{"id":2306664,"date":"2026-03-01T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2306664"},"modified":"2026-03-01T16:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T16:16:21","slug":"bafta-raised-alarm-with-bbc-about-racial-slur-demanded-awards-be-scrubbed-from-iplayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bafta-raised-alarm-with-bbc-about-racial-slur-demanded-awards-be-scrubbed-from-iplayer\/","title":{"rendered":"BAFTA Raised Alarm With BBC About Racial Slur &#038; Demanded Awards Be Scrubbed From iPlayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Exclusive: BAFTA raised an alarm with the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1075114\/\">BBC<\/a> about Tourette\u2019s campaigner <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0203384\/\">John Davidson<\/a>\u2019s involuntary racial slur during Sunday\u2019s film awards, sparking further questions about how the incident ended up being broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>Five days on from the Royal Festival Hall ceremony, a clearer picture is starting to emerge about the communications that went on behind the scenes after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7418728\/\">Davidson<\/a>\u2019s verbal tics resulted in him shouting the N-word at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31193180\/\">Sinners<\/a> stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0430107\/\">Michael B. Jordan<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005148\/\">Delroy Lindo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BAFTA has pieced together its version of events and has spent this week explaining its position to parties involved in the incident. The arts charity has determined that one of its representatives made the BBC and producers at Penny Lane TV aware of a racial slur after it occurred, according to a person familiar with the matter. \u201cThe BBC knew what happened,\u201d said the source.<\/p>\n<p>BAFTA\u2019s position is that once the alarm was raised,&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: BAFTA raised an alarm with the BBC about Tourette\u2019s campaigner John Davidson\u2019s involuntary racial slur during Sunday\u2019s film awards, sparking further questions about how the incident ended up being broadcast. 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