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Tom Murray

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Sherlock star phil davis announces he s rescinded bafta membership over embarrassing 2023 awards show - The Untold Story

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Veteran actor Phil Davis has announced he has quit Bafta (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) over its 2023 awards show, which he called “embarrassing”.

In a blistering indictment of Sunday’s (19 February) ceremony, Davis – who starred as the first killer in Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock saga – tweeted: “The BAFTA awards were an embarrassing travesty.

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