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BAFTAS TO BE SCREENED ABROAD FOR FIRST TIME

BAFTAS TO BE SCREENED ABROAD FOR FIRST TIME

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February 14, 2002
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The BAFTA Awards, Britain’s version of the Oscars, are to be televised outside of the UK for the first time this year.

The British Academy of Film & Television Arts is due to hand out the awards on February 24, with the US cable TV channel E! Entertainment Television screening a two-hour international version on March 1. Other countries showing the awards include Australia, India, China, Denmark, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Viewers in the UK will be able to watch the show live on BBC1.

According to the company behind the TV coverage, Endemol, the ceremony will be the most widely distributed film ceremony after the Academy Awards and Golden Globes.

The gala evening, hosted by comedian Stephen Fry at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, is expected to be dominated by big Oscar hopefuls Lord Of The Rings and Moulin Rouge, both of which have garnered 12 nominations each.

Photo: © Alphapress.com
Although the BAFTA gongs are considered the British equivalent of the Oscars, this will be the first year coverage of the awards ceremony - at which many of this year's hot favourites such as Moulin Rouge (above) are represented - will be broadcast to the US
Photo: © Alphapress.com
Lord Of The Rings (above) and Moulin Rouge will go head-to-head at the BAFTAs, with 12 nominations apiece including in the all-important best picture category

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