Golden Globes 2019: Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, Richard Madden win

Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, Richard Madden

British stars Olivia Colman, Christian Bale, Richard Madden and Ben Whishaw were among the winners at this year's prestigious Golden Globe Awards.

Colman was honoured for the film The Favourite, and Bale won for playing ex-US Vice-President Dick Cheney in Vice.

Madden and Whishaw won TV awards for their roles in BBC dramas Bodyguard and A Very English Scandal respectively.

Bohemian Rhapsody, about Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, won two big awards, including one for its star Rami Malek.

The Golden Globes is the first major ceremony of the Hollywood awards season, and can often help a movie or a movie star in the race for the Oscars.

Colman was named best actress in a musical/comedy for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite and she gave an endearingly excited acceptance speech that ended with her holding up her trophy and sending a message to her family: "Ed and the kids - look! Yay!"

Christian Bale provided one of the night's most political moments when he thanked "Satan" for inspiration for his role in Vice.

Bale played Dick Cheney, who was vice-president from 2001 to 2009 and is blamed by the film for many of the world's ills.

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