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The Baftas are here, with the biggest stars in Hollywood descending upon London for the 2026 film awards.

This year’s ceremony will be held today at Royal Festival Hall, in London’s Southbank Centre, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Stone and many more in attendance.

One Battle After Another leads the nominations with 14, followed closely by Sinners with 13. Marty Supreme and Hamnet picked up 11 nominations – and there was also recognition for Frankenstein (eight) and I Swear (five), a biographical drama about John Davidson, a Scottish man with severe Tourette's syndrome.

As usual, the Baftas will take place earlier than their scheduled broadcast time, which means the stars of the big screen will hit the red carpet on Sunday afternoon, with the ceremony kicking off at 5pm.

Find all the updates from this afternoon’s red carpet and subsequent televised broadcast, which starts at 7pm on BBC One, below.

Which guests are presenting the accolades?

Let’s start with the biggest name: Paddington Bear.

The much-loved Peruvian import will be enjoying a day off from the West End production Paddington The Musical and hopping across the Thames to present the Best Children’s and Family Film prize.

Michael B Jordan is nominated for ‘Sinners’ - and he’ll be handing out a prize (Warner Bros)

Here’s the full alphabetical list of the other famous faces who will be handing out accolades:

Aaron Pierre, Aimee Lou Wood, Alicia Vikander, Alia Bhatt, Bryan Cranston, Cillian Murphy, David Jonsson, Delroy Lindo, Emily Watson, Erin Doherty, Ethan Hawke, Gillian Anderson, Glenn Close, Hannah Waddingham, Karen Gillan, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn and Kerry Washington.

Little Simz, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton, Milly Alcock, Minnie Driver, Monica Bellucci, Noah Jupe, Olivia Cooke, Patrick Dempsey, Regé-Jean Page, Riz Ahmed, Sadie Sink, Stellan Skarsgård, Stormzy and Warwick Davis.

Jacob Stolworthy22 February 2026 12:20

Important Bafta scheduling detail

The Baftas will take place earlier than their scheduled broadcast time, which means the stars of the big screen will hit the red carpet from 2.30pm. The ceremony will start at 5pm, and the televised broadcast will kick off at 7pm.

Jacob Stolworthy22 February 2026 11:20

Who is hosting?

Alan Cumming is taking up the mantle from David Tennant, who was on hosting duties in 2024 and 2025.

If you feel like you’ve seen Cumming host the Baftas before, then you are (sort of) right as he presented last year’s TV Baftas. The Scottish star is a big name on both sides of the Atlantic and presents the US version of The Traitors – so we can probably expect at least a couple of gags about the show during the ceremony.