Sir Alan Parker, recipient of Sunday's BaftaFellowship, had barely sat down before the Scottish Government had sent out an email with the heading "Bafta Success For Scotland On Screen".
In April 1999, Dame Elizabeth returned to London for the first time in seven years to be acclaimed by the British film industry and awarded Bafta's Fellowship Award for a lifetime of achievement in the film industry.
In addition the chief executive of Valve - the creator of the influential science fiction games Half Life and Portal, as well as the Steam community and marketplace - was honoured with an Academy Fellowship, Bafta's highest accolade.