Although there was disappointment that neither Mike Leigh's much-fancied Topsy-Turvy, Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr Ripley, nor Neil Jordan's The End of the Affair made it into the frame for best picture, the Brits did well overall.
Overall, the speech reflected the Liberal Democrats typically positive attitude to the challenges that lie ahead.
So far, we've been spared any plugs for athletes' personal sponsors because the Olympic branding rules forbid them (to keep the field clear for overall advertisers such as Coca Cola and Adidas).
But there was a problem: the compulsory oral exam, worth 20% of his overall marks.
This is an area where the PM's overall approach is we should talk to the agencies about the resources and powers they need and work with them to make sure, as a government, we are putting in place all we need to keep us safe".
If we look at the 28 seats the Lib Dems are projected to lose, eight are to Labour and 10 to the SNP: To make a difference to the overall scores between the blocs, the Lib Dems would need to claw back most of these.
Overall, 1,540 offenders breached the terms of their licences, up 18% year on year, while 104 breached an order, up from 73 the previous year.
As for the alleged link back to Scottish health spending, while total block grants from Whitehall are indeed connected to overall English public service spending, Holyrood has sweeping autonomy over where the money goes.
This shows that the overall figure spent on expenses in the last three months of 2010 was £195,891.01p.
It is striking that in the big three public service areas – schools health and welfare – the overall tone is largely "steady as she goes" rather than a change of course.
A narrow win for Bayern Munich on the night – and a comfortable Barcelona victory overall – was just reward for Luis Enrique's team, who were again wonderfully supple and incisive in attack when it mattered.
