Typically recognized for being extra subdued and uneventful than a few of its awards present friends, this yr’s Baftas proved to be the exception to the rule, serving up controversy, discourse and just a few shock twists on Sunday night time.
Certainly, even an look from nationwide treasure Paddington Bear garnered a way more combined response than you would possibly suppose.
Following the large success of the Paddington movie collection, the long-lasting British character is presently starring in his personal West Finish present.
And since he was solely down the street, Paddington determined to place in an look on the Baftas.
Fittingly, Paddington introduced the award for Finest Kids And Household Movie, treating the viewers to a fast comedy routine. earlier than asserting the winner.
As you’d anticipate, the second went down a storm with many viewers:
Others have been merely raging on the subdued response Paddington’s comedy stylings obtained from the celebrities within the Baftas viewers:
After which there have been those that have been… nicely… let’s simply go together with bemused by Paddington’s newest incarnation:
Paddington: The Musical was penned by Olivier-winning playwright Jessica Swale, with authentic songs by McFly star Tom Fletcher.
For his stage play, the Paddington character – performed by Ben Whishaw within the hit films – has been dropped at life by means of a mixture of puppetry, robotics and animatronics, with James Hameed offering his singing and talking voice.
In direction of the tip of final yr, the character made a shock look on Strictly Come Dancing to advertise his new stage enterprise:
In the meantime, One Battle After One other was the large winner on the 2026 Baftas, selecting up six awards out of 14 nominations.
Sinners and Frankenstein every picked up three awards – together with an appearing nod for the previous’s Wunmi Mosaku – whereas Hamnet and I Swear scored two.
Jessie Buckley and Robert Aramayo have been awarded Finest Actress and Actor, respectively, whereas Sean Penn was the shock recipient of Finest Supporting Actor, a title which has beforehand gone to Jacob Elordi and Stellan Skarsgård earlier this awards season.
