It may be a bone of contention, but even four-legged actors can get awards in Tinseltown - and six top dogs duly collected prizes at the inaugural Golden Collar Awards.

PHYLLIDA Lloyd’s biopic of Margaret Thatcher, The Iron Lady (12A), opens with a doddery old Thatcher (Meryl Streep) making her uncertain way to the corner shop, there to be ignored as she attempts to buy a newspaper.