All the action as Bafta goes virtual for its star-studded awards ceremony and the industry’s best-known names wait with bated breath
The other bit of news I have is that, apparently, the ceremony is not going to plan at all. People who know more than I do have whispered that the Baftas have been bedevilled by such a cavalcade of technical glitches that it is currently running at least an hour behind schedule.
This means that one of two things will happen. First, the BBC will do a competent job of editing out most of these mistakes for broadcast, meaning that the viewers will be presented with a seamlessly beautiful ceremony. Second, there will be too many mistakes for anyone to edit out in time, and we’ll be treated to the most entertaining Baftas in living memory. I’m expecting Scenario A to happen but, my God, I’m praying for Scenario B.
Now, before the show starts, I have a couple of updates. The first is that there has actually been a red carpet of sorts. Obviously it’s much smaller than usual – Tom Hiddleston appears to be the biggest name there – but it does present us with a chance to play a new red carpet game called Vaccinated, Thirsty, Or Unintimidated By Death.
This is how it works: you look at a picture of a real-life Bafta attendee and try to figure out whether they’re old enough to have realistically already been given a double dose of Covid vaccine (my money is on Jonathan Pryce for this), whether they’re so attention seeking that they’re willing to risk their own health for a photo opportunity (hello Tom Hiddleston), or whether they place a genuinely terrifying lack of value on their own life (best guess: Pedro Pascal). Fun game, right? Have fun in the comments.
