Richard E Grant to host BAFTA Film Awards

Presenter Alison Hammond will host a new BAFTA Studio to offer viewers at home experience and insights from the ceremony. Presenter Vick Hope and film critic Ali Plumb will take over BAFTA's red carpet.

"I feel hugely privileged to be hosting the EE BAFTAs for the first time and the opportunity to celebrate the very best of the extraordinary range of this year's films," Grant, best known for his roles in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?', 'Downton Abbey' and 'Game of Thrones', said in a statement.

"We are blessed to have a fantastic line-up of hosts for our 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards, all of whom exude wit, charm and warmth," Jane Millichip, chief executive of BAFTA, said in a statement.

The BAFTA Film Awards will be broadcast on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and syndicated globally from the Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall in the heart of London on February 19. The nominees this year will be unveiled on January 19.

Hammond said she was excited to be hosting the ceremony this year with Grant.