Host Jason Manford, Cabaret stars Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne, and a host of other presenters and winners gave some candid speeches at the ceremony
Host Jason Manford is keen to avoid an Oscars incident as he gets things under way:
I will very much be keeping your wives’ names out of my chuffing mouth … This is an evening of back-slapping not face-slapping.
This is like my worst nightmare and my biggest dream all at once!
Steady on, I’m not going to sing!
I was having a complete confidence crisis and one of our wonderful swings, the understudy for Sally Bowles, Emily Benjamin, came up to me … She took my hand and she said: ‘Eddie, look at me, you were cast for a reason.’ I looked at Emily and said: ‘Thanks Ems but I think actually I cast myself.’
