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Alan Cumming to host Bafta TV awards on Sunday, 11 May

Alan Cumming to host Bafta ceremony for the first time

Scottish star Alan Cumming will host the Bafta TV awards for the first time when he presents the ceremony in May.

Kneecap director Rich Peppiatt accepts his BAFTA - "It's more than a film, it's a movement. And it's about how everyone should have their language respected; they should have their culture respected, and they should have their homeland respected"

Kneecap director among BAFTA winners in London

Kneecap director and co-writer Rich Peppiatt has won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer on a night when Conclave and The Brutalist were the big winners.

BAFTA Awards • 28 Feb

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Sunday

The awards season continues with live coverage of the BAFTAs, Escaping Utopia looks at a religious cult in New Zealand, it's Love week on Dancing with the Stars, and The Great House Revival heads to the Burren . . .

Television • 16 Feb

Kneecap has been nominated for six awards at the 2025 British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Film Awards

BAFTA Film Awards 2025: The full list of nominees

Take a look at the full list of nominees for the 2025 British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Film Awards.

Movies • 15 Jan

Kneecap: "And lo and behold, it's an Irish language film that's done it because we built all your roads and we win all your awards."

Kneecap on BAFTA nominations - 'We win all your awards'

Irish language rap band Kneecap said they are delighted to have received six nominations for this year's BAFTA Awards for their self-titled debut film.

Movies • 16 Jan

Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan have scored BAFTA nominations

Kneecap and Saoirse Ronan among BAFTA Awards nominees

Award-winning Irish-language film Kneecap has scored six nods for the 2025 British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) Film Awards, while Saoirse Ronan has been nominated in the Leading Actress category for her role in The Outrun.

Bafta Awards • 16 Jan

(L-R) Marisa Abela, David Jonsson, and Nabhaan Rizwan at the announcement of the Rising Star nominees in London

BAFTA Rising Star nominees revealed

Stars of the films Back to Black and Anora are among the nominees for the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award as it celebrates its 20th anniversary.

Film • 07 Jan

Elizabeth Debicki and Salim Daw in The Crown

BAFTA TV Awards: The full list of nominees

The final series of Netflix's royal drama The Crown leads the way at the BAFTA Television and Craft Awards with eight nominations.

Television • 20 Mar 24

Máiréad Tyers and Éanna Hardwicke are among the BAFTA nominees for their performances in Extraordinary and The Sixth Commandment, respectively

Irish stars among BAFTA TV Awards nominees

Irish stars Róisín Gallagher, Éanna Hardwicke, Sharon Horgan, Graham Norton, and Máiréad Tyers are among the nominees for this year's BAFTA Television Awards in the UK.

Television • 07 May 24

Michael J Fox presented the Best Film award, which was won by Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer

Michael J Fox receives standing ovation at BAFTAs

Actor and activist Michael J Fox received a standing ovation after making a surprise appearance at the BAFTA Film Awards in London.

BAFTAs 2024 • 18 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy - "It means a lot to me to be Irish"

'Proud Irishman' Cillian Murphy savours his BAFTA win

Cillian Murphy described himself as a "really proud Irishman" after he won Best Actor at the BAFTA Film Awards in London.

Movies • 19 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy, Poor Things among BAFTA winners

Cillian Murphy has been named Best Actor at the BAFTA Film Awards in London for his work on Oppenheimer while Poor Things, produced by the Dublin-based Element Pictures, has won five awards.

BAFTAs 2024 • 17 Dec 24

Irish duo in their element with Poor Things' BAFTA nods

Poor Things' Irish producers, Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Dublin-based Element Pictures, have said they are "delighted" with the film's 11 BAFTA nominations.

Movies • 18 Jan 24

David Tennant is set to host this year's BAFTAs

Tennant 'delighted' to be announced as BAFTAs host

Doctor Who star David Tennant has been announced as the host of the 2024 Baftas.

Baftas • 05 Jan 24

Siobhan McSweeney accepts her award at the Baftas

Derry Girls and Bad Sisters both double Bafta winners

Siobhan McSweeney, Anne-Marie Duff, Lisa McGee and Sharon Horgan have all won Bafta TV awards at the annual ceremony in London.

Television • 15 May 23

(Clockwise from top) Sharon Horgan, Graham Norton, Siobhán McSweeney, Anne-Marie Duff, Cillian Murphy, and Fiona Shaw are all BAFTA-nominated this year

Irish stars hope to triumph at TV BAFTAs tonight

Irish stars Anne-Marie Duff, Sharon Horgan, Siobhán McSweeney, Cillian Murphy, Graham Norton, and Fiona Shaw are among the nominees for the BAFTA Television Awards which take place in London tonight.

Television • 14 May 23

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Charlene McKenna stars in new drama Clean Sweep, there's another Sunday Game double-header, the British Academy Television Awards, while Saoirse Ronan stars in The Tragedy of Macbeth . . .

Television • 17 May 23

Irish stars among TV BAFTAs nominees

Irish stars Anne-Marie Duff, Sharon Horgan, Siobhán McSweeney, Cillian Murphy, Graham Norton, and Fiona Shaw are among the nominees for the BAFTA Television Awards in the UK.

Television • 22 Mar 23

Jonathan Redmond - "It's such an honour to be even in the conversation with so many extraordinarily talented people"

From Dublin to Elvis to the Oscars

Nominated for an Oscar for his editing on Elvis, Dubliner Jonathan Redmond tells Harry Guerin about his adventures in the screen trade.

oscars • 10 Mar 23

James Martin on the BAFTAs red carpet last month

An Irish Goodbye star eyes the double at the Oscars

An Irish Goodbye star James Martin has said that after winning a BAFTA, he wants to do the double and "fingers crossed", bring home the Oscar to Belfast too.

oscars • 01 Mar 23

Teacher Conor Flood with pupils from O'Connell Secondary School in Dublin

Pupils inspired by Barry Keoghan following BAFTA win

Pupils from O'Connell Secondary School on Richmond Street North in Dublin have hailed actor Barry Keoghan as 'inspirational' following his BAFTA win on Sunday night.

Baftas • 21 Feb 23

(L-R) An Irish Goodbye writer-director Tom Berkeley, stars Seamus O'Hara and James Martin and writer-director Ross White

An Irish Goodbye 'pinch me moment' at BAFTAs

The director and writer of An Irish Goodbye, Ross White, said it was a remarkable honour to win the BAFTA for Best British Short and described his 'pinch me moment' on the red carpet.

Baftas • 20 Feb 23

Austin Butler at the BAFTAs - "It's a bittersweet time"

Austin Butler remembers Lisa Marie Presley at BAFTAs

BAFTA Best Actor winner Austin Butler has said awards season success for his starring role in Elvis is "bittersweet" following the death of Lisa Marie Presley.

Baftas • 20 Feb 23

Viktor Prasil, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse and Lars Ginzel poses with their awards for All Quiet on the Western Front

BAFTAs 2023 - The full list of winners

German language film All Quiet On The Western Front was the big winner at the BAFTA film awards, scooping a total of seven prizes.

Baftas • 19 Feb 23

Barry Keoghan with his Best Supporting Actor BAFTA for his performance in The Banshees of Inisherin

Barry Keoghan's BAFTA is for Dublin's young dreamers

Barry Keoghan dedicated his BAFTA win on Sunday night to his baby son, his late mother and "the kids that are dreaming to be something from the area that I came from" - Dublin's north inner city.

Baftas • 20 Feb 23