BAFTA 2011

It's an awards show! What's not to like? Perhaps understandably, BAFTAs get the smelly end of the big awards hoopla, mainly because they are not held in the glitzy Hollywood, but in the drizzly London. Looking outside the window, I'm pretty sure the celebs are re-thinking their wardrobe choices.

The location of the awards play an important part in BAFTA Awards' desperate attempt at being relevant, which is why I have a rather dubious perspective. And here's my point - in a year when UK Film Council is no more, it is a slap in the face to have an awards show that instead of giving priority to local output, it acts as a dress rehearsal for Hollywood's big do in a couple of weeks' time.