With the Oscars growing more and more contentious every year, I've taken to keeping up with other awards shows where people are less likely to get slapped. Case in point – did you even know the BAFTA film awards just happened?

Enjoy BAFTA Awards 2025 host David Tennant’s best lines from the show’s opening segment at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall.

The host, returning for his second year in a row, welcomed an excited crowd to the biggest night in British film.