The largest night time of the yr for the British movie business, the BAFTAs have, for the final seven a long time, held a particular place within the hearts of many. It’s the place stars of stage and display from throughout Europe, the U.S., and world wide have mingled; the place the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Cher have taken pink carpet dangers; and the place Jodie Foster, Daniel Kaluuya, and numerous different actors have been given their second on the rostrum years earlier than they acquired related recognition from the Academy.

Nevertheless it’s straightforward to neglect that between the ’60s and ’00s, the BAFTAs seemed remarkably totally different from the slick manufacturing we’ve develop into accustomed to immediately. Earlier than the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sat entrance and heart, the Duke of Edinburgh was there, laughing with Peter O’Toole as he offered him with the award for greatest British actor for Lawrence of Arabia in 1963. Earlier than Angelina Jolie glided down the pink carpet in an off-the-shoulder black column robe in solidarity with Time’s Up, she attended in 1998 with a uneven pixie reduce and her first husband, Jonny Lee Miller, in tow. Then there’s Emma Watson, now a BAFTAs common, who—aged simply 14—arrived in an emerald inexperienced frock in 2005 and gave an cute speech when accepting the BAFTA for the Orange Movie of the 12 months on behalf of the solid and crew of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Now, forward of the 2024 BAFTAs, we’ve compiled one of the best classic images from ceremonies previous, that includes everybody from Elizabeth Hurley in all her ’90s glory to a 19-year-old Kristen Stewart, the recipient of the 2010 Rising Star award.