Hugh Grant, Michael J Fox – and Matthew Perry: who were the real stars of this year’s Baftas?

There were moderate shocks galore at this year’s Bafta awards. Here are 13 things we learned, from Ken Loach’s consistency to Barbie’s current relationship status

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A three-hour epic about the development of the A-bomb might not have been an automatic awards-season pick (especially after spending the summer as the afterthought in the Barbenheimer hashtag) but … well, it’s become the bulldozer of 2024. Despite the billions of dollars his films have made, the stars have never quite lined up for Christopher Nolan at awards time, but now they are with a vengeance. Nolan strode to the stage with well-earned authority to pick up his best director and best picture Baftas; it’s the stoniest and coldest of stone cold certainties he’ll be doing it again on Oscar night.