{"id":2315568,"date":"2026-03-06T13:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2315568"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:57:42","slug":"bbc-boss-says-bafta-n-word-controversy-was-a-genuine-mistake-we-will-learn-lessons-from-this-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/bbc-boss-says-bafta-n-word-controversy-was-a-genuine-mistake-we-will-learn-lessons-from-this-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Boss Says BAFTA N-Word Controversy \u2018Was a Genuine Mistake\u2019: We \u2018Will Learn Lessons From This Incident\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co1075114\/\">BBC<\/a> director-<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6495275\/\">general<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm6307308\/\">Tim Davie<\/a> has answered questions from the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/company\/co0173986\/\">U.K. government<\/a>\u2019s Culture, Media &amp; Sport Committee over the incident that erupted following the BAFTA ceremony in which the shouting out of a racial slur was aired despite the broadcast being on a two-hour time delay.<\/p>\n<p>In what has unfortunately come to overshadow the 2026 awards, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0203384\/\">John Davidson<\/a>, the Tourette\u2019s campaigner and inspiration for film \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31514146\/\">I Swear<\/a>,\u201d made the involuntary outburst while \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt31193180\/\">Sinners<\/a>\u201d 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> presented the first award of the night. The incident sparked a firestorm of anger, much focussed on the BBC for&#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>BBC director-general Tim Davie has answered questions from the U.K. government\u2019s Culture, Media &amp; Sport Committee over the incident that erupted following the BAFTA ceremony in which the shouting out of a racial slur was aired despite the broadcast being on a two-hour time delay. 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