BBC Bafta viewers 'moved to tears' as Hannah Waddingham performance branded 'perfection'

Actress Hannah Waddingham moved Bafta viewers to tears as she performed a stunning rendition of Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time at Sunday night's awards ceremony.

The star-studded event saw Christopher Nolan epic Oppenheimer sweep up, winning seven awards including best film, best director, best actor for Cillian Murphy and best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr. Meanwhile, Emma Stone was named best actress for Poor Things, the fairytale adaptation of the novel of the same name, which won five gongs in total.

The awards ceremony, held at London's Royal Festival Hall and hosted by Scottish actor David Tennant, also paid tribute to some great names in the film industry who sadly passed away in recent months. During the in memoriam segment of the show, British actress Hannah Waddingham took to the stage to perform her pared down version of the 1983 hit.

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The 49-year-old, known for playing Rebecca Welton in Ted Lasso, provided the soundtrack to a moving film, paying tribute to stars including Jane Birkin, Glynis Johns, Carl Weathers, Julian Sands, Tom Wilkinson and Tina Turner. Also featured were Harry Belafonte, Alan Arkin and Sir Michael Gambon.

The Ted Lasso star, taking to the stage in an elegant black gown with her blonde hair in a simple updo, wowed viewers with her voice, moving some of them to tears. "Hannah Waddingham, you and that beautiful voice of yours has me absolutely sobbing," one emotional fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

"What a moving and beautiful performance! Hannah Waddingham singing Time after Time at the BAFTA's made me