The Baftas 2013 awards ceremony - in pictures

Welcome to the 66th Bafta film awards. Here's our host with pretty much all of "The Most", Mr Stephen Fry. He has style. He has panache. He has a giant iPad beneath his hands too keep him entertained during those long musical interludes
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Speaking of which ... here's Paloma Faith having a warble. Fry taps away at Angry Birds, which is apt, because the enraged peacock on the bonce 'o' Faith is attempting to leave, Stage Anywhere.
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It gets hot under those lights. Here's Bradley Cooper - sweating a bit like a normal person - and Ben Affleck, freakishly dry. They're presenting outstanding British film. Affleck has it all - the award momentum, a best picture nomination, a sharp suit - but he doesn't have sweat glands. Poor love.
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Here's Sally Field presenting the Bafta for best original screenplay. Her co-presenter, Eddie Redmayne was - at this moment- "puking his guts up backstage" according to Field. Splendid.
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And here's the best original screenplay winner. He thanked his actors, Bafta and Harvey Weinstein for taking on a "hot potato" script. Luckily QT didn't add any cheese
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Here's Jennifer Lawrence presenting the award for best supporting actor to ...
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Christoph Waltz! Good cold evening gentleman! Django Unchained's Dr King Schultz picks up his Bafta for best supporting actor
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Here's folk singer turned comedian turned haircut (Stephen Fry's words, not ours) Billy Connolly, who presented the outstanding British debut award to Bart Layton and Dimitri Doganis, the makers of The Imposter
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Chris Tucker was out in the wilderness for a while, now he's back, back, back to present the best visual effects award. He doesn't know it yet, but it'll go to the team behind Life of Pi's imaginary tiger
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And here's George Clooney presenting the Bafta for best supporting actress to ...
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Anne Hathaway. She dreamed a dream ... and it's still rolling on. Hathaway won best supporting actress for her role in Les Mis. The Oscar is now - surely - hers for a song.
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"Hello!" Simon Pegg. And "Hello!" Jennifer Garner too. They're here to welcome in turn the latest winner of the best adapted screenplay Bafta, who is ...
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David O Russell, who somehow managed to avoid having his picture taken on stage. He was there though. How else did he get that death mask on a stick (c) B. Connolly, 2013 Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images

Danny Boyle presented the outstanding contribution to British cinema award to a film-maker he described as "the Paul Scholes" of film. That unassuming, world class talent was ...
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Tessa Ross. Who thanked Boyle and said her award was due to film-making being "a game of two halves", in which "the lads worked hard" and "gave it 110%". We think that was it anyway
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Eric Morecambe and ... We mean TIM ROTH and Gemma Arterton present the Bafta for best film not in the English language. The prize went to Amour. Michael Haneke couldn't be there to accept the award. His Twitter feed says he was in "mcdonulds" buying "an amour happy meel!!1!" "wen u pull the old ladys string she says nothin cos shes had a stroke lol," he said
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John C Reilly and Sarah Silverman were up next to present the EE Rising Star award, the only award voted for by the British public. Last year's winner? Adam Deacon. This year's?
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Juno Temple! Well done the British public. What a redemption!
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Superman Henry Cavill and Hobbit Martin Freeman present the best documentary Bafta, which went to Searching for Sugar Man
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Ben Affleck won best director for Argo. He seemed genuinely pleased to be rewarded, coming across all affable motor-mouth. He thanked everybody - the wife, the kids, the industry, fate, love and providence. He seemed like he couldn't stop talking. Must be an ... [wait for it] Affleck-tation. [Thank you. Thank you.]
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This isn't Emmanuelle Riva. But it should be. She won the Bafta for best actress for her performance in Amour. Riva couldn't be at the ceremony, but presenter Jeremy Renner (pictured) said he would "make sure the Bafta got to her". We're not sure how. Perhaps he'll hand it over the next time they go out and sink a few together?
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Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor Bafta (surprise surprise) and used his speech to make jokes. We're not kidding. We're normally snarky about DD-L's intensity, but tonight he turned it on us. "I've been working on reacting to winning this award for 55 years. I've had Bafta ceremony sets built in every house I've lived in"
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Grant Heslov and Ben Affleck collect the Bafta for best film. What a night for Argo. It's all Oscars from here, surely?
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And then - as Sir Alan Parker grabbed the lifetime achievement Bafta from Kevin Spacey - it was all over. Parker - the veteran director of Bugsy Malone, Fame, The Commitments and Midnight Express - gave a tender and heartfelt speech. "It's been wonderful," said Fry. "Love, thanks and a very goodnight to you". What he said
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