Are you ready for British cinema’s night of glory, as celebs and stars queue up to get their mitts on a shiny golden mask? Join us as we run the rule over the red carpet and the awards ceremony itself
Hello everyone, and welcome to the Guardian’s 2023 Bafta film award liveblog. Before we get going, I bring you both good news and bad news. The good news is that, after the almighty mess of last year’s awards season, everything seems to be back on track. The Golden Globes were on TV again this year and so far – fingers crossed! – no major awards ceremonies have been upended by one celebrity hauling themselves onstage to wallop another celebrity in the face. It’s just a nice, normal awards season, and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.
More good news: in a happy break from tradition, some of the Baftas are actually going to be broadcast live. In previous years, the ceremony happened way before the television broadcast, meaning that anyone with the internet already knew who won everything by the time it was on TV. But this year, we’re promised, the final four awards will be presented live. This will add an exciting frisson to proceedings, not least because it means I won’t be able to just copy and past the winners into the liveblog like I usually do.
