February 12th 2026 was a BAFTA “Invest in Talent” Gala, at The Chancery Rosewood (a Hotel in London – here). BAFTA is the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, an independent charity.
Before we get into links for the 100s of pictures – I didn’t recognise a lot of the people there – but guests included the people below.
Jimmy appears to have been seated with his friend Ewan Venters (here) but also met up with Rob Brydon (here), Ronnie Wood (here) and Mark Wogan (here). This is not the first BAFTA event that he’s attended, see here.
Ellie Goulding sang at the event (Jimmy attended her wedding in 2019, here).
- Jimmy Carr
- Mark Wogan
- Rob Brydon and Clare Holland
- Ewan Venters
- Jason Isaacs
- Tess Daly
- Celia Imrie
- Elizabeth McGovern
- Joanne Froggatt
- Michael Fassbender
- Lenny Henry
- Alicia Vikander
- Monica Lewinksy
- Ronnie Wood and Sally
- Julien Macdonald
- Carlos Gu
- Carmen Vincelj
- Edith Bowman
Red Carpet
Arrivals had to pose on the red carpet…
- Getty Images Brazil, 326 images – here
- A 7 second video of photographers calling out to Jimmy to pose – here
- Getty Images Brazil had 1 of Jimmy – here
- Shutterstock – here
Drinks Reception
And guest were then ushered into a drinks reception…via posing for pictures with a huge BAFTA mask.
- 2 of Jimmy posing with the BAFTA award – here
- Getty Images UK – 112 images – here
- From the Getty collection, images of Jimmy with Carlos Gu and Carmen Vincelj – here and here.
Interviews
Some guests seem to have been shepherded to a podium to be interviewed…
- Jimmy being interviewed by Elizabeth Okogwu – here
This 2025 article is about a “10 year old” Elizabth winning BAFTA’s Young Presenters competition.
Dinner
And then there was the dinner / entertainment / speeches etc.
- Getty Images UK has 8 pages of images – here
- 20 of them featuring Jimmy – here
- Images of Michael Fassbender, Celia Imrie, Ewan Venters and Jimmy – here and here. And one of them at their table – here
- Celia, Ewan and Jimmy – here
- Two of Jimmy with Celia – here
- Jimmy chatting to Rob Brydon and his wife, Clare Holland – here and here. And 2 more here (unfortunate angle that makes Rob look tiny). Another, here, of the 3 of them, mostly showing Jimmy’s left ear.
Daily Mail story – here.
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