Thank you for joining us for this auspicious, star studded celebration of cinema in all its forms, whatever that means.

I'm Graham Norton, your host for this evening, which means there's more than one Irishman here tonight that seems to go on and on now.

This is lovely, isn't it?

Look, it is gathered here in the breathtaking Royal Albert Hall.

Stunning.

I think we can all agree.

Well, maybe not.

Prince William.

He's just looking.

Pokey could not through royalties here.

And why not?

Because it's the rafters Tonight.

It's the rafters.

Glamour, the excitement, the length.

And now I should add, Don't be too concerned tonight because you're in safe house.

I'm not going to be mean to anyone because you might know in my other job, I'm a chat show host, which means, apparently, I have never seen a film I didn't really enjoy.

It's true.

I love cats know it is not even joking was brilliant cats, but with so clever I loved it.

Prizes for acting is not that hard.

No, a huge thank you must be made to all our American friends for making the effort to come here tonight because, you know, I know it takes ages to sail across the Atlantic, doesn't it?

Yeah.

You didn't thank you for caring.

It's the EQ Awards.

Ladies and gentlemen, this year, BAFTA have asked us to make sustainable fashion choices old clothes.

And now I have No, I really have fun.

Fact.

This jacket is older than Florence Pugh.

I'm not even joking.

It really is, for it's it really is on that so many young nominees don't It's fantastic.

Not just Florence.

There's Jesse Buckley, Terran Edgerton such a Roman, you know, And I look at you guys, Look at you guys and I can't help but think, Oh, if only I've Bean born 30 years earlier, I'd be dead now on not eaten away by bitterness and jealousy.

2019 though What's a year in film?

I think it'll be remembered as a year when White Man finally broke through.

They did it.

What I'm talking about weed.

It is high five.

High five.

Um, yes, a bit of a chat about the older white male privilege, and you can sort of see why.

I mean 11 nominations for Joker, which is essentially the story of a white man who makes himself even whiter.

The wonderful Jo Jo Rabbit nominated water film.

Adorable Rohit Child on a cartoonish monster is that when Greta Thornburg met Trump other great films nominated tonight at 1917 2 Popes on the Incredible Parasite Oh so good, it really is.

I was thrilled to hear of parasites nominations that at first I didn't think it was a new category for agents.

And how brilliant was.

Once upon a time in Hollywood late gentlemen, it takes a nostalgic look back at the Hollywood of 50 years ago, What we saw was a misogynistic, male dominated industry resistant to change, taking a nostalgic look back 50 years ago.