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Lisa McLoughlin

UNBELIEVABLE: Bbc apologises after racial slur is broadcast during bafta awards ceremony dd15530d 1324 4f45 b5f9 14e24c3385d5 | History Defined

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The BBC has apologised for failing to remove a racial slur from its broadcast of Sunday’s BAFTA Film Awards before transmission.

The incident occurred during the ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall, when Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson shouted the slur from the audience as Sinners actors Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan presented the award for special visual effects.

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