BAFTA has announced that David Tennant will take on the role as host for this year’s EE BAFTA Film Awards ceremony, to be held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London.

David Tennant’s extensive career in film, television and radio includes ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,’ ‘Good Omens,’ ‘Broadchurch,’ and ‘Doctor Who’, a role for which he is admired the world over.

Tennant said” I am delighted to have been asked to host the EE BAFTA Film Awards and help celebrate the very best of this year’s films and the many brilliant people who bring them to life.”

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The nominations for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 will be announced via livestream by former EE Rising Star Award nominees Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir on Thursday 18 January at 12 midday (GMT), from the arts charity’s HQ at 195 Piccadilly, London.

The EE Rising Star nominations will be announced on Wednesday 10 January, during an event at the Savoy. It is the only EE BAFTA Film Award where the winner is selected by the British public. Voting is open from 10 January until midday 16 February 2024 at ee.co.uk/BAFTA.

The EE BAFTA Film Awards 2024 ceremony will be held at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, 18 February. It will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer in the UK