Baftas 2025: A wedding dress, party plans... and Alan Cumming's four suits

The Sort Your Life Out prima was nominated for 2 Baftas this twelvemonth and rocked up connected the reddish carpet successful a caller mentation of the wedding formal she wore to wed Joe Swash successful 2022.

"I decided to person my wedding formal reworked contiguous due to the fact that wearing it erstwhile feels similar a travesty," she told her Instagram followers.

We agree! And it was precise successful keeping with Stacey's upcycling hacks that she likes to share.

The Scottish histrion and big of the US mentation of The Traitors greeted america connected the reddish carpet connected Sunday day successful a achromatic morning-style suit with fabulous achromatic cape item that looked similar angel wings.

Our evening's big was introduced up of his accomplishment connected signifier successful a video showing him successful the Traitors' turret, jokingly claiming that taking the helm astatine the Bafta TV awards was "the 12th biggest honour of my life" and promising not to person a wardrobe malfunction (but "whatever pops retired pops out." Oo-er).

The assemblage seemed to bask his gentle - and sometimes acerbic - humour astatine their disbursal and helium treated america to three, yes THREE, costume changes.

The greeting suit was replaced with an electric-blue shiny suit featuring wide-leg trousers, implicit with leopard-print garment and corsage. That aboriginal changed to a airy pinkish suit with metallic beading earlier a last power to a acheronian brownish velvet number. "I changed again, truthful writer me," helium told viewers.

Fresh from accepting her Bafta for champion pistillate drama show for her relation successful Gavin & Stacey: The Finale other James Corden, Jones said: "I emotion moving with James, I truly do. And I anticipation that we volition transportation connected moving together... we will. Because we some similar sitting successful a country together. We bash a batch of napping, but we bash constitute arsenic well."

She said radical person stopped asking astir whether determination volition beryllium immoderate much Gavin & Stacey aft past year's peculiar which saw her quality Nessa wed Corden's Smithy. "You don't truly privation to deliberation astir Ness and Smithy successful a home situation, putting the bins out."

The erstwhile EastEnders prima picked up champion antheral drama show for his relation successful Mr Bigstuff, successful which helium played 1 of 2 estranged brothers with precise antithetic personalities who effort to rebuild their relationship.

And afterwards helium said: "I can't judge it. Some radical volition beryllium fuming (at his win). But I've earned it. It's similar 'wow, I've made it'.

"I've ne'er truly done it [comedy], I've not been known for it. My archetypal outing successful scripted drama and to nick 1 of these is mental."

And what could apical that?

A triumph for his shot squad earlier that day apparently.

"West Ham bushed Man Utd and my aboriginal son-in-law [Jarrod Bowen] scored a goal... there's got to beryllium a drawback somewhere!"

The adaptation of Bernadine Everastio's publication Mr Loverman saw some its starring histrion (Lennie James) and supporting histrion (Ariyon Bakare) triumph acting prizes.

James described it arsenic "the portion of a lifetime" and pointed retired that it was uncommon to person a play astir a "queer, black, aged couple... I anticipation it sparks conversations successful the wider community."

Bakare gave 1 of the astir affectional acceptance speeches of the nighttime and backstage, explained why.

"I was stateless erstwhile I was 14. You don't ever deliberation you'll bash thing similar this. I'd spell successful and spot fractional a play, I couldn't spend to spot a full show."

Both stars were readying to observe successful style. James simply told journalists, "I'm going to get wrecked," portion Bakare was readying to "dance astir my Bafta similar women creation circular their handbags". Why not?

Following a almighty code astir the interaction the play astir the Post Office ungraded had, the formed and creatives headed backstage to marque a plea.

The drama's writer, Gwyneth Hughes, pointed retired that galore of the sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted are inactive waiting for compensation.

"Several compensation schemes are going on. Some of our main characters person not been paid."

She said she hoped the Bafta triumph would rise awareness. "If we're connected the beforehand pages tomorrow... I anticipation it helps."

Producer Patrick Spence besides made an impassioned entreaty: "It's not over. We beg you... get the communicative out."

When the BBC Breakfast squad won the quality sum grant aboriginal successful the evening, it was for a Post Office special. The programme's editor, Richard Frediani, said: "We've adjacent got a communicative astir the Post Office connected the programme time successful presumption of someone's run for compensation. We volition proceed to archer their stories and inquire questions connected their behalf."

Bafta Fellowship honouree Kirsty Wark, who near BBC Two's Newsnight programme successful 2024 aft 30 years, joked that she astir apt got her grant "for being 70, who knows?"

The long-running amusement was shortened by 15 minutes a twelvemonth agone and its investigative films were cut. But Wark thinks it volition survive.

"If Newsnight wasn't there, they'd person to reinvent it. I'd stake £500 that Newsnight is safe. You inactive request that programme astatine the extremity of the time to spot what conscionable happened."

Plenty of the stars teased america with nods to possibilities of aboriginal series.

Lenny James told america connected the reddish carpet that contempt being considered a "limited series", we whitethorn not person seen the backmost of Mr Loverman: "I don't cognize that it's done."

Anna Maxwell Martin discussed the imaginable instrumentality of Line of Duty but if it does travel back, sadly, she won't beryllium reprising her relation arsenic DCS Patricia Carmichael.

"Sometimes you're not allowed to revise definite roles owed to contracts with different streamers," she explained to the BBC connected the reddish carpet.

The squad down Shogun, which won champion planetary show, revealed that determination volition beryllium a "10-year clip leap successful portion two".

Alma's Not Normal won't beryllium returning for a 3rd bid having won the Bafta for champion scripted drama for play two. But creator Sophie Willan told america "there mightiness beryllium thing other successful the pipeline". A Christmas peculiar perhaps?

The daytime Bafta gong went to Clive Myrie's BBC Two amusement Caribbean Adventure and he'll beryllium heading to Africa adjacent week to movie the 2nd series.

And who would helium similar to instrumentality with him?

"The caller Pope - I deliberation we could person immoderate absorbing converations. It's got Bafta written each implicit it!"

But the BBC quality anchor won't beryllium giving up the time occupation anytime soon.

"I whitethorn extremity up doing much amusement worldly arsenic I'm an aged bloke... but quality is the core, I won't bash thing that distracts maine [from that]."

The deed BBC amusement acceptable successful a Scottish castle missed retired connected the 3 prizes it was nominated for, including champion world series. That went to Channel 4's Jury: Murder Trial, which restaged tribunal proceedings successful beforehand of 2 juries of mean people.

A 2nd bid is successful the works and said the adjacent lawsuit is "really relatable."

"Technically it's a world amusement but it isn't astir thing similar dating", the squad said backstage, joking that it was "a spot surreal" to spell up against shows similar Love is Blind.