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How to attend a BAFTA red carpet

If you'd like to come down to our annual awards for the chance to see the stars in person, you'll need an official wristband. Read on to find out how you can get one.

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Would you like to join us on a BAFTA red carpet?  

The application form enters you and a guest into our ballot for a viewing area on our BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises 2024 Red red carpet on Sunday 12th May.  

To complete the application form, click here and be in with a chance of attending one of the most glamorous red carpets in the world. 

Accessible viewing areas for people with disabilities are available. If you have a disability and would like to enter into our ballot for a place within our Red Carpet Accessible Viewing Area, please click here.  

BAFTA’s red carpets are among the most exclusive and anticipated occasions in the entertainment calendar. Global stars of cinema, television and games regularly attend our awards, arriving in style and joining home-grown talent for a night of celebration. We have viewing areas at two of our awards each year: the EE BAFTA Film Awards and the BAFTA Television Awards with P&O Cruises.  

The ballot is open until the 23rd of April 2024. After this time applications will not be accepted. The ballot winners will be contacted on or before Tuesday 30th April 2024. If you have not heard by this date, then you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Due to the number of applications that we receive, we will not be able to contact everyone individually if you have not been successful. This is the only way to secure a viewing place on the Red Carpet, no spaces will be allocated on the day. One entry per person. Each applicant is able to include up to one guest in their application, successful applicants can bring this guest with them on the day. One entry per person. Successful applications are non-transferable.

For more details on the ballot process and the viewing areas, please see our FAQ document. 

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Terms and Conditions  

The closing date for application is 23:59 on Tuesday 23rd of April 2024. The ballot will be drawn randomly after the application closing date. All successful applicants will be informed on or before Tuesday 30th of April 2024. Applicants can enter for themselves and one guest. Both names must be supplied at the point of application and can NOT be changed at any point after the application has been submitted. Please only submit one entry from for you OR you guest, we cannot accept more than one entry per pair. All attendees must be aged 12 years old and above on 12th of May 2024. Attendees under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Upon gaining a place through the ballot, details on where to collect wristbands from will be supplied to you and your guest. Access to the viewing areas are not permitted without a valid wristband. Wristbands will be issued on the day of the Awards at a central London (zone 1or zone 2) location. Wristbands will only be issued once photographic ID has been shown along with the confirmation email. Please do not go to the venue without a ticket or wristband. Security will turn people away to prevent queues from forming. Overnight queuing will not be permitted so please do not attempt to queue on Saturday or early on Sunday. The wristbands will be placed on your wrist immediately and are strictly non-transferable. You must arrive promptly to guarantee admission. BAFTA security will give instructions on the day to help you safely into the viewing areas. They will be dressed in high visibility jackets therefore easy to identify. Please listen to their instructions. No lists of any kind will be honoured and security will only allow access to the viewing areas based on the numbered wristband. Should your wristband become lost or damaged, there is no automatic right of re-admission during the event. Anybody found to be blocking doorways or the public footpath or restricting public or vehicle access in any way may not be issued a wristband and may be asked to move on. Tents are not permitted as they restrict access along the public footpath. Please take all of your rubbish with you and keep the area clean. Please dress appropriately for the weather at this time of year. There will be bag searches of all public in the viewing areas in operation so we advise you to bring as little baggage as possible. Regretfully, BAFTA are not able to provide toilet facilities for red carpet attendees. We reserve the right to refuse admission to, remove or exclude any person whose behaviour gives rise to concerns regarding the health and safety of the public, security, staff or themselves. Where someone is found to be in possession of an item that gives rise to health and safety concerns as above, they will be refused admission, removed and may be reported to the police. Professional photography is not permitted in the public viewing area. Where someone is found to be using professional photography equipment, they will be refused admission and removed. More details will follow, if your application is successful. If you require any further information, please get in touch via [email protected]