Culture | The Guardian USApr 10
Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/10/bafta-apologises-john-davidson-tourettes-outburst #Baftas2026 #Baftas #ISwear #TouretteSyndrome #Bbc #AwardsAndPrizes #Film #Culture
Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst

An independent review found ‘weaknesses’ in the organisation’s planning and crisis procedures

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Why I Hate The SNL Tourette's Skit

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Culture | The Guardian USMar 2
Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku says Baftas win was ‘tainted’ by N-word incident https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/02/sinners-wunmi-mosaku-baftas-win-tainted-n-word-bbc-tourette #Film #Sinners #WunmiMosaku #Baftas #Baftas2026 #TouretteSyndrome #Bbc #Race #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Media #Society #WorldNews
Sinners star Wunmi Mosaku says Baftas win was ‘tainted’ by N-word incident

Actor has ‘no hard feeling’ towards Tourette activist John Davidson, but says BBC’s failure to edit out slurs kept her awake at night and brought tears to her eyes

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World news | The GuardianMar 2
‘Some parents said they’d break my knees’: the teacher who exposed Putin’s primary school propaganda https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/02/teacher-putin-primary-school-propoganda-mr-nobody-against-putin-pavel-talankin #Oscars2026 #DocumentaryFilms #Baftas #Baftas2026 #VladimirPutin #Russia #Education #WorldNews #AwardsAndPrizes #Europe #Culture #Film
‘Some parents said they’d break my knees’: the teacher who exposed Putin’s primary school propaganda

Grenade-throwing contests replaced PE and ‘denazification’ speeches became homework. Pavel Talankin’s undercover film about his school’s indoctrination drive won a Bafta and is tipped for an Oscar, but has left him in exile

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World news | The GuardianFeb 25
BBC to conduct fast-track investigation into broadcasting of racial slur from Baftas https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/25/bbc-to-conduct-fast-track-investigation-into-broadcasting-of-racial-slur-from-baftas #Bbc #Baftas2026 #TouretteSyndrome #Race #UkNews
BBC to conduct fast-track investigation into broadcasting of racial slur from Baftas

Corporation says broadcasting of N-word by Tourette syndrome campaigner was ‘serious mistake’

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Culture | The Guardian USFeb 25
Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/25/tourette-syndrome-activist-john-davidson-says-bafta-told-him-any-swearing-would-be-edited-out-of-the-broadcast #Baftas2026 #Baftas #ISwear #TouretteSyndrome #Bbc #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #Media #Society
Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’

Davidson said he ‘can’t begin to explain how upset and distraught I have been’ over slurs he shouted during the award ceremony

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Opinion | The Guardian USFeb 25
I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/25/baftas-bbc-n-word-john-davidson-black-disabled-people #Baftas2026 #Race #TouretteSyndrome #DelroyLindo #MichaelBJordan #AwardsAndPrizes #Film #Culture #UkNews
I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC

By failing to remove John Davidson’s tic from the broadcast, editors let down both black and disabled people, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye

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World news | The GuardianFeb 24
BBC apologises to staff over N-word inclusion as Bafta announces comprehensive review https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/24/bbc-apologises-to-staff-over-n-word-inclusion-as-bafta-announces-comprehensive-review #Baftas2026 #Baftas #UkNews #TouretteSyndrome #Film #FilmIndustry #Race #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #Society #Bbc #Sinners #WarnerBros #Google #DelroyLindo #MichaelBJordan #Media #BbcOne
BBC apologises to staff over N-word inclusion as Bafta announces comprehensive review

Chief content officer Kate Phillips tells staff she is ‘so sorry’ only one racial slur by Tourette campaigner was not edited from recorded broadcastPeter Bradshaw: why the dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row

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Culture | The Guardian USFeb 24
Sinners studio say they raised N-word use with Bafta immediately as Google ‘deeply sorry’ for offensive notification https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/24/sinners-studio-reportedly-raised-n-word-use-with-bafta-immediately-during-ceremony-and-requested-removal #Baftas2026 #Baftas #Bbc #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #MichaelBJordan #DelroyLindo #Race #TouretteSyndrome
Sinners studio say they raised N-word use with Bafta immediately as Google ‘deeply sorry’ for offensive notification

A source close to Warner Bros has said that executives were assured the slur would be removed before broadcast, while search engine remove AI-generated prompt

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Culture | The Guardian USFeb 24
The dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why | Peter Bradshaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/24/the-dust-has-not-yet-settled-on-the-baftas-n-word-row-this-is-why #Baftas2026 #AwardsAndPrizes #Culture #Film #Bbc #Media #ISwear #TouretteSyndrome #Race #Baftas
The dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why

When John Davidson involuntarily shouted racial abuse at Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan it set off two sets of alarm bells that should have been heeded much quicker and better

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