The 76th edition of the biggest film awards show the Academy Awards are just three days away. BBC World has announced that its film based show Talking Movies will preview all the excitement of Hollywood’s biggest night of the year. The show will air on 27 February at 7 pm.

Laura Metzger reviews some classic Oscar moments, such as the kiss between Adrien Brody and Halle Berry last year. Brody won for his portrayal of a holocaust survivor in The Pianist. This year’s event will be hosted by Billy Crystal. In India the show will air live on Star Movies on 1 March at 6:30 am.

The show host Tom Brook reviews the nominees and finds out how the unknown Shohreh Aghdashloo, who plays Mrs Behrani in The House Of Sand and Fog has been preparing for the big night. In the lead acting categories Charlize Theron who played a serial killer in Monster and Sean Penn are front runners to win. Penn's Mystic River costar Tim Robbins is the favourite in the supporting actor category.

Talking Movies will also look at the documentary category. Its popularity has been growing in the US over the last couple of years.