BAFTA stars arrive on crimson carpet as Hamnet, Sinners and One Battle After Another lead race for awards: Live updates

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Jessie will take to the stage at the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards to perform a special tribute during the ceremony’s In Memoriam.

This is a moment in the ceremony to reflect and remember the committed and passionate individuals who worked in the film industry who have passed away in the last year.

It’s one of the glitziest nights in the film calendar, where Hollywood’s finest descend on London to celebrate the best and brightest in British cinema.

And as a longtime attendee of the British Academy Film Awards, Edith Bowman has shared some of the more unlikely tales from the evening.

The BBC radio star and film fanatic, 52, has mingled with some of the industry’s biggest names, interviewing stars from Olivia Colman and Martin Scorsese to Russell Crowe.

Speaking to Daily Mail ahead of Sunday’s star-studded ceremony, Edith revealed she had a hilarious encounter with Hugh Jackman while on a rain-soaked red carpet back in 2013, when she was nearly nine months pregnant with her son Spike.

The presenter, who is working with Samsung, the awards’ first technology partner, also shared her tearful encounter with BAFTA winner Olivia Colman after she was awarded Best Actress for The Favourite back in 2018.

Made In Chelsea stars Sophie Habboo and Jamie Laing will be hosting the red carpet this year and were among the early arrivals.

This year’s BAFTAs is now upon us with the biggest Hollywood stars set to descend to the Southbank’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday afternoon.

Timothee Chalamet and Jessie Buckley are two of the most talked about names going into this year’s ceremony with the pair nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress respectively for Marty Supreme and Hamnet.

Meanwhile Leonardo DiCaprio will be hoping to bag his second ever BAFTA for the already heavily decorated movie One Battle After Another.

However it wouldn’t be an awards night without some drama and over the years the prestigious night has provided plenty of memorable moments.

From awkward speeches, passionate snogs, embarrassing blunders, fashion faux pas and even physical fights, the BAFTAs have seen it all.

Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of the BAFTA Film Awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall.

Hollywood A-Listers are in town to crown the best films of the year with tonight widely seen as a bellwether ahead of next month’s Oscars.

One Battle After Another leads the nominations with 14 nods, with Sinners, Hamnet and Marty Supreme following close behind.

Hamnet, helmed by Chloe Zhao, has broken the record for the most nominations for a female-directed film in BAFTA history, with 11.

The BAFTA Film Awards will be hosted by Alan Cumming at the Royal Festival Hall on February 22 and will air on BBC One at 7pm.

Stick with us as we bring you all the gossip and action from the red carpet and inside the ceremony.