Stephen Fry quit as host of the Bafta Awards after 12 years at the start of this year.
Having fronted the annual awards ceremony since 2001 – with a break in-between – Fry announced his decision on Friday 5 January.
But why did he quit as Baftas host?
The national treasure announced that he would be stepping aside to let someone else ‘take the BAFTAs on to new heights and greater glories’.
In a statement, Fry said: ‘Every one of the twelve BAFTA film award ceremonies that I had the privilege of hosting has a place in my memory. The mixture of glamour, glory, drama and – occasionally – embarrassment and hiccup holds a unique place in the British film calendar.
‘Over the last two decades I have especially loved watching the emergence of new young film talent behind and in front of the camera.
‘But after so long a time I felt it only right to stand down and let others take the BAFTAs on to new heights and greater glories.
‘What fun it will be to watch BAFTA 2018 without my heart hammering, mouth drying and knees trembling.’
Fry went on to thank ‘all the production staff, Amanda Berry and her wonderful BAFTA colleagues, the BBC and all those who helped make every year so enjoyable’.
Joanna Lumley was announced as his replacement today, during the nominations reveal.
When are the 2018 Baftas?
This year, the Baftas will fall on Sunday 18 February.
How can I watch them?
The Baftas will air live on BBC One on Sunday 18 February, meaning you can watch along with your favourite A-listers and see the drama unfold as it happens.
Who is hosting?
Joanna Lumley will be taking the reins. She is the first solo female to host the show.
Who is nominated?
The nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, with the likes of Daniel Day Lewis, Gary Oldman, Margot Robbie and Annette Bening all receiving nods.
Check out the full nominations list below.
Bafta 2018 nominations
BEST FILM
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Shape Of Water
Three Billboards
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
Darkest Hour
Death Of Stalin
God’s Own Country
Paddington 2
Lady Macbeth
Three Billboards
LEADING ACTRESS
Annette Bening – Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards
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Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Sally Hawkins – The Shape Of Water
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
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
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Kristin Scott Thomas – Darkest Hour
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
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Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
Octavia Spencer – Shape Of Water
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christopher Plummer – All The Money In The World
Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
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Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards
Willem Defoe – The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson – Three Billboards
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me By Your Name
Death Of Stalin
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Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool
Molly’s Game
Paddington 2
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Get Out
I, Tonya
Lady Bird
The Shape Of Water
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Three Billboards
DIRECTOR
Denis Villenuve – Blade Runner
Luca Guadagnino – Call Me By Your Name
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Guillermo del Toro – Shape Of Water
Martin McDonaugh – Three Billboards
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
THE GHOUL Gareth Tunley (Writer/Director/Producer), Jack Healy Guttman & Tom Meeten (Producers)
I AM NOT A WITCH Rungano Nyoni (Writer/Director), Emily Morgan (Producer)
JAWBONE Johnny Harris (Writer/Producer), Thomas Napper (Director)
KINGDOM OF US Lucy Cohen (Director)
LADY MACBETH Alice Birch (Writer), William Oldroyd (Director), Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly (Producer)
DOCUMENTARY
CITY OF GHOSTS Matthew Heineman
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO Raoul Peck
ICARUS Bryan Fogel, Dan Cogan
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
JANE Brett Morgen
ANIMATED FILM
COCO Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson
LOVING VINCENT Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Ivan Mactaggart
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE Claude Barras, Max Karli
ORIGINAL MUSIC
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
DARKEST HOUR Dario Marianelli
DUNKIRK Hans Zimmer
PHANTOM THREAD Jonny Greenwood
THE SHAPE OF WATER Alexandre Desplat
CINEMATOGRAPHY
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Roger Deakins
DARKEST HOUR Bruno Delbonnel
DUNKIRK Hoyte van Hoytema
THE SHAPE OF WATER Dan Laustsen
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Ben Davis
EDITING
BABY DRIVER Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Joe Walker
DUNKIRK Lee Smith
THE SHAPE OF WATER Sidney Wolinsky
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Jon Gregory
PRODUCTION DESIGN
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
DARKEST HOUR Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
DUNKIRK Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
THE SHAPE OF WATER Paul Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, Shane Vieau
COSTUME DESIGN
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Jacqueline Durran
DARKEST HOUR Jacqueline Durran
I, TONYA Jennifer Johnson
PHANTOM THREAD Mark Bridges
THE SHAPE OF WATER Luis Sequeira
MAKE UP & HAIR
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Donald Mowat, Kerry Warn
DARKEST HOUR David Malinowski, Ivana Primorac, Lucy Sibbick, Kazuhiro Tsuji
I, TONYA Deborah La Mia Denaver, Adruitha Lee
VICTORIA & ABDUL Daniel Phillips
WONDER Naomi Bakstad, Robert A. Pandini, Arjen Tuiten
SOUND
BABY DRIVER Tim Cavagin, Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Mark Mangini, Mac Ruth
DUNKIRK Richard King, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo, Mark Weingarten
THE SHAPE OF WATER Christian Cooke, Glen Gauthier, Nathan Robitaille, Brad Zoern
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Stuart Wilson, Matthew Wood
SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
BLADE RUNNER 2049 Gerd Nefzer, John Nelson
DUNKIRK Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson
THE SHAPE OF WATER Dennis Berardi, Trey Harrell, Kevin Scott
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Nominees tbc
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Nominees tbc
BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
HAVE HEART Will Anderson
MAMOON Ben Steer
POLES APART Paloma Baeza, Ser En Low
BRITISH SHORT FILM
AAMIR Vika Evdokimenko, Emma Stone, Oliver Shuster
COWBOY DAVE Colin O’Toole, Jonas Mortensen
A DROWNING MAN Mahdi Fleifel, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Patrick Campbell
WORK Aneil Karia, Scott O’Donnell
WREN BOYS Harry Lighton, Sorcha Bacon, John Fitzpatrick
What about the EE Rising Star Award?
Florence Pugh, Josh O’Connor, Tessa Thompson, Daniel Kaluuya, and Timothee Chalamet have been named as the 2018 nominees for the EE Bafta Rising Star award.
Past winners have included Kristen Stewart, Tom Hardy, Tom Holland and Juno Temple, who was on hand to help announce this year’s nominees along with Edith Bowman.
Florence was the star of 2017’s British thriller Lady Macbeth, winning Best Actress at the British Independent Film Awards (Bifas); Josh himself also won at the Bifas for his work in the stunning God’s Own Country.
Daniel Kaluuya has found fame after a breakout in the box office smash Get Out, and will next star in Black Panther, while Tessa Thompson too the female lead in Thor: Ragnorak in 2017.
Timothee Chalamet has been sweeping recent awards ceremonies thanks to his performance in the critically acclaimed Call Me By Your Name.
The EE Rising Star award is the only Bafta that is voted for by the public, and 2017’s winner Tom Holland revealed after his not-so-surprising win that he didn’t actually vote for himself but instead ‘voted for Ruth’ Negga.
MORE: Paddington 2 and Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool among surprise 2018 Bafta nominations
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