BAFTA Awards

So BBC1 is showing the BAFTAs as I type, and I decided I'd have a quick look at the BAFTA site to see who all the nominees are.

Well of course BAFTA have put up the full list of winners! Yet the programme is descibed as being "live". The red carpet stuff seemed to be shot in daylight - which ended several hours ago.

So I imagine the whole thing's on an hour or two delay. But I'm wondering whether the website announcement was made while the show was still happening. So a text message to Martin Scorcese in the auditorium *might* have been able to inform him of The Aviator's upcoming win as best film.

Just popped over the Betfair site, where betting is "suspended" on all the BAFTAs. Is this usual?

This all comes in the same week as the Brits where once again the awards are televised 24 hours later to edit out swearing, and dull bits to fit a neat two hour slot. But as I recall (I didn't see it this year), there are rules about how many of the awards broadcasters are able to talk about when it's happening live. It doesn't matter that an award winner is a matter of public record - they keep a very tight lid on these things, even in our digital age will mobiles everywhere.

[UPDATE] It seems that the awards actually kicked off around 6.00pm, so even allowing for the awards that are presented early and not televised, the whole thing was probably over by around 8.20pm which is around the time I logged onto the BAFTA site. I should have checked a few newswire sites to see how quickly the winners were announced. It kind of spoils it for the viewing audience though.