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Stephen Fry might be the nation's best-loved intellectual, but his impression of Stephen Hawking made for uncomfortable viewing.
Lots of people on Twitter weren't sure Fry's imitation was quite cricket.
However, Hawking had already got one over on Fry earlier on in the ceremomy. Presenting an award with actress Felicity Jones, who played his wife in The Theory of Everything, the physicist joked that he was more attractive than Fry.
Show all 18 1 /18Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Actress Moore played an academic suffering from Alzheimers disease in the film
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Actor Stephen Hawking and his family supported Redmayne's portrayal of the physicist by attending the awards ceremony
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette collected a gong for Best Supporting Actress in Boyhood
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Supporting Actor JK Simmons celebrates after winning best supporting actor for Whiplash at the BAFTA awards ceremony
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Actress Julianne Moore with the Award for Leading Actress for Still Alice, poses alongside presenters Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) and Chris Evans (Captain America)
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Actor Redmayne and Stephen Hawking attend the Baftas after show party at the Grosvenor House Hotel
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Supporting Actor JK Simmons poses with Reese Witherspoon, who presented him with the award for Best Supporting Actor
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Rising Star British actor Jack O'Connell poses with his Rising Star award
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Outstanding British Film Lisa Bruce, Anthony McCarten, Steven Noble, Krystyan Mallet, James Marsh, Tim Devan, Eric Fellner, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones alongside presenter David Beckham with the Outstanding British Film Award for The Theory of Everything
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Director Foxcatcher actor Steve Carell, left, and Boyhood actor Ethan Hawke, collecting the award on behalf of Richard Linklater, winner of Best Director for Boyhood
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Film (Left to right) Jonathan Sehring, Cathleen Sutherland, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and John Sloss with the Best Film Award for Boyhood
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Bafta Fellowship Sally Hawkins (left) and Imelda Staunton pose for photographers with winner Mike Leigh
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Adapted Screenplay New Zealand-born novelist Anthony McCarten after winning the Best Adapted Screenplay for 'The Theory Of Everything'
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Sound Sound engineers Craig Mann (second left), Ben Wilkins (centre) and Thomas Curley (second right), pose with the award for sound for their work on the film Whiplash with presenters British actress Phoebe Fox (right) and British actor Dougray Scott (left)
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Bafta Fellowship Hawkins and Staunton laugh with winner Mike Leigh
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Film not in the English Language (Left to right) Pawel Pawlikowski, Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol and Ewa Puszczynska, winners of Best Film not in the English Language for Ida
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Best Animated Film Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (right), winners of the Best Animated Film award for the movie Lego Movie
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Baftas 2015: The winners in pictures Bafta winners Winners clutch their awards on the stage at the Royal Opera House in London
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When Jones described physicist Hawking as "the only person more intelligent than Stephen Fry", Hawking responded "and better looking".
Eddie Redmayne and Stephen Hawking attend Baftas after show party at the Grosvenor House Hotel (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire) We'll call it a win for Hawking.
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