The big-money presenter will host next month's Bafta coverage for the BBC in one of his first jobs after his three-month suspension. By Caitlin Fitzsimmons
April 1999
Watching brief
Second half of this superb new dramatisation confirms its claim to a raft of Baftas, and proves that the BBC is still without peer in this field.
Bafta falls in love with the Elizabethans
Gwyneth Paltrow was denied the chance to indulge in a new display of weeping for joy last night when Cate Blanchett was awarded best actress at the 55th British Academy Film Awards.
The Bafta nominations
And the Bafta for saddest Oscar loser goes to...
The Baftas, Britain's 'answer to the Oscars'
March 1999
Still Walter runs deep
Elizabethan dramas named for 28 Baftas
Bafta shortlist
Period dramas take centre stage for Bafta nominations
