Actor to host ceremony on South Bank with Alison Hammond fronting ‘access-all-areas’ Bafta Studio format
The celebrated actor and author Richard E Grant will host this year’s Bafta film awards, it has been announced, in an expanded format of the show.
Grant, best known for his role in the classic 1987 film Withnail and I, said: “I feel hugely privileged to be hosting the EE Baftas for the first time and the opportunity to celebrate the very best of the extraordinary range of this year’s films.”