THE glitz and glamour of the British Academy Of Film And Television Arts (Baftas) ceremony will come to London’s Royal Opera House tomorrow.

Acclaimed drama Carol and Steven Spielberg’s Bridge Of Spies head the prestigious event with nine nominations apiece.

The EE Baftas, hosted by Stephen Fry for the 11th time, will see The Danish Girl’s Eddie Redmayne go up against The Revenant’s Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Fassbender for Steve Jobs, Trumbo’s Bryan Cranston and The Martian’s Matt Damon.

The British actor will be hoping to reprise his success at last year’s Baftas, which saw him winning the best actor gong for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything.

The UK will need to raise its game at Sunday’s Bafta film awards to stop the US extending its lead in the battle for the top gongs.

American stars picked up almost all the top honours in last year’s ceremony, with only Eddie Redmayne flying the flag for Britain by winning best actor for The Theory of Everything.

Alicia Vikander, Redmayne’s co-star in The Danish Girl, will face competition from Cate Blanchett for Carol, Room’s Brie Larson, The Lady In The Van’s Dame Maggie Smith and Brooklyn’s Saoirse Ronan in the leading actress category.

Also nominated in the supporting actress category for Ex Machina, Vikander will battle Steve Jobs’ Kate Winslet, The Hateful Eight’s Jennifer Jason Leigh, Carol’s Rooney Mara, Brooklyn’s Julie Walters.

Brooklyn, which has picked up six nominations in total, is also nominated for Outstanding British Film alongside 45 Years, The Danish Girl, Ex Machina and The Lobster.

The films leading the nominations with a total of nine nods each are Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies and Todd Haynes’ Carol.

The Bafta EE Rising Star winner, voted for by the public, will also be announced on the night.

TV coverage of the Baftas will be broadcast on BBC1 at 9pm 
tomorrow.