First viewed : Early 1981
I recall watching the "British Oscars" for the first time in 1981 which of course looked back to the films and TV of 1980. Many of the films had featured in the Film 80 Review of the Year so there were more clips of The Elephant Man and Being There. I do recall that the Best Actress Award went to someone I'd never heard of, Judy Davis for My Brilliant Career and her being linked up by satellite while sitting in front of Sydney Opera House ( 'cause she's Australian you see ). I was happy that Not The Nine O Clock News won Best Light Entertainment Programme and Rowan Atkinson got Best Light Entertainment Performance.
The other thing I recall from that first show was the ambush job on Barry Norman. He came on stage to present an Award to someone else. then, while he was up there, David Frost announced he himself was the winner of the Richard Dimbleby Award for services to broadcasting. Bazza accepted it with becoming modesty.
After that I watched the annual ceremony regularly, mainly for the clips. As the TV section was an invaluable guide to what was likely to be repeated over the next year it was useful to see tasters for things you might have missed first time round. With the films the main interest was to see which U.S. stars thought it was worth their while flying in to attend the ceremony. You also sometimes watched it to see justice being done such as the 1983 show where Bernard Hill was an absolute shoe-in for Best TV Actor. Sometimes I did get a bit bored when something I hadn't watched got multiple nominations , the best example being The Jewel In The Crown .
In recent years my interest has waned , mainly due to not seeing as much film or TV and I don't think I've watched it for quite a while now.
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