BBC Will Remove N-Word Outburst From BAFTA Film Awards on iPlayer, Apologizes ‘That This Was Not Edited Out Prior to Broadcast’

Variety · 2026-02-23
BBC Will Remove N-Word Outburst From BAFTA Film Awards on iPlayer, Apologizes ‘That This Was Not Edited Out Prior to Broadcast’

The BBC has removed the BAFTA Film Awards from being available to stream on iPlayer after not cutting a racial slur from its tape-delayed broadcast on Sunday night. The outburst came from John Davidson, a Tourette syndrome campaigner who was seated in the audience during the ceremony and is himself