Summary

  • Many stars wore black in solidarity with Time's Up and Me Too

  • Three Billboards is the night's big winner - picking up five prizes in total

  • Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman among the acting winners

  • Joanna Lumley hosted for the first time, taking over from Stephen Fry

Live Reporting

Steven McIntosh, Annabel Rackham and Ian Youngs

  1. Male stars support Time's Up

    Director Edgar Wright is one of many stars sporting a prominent Time's Up badge.

    His support of the movement is particularly poignant, having directed Baby Driver - the last major film to star Kevin Spacey, who has faced a string of sexual harassment allegations in recent months.

    Edgar WrightPA

    Sir Patrick Stewart is also wearing a black tie as a nod to the movement - and wearing the same badge.

    Sir Patrick StewartPA

  2. The best film contenders

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri20th Century Fox

    Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is favourite to win the night's top prize - best film. And despite being set in the US (the clue's in the title), it's classed as British and is also hotly tipped to win best British film. But it's quite an open field this year.

    Best film

    • Call Me By Your Name
    • Darkest Hour
    • Dunkirk
    • The Shape Of Water
    • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    Curiously, Christopher Nolan's war epic Dunkirk is up for best film - but not best British film.

    Outstanding British film

    • Darkest Hour
    • The Death of Stalin
    • God's Own Country
    • Lady Macbeth
    • Paddington 2
    • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    See the full list of nominees.

  3. Black Panther star sparkles

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  4. Sam Rockwell rocks the red carpet

    Sam Rockwell and Leslie BibbPA

    Three Billboards star Sam Rockwell is here - he's nominated tonight for best supporting actor for his role in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

    (He faces competition from his own co-star Woody Harrelson.)

    Discussing the film's success, Rockwell said:

    We felt like we made a good movie, but we didn't know if anybody would see it. I guess it just hit the right nerve, I'm really proud of it. And it's the third time I worked with [writer-director] Martin McDonagh - he's awesome.

  5. Bafta here we come

    Journey's End star Sam Claflin:

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    Baby Driver director Edgar Wright:

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  6. The badge many Bafta guests are wearing

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  7. Who might win a leading acting award?

    Darkest HourUniversal

    Gary Oldman is the clear frontrunner to win best actor for his stirring, prosthetic-aided performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. But don't be surprised if Daniel Day-Lewis gets the nod for Phantom Thread - which he's said is his last film. If he does win, it would be his fifth Bafta for best leading actor.

    Leading actor

    • Daniel Day-Lewis - Phantom Thread
    • Daniel Kaluuya - Get Out
    • Gary Oldman - Darkest Hour
    • Jamie Bell - Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool
    • Timothee Chalamet - Call Me By Your Name

    In the leading actress race, Frances McDormand is favourite - but Britain's own Sally Hawkins or Lady Bird's Saoirse Ronan could scoop it.

    Leading actress

    • Annette Bening - Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool
    • Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    • Margot Robbie - I, Tonya
    • Sally Hawkins - The Shape Of Water
    • Saoirse Ronan - Lady Bird

    See the full list of nominees.

  8. Kristin Scott Thomas says Time's Up

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    Dame Kristin Scot Thomas, who's nominated for best supporting actress for Darkest Hour, is one of the many stars wearing black and wearing a Time's Up badge.

    She told BBC News about why she's backing the campaign:

    I’m very pleased to support it. I’m very pleased to be involved in being able to say out loud, it’s enough. I’m fed up with not being paid the same. I’m fed up with not being treated the same. I’m fed up with it being assumed that I will do this, that and the other – that some people would never ask a man to do.

    And I’m convinced, I know, that it’s certainly not uniquely in this industry. It just so happens that in this industry we all have this wonderful platform and we’re all able to talk about it and get the word out.

  9. Cirque Du Soleil take to the red carpet

    Cirque Du SoleilPA

    The cast of Cirque Du Soleil are among the first to arrive on the red carpet.

    The company's show OVO is currently playing at the Royal Albert Hall, which you might think would mean the cast would be taking advantage of their night off by sitting at home in their slippers with a takeaway.

    But no, they're out in force tonight to support the Baftas.

  10. Stars wear black in support of #MeToo

    The vast majority of stars arriving at the Royal Albert Hall are wearing black - a mark of protest at the recent Hollywood sexual harassment scandal.

    Many of them are also wearing Time's Up pins to represent the movement.

    Edith Bowman and Rochelle Humes were among the early arrivals.

    Edith BowmanPA
    Rochelle HumesPA

  11. What to expect

    Joanna LumleyGetty Images

    This is shaping up to be an eventful night - there will be as much attention on the red carpet fashion statements and the speeches as the award winners.

    There's also a new host this year, with Joanna Lumley filling Stephen Fry's sizeable shoes.

    Read more about what to look out for at this year's ceremony.

  12. Get involved

    Let us know what you think of the nominees and winners, and who you are rooting for.

    Email us on entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk or tweet @BBCNewsEnts.

  13. Let the 2018 Baftas begin

    Welcome to our live coverage of this year's Bafta Awards - the biggest night in British film.

    The guests are starting to arrive at the Royal Albert Hall ahead of the ceremony, which starts at 19:00 GMT.

    We'll bring you LIVE coverage of the red carpet action and the winners - which means you'll see it here before you see it on TV in the UK. The ceremony will be broadcast on a delay, starting on BBC One at 21:00.

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