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BAFTAs 2018 winners live: Find out who won each award here

The biggest night on the British showbiz calendar is underway with a host of stars waiting to find out if they've bagged a coveted BAFTA.

Famous faces from the UK and across the pond have descended on London's Royal Albert Hall for the 71st annual awards bash.

Joanna Lumley will play host at tonight's event after taking over the reins from BAFTA veteran Stephen Fry.

Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water is the current frontrunner to sweep the board after picking up 12 nominations including Best Director and Best Film.

But it will be up against Dunkirk, Darkest Hour, Call Me By Your Name and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri which has cleaned up during this year's awards season.

The fight for Leading Actor will be a tough battle between homegrown talent Gary Oldman, Daniel Kaluuya, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Jamie Bell and US star Timothée Chalamet.

Sally Hawkins is the only British star up for Leading Actress with competition in the form of Margot Robbie, Saoirse Ronan, Annette Bening and the unstoppable Frances McDormand.

A host of celebs are on hand to dish out the top gongs including Gemma Arterton, Orlando Bloom, Sam Claflin, Bryan Cranston, Natalie Dormer, Taron Egerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Follow all the action live here:

BAFTAs, BBC One, 9pm