will watch an edited version with a slight delay, there are no do-overs in the room.
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