BBC apologises again for Baftas N-word incident as show removed from iPlayer for re-edit

Corporation says it is sorry that racial slur spoken involuntarily during ceremony by John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, was not edited out before broadcast • Catherine Shoard: With N-word incident, Bafta have shot themselves in the foot • Backlash mounts to Bafta N-word controversy as Jamie Foxx and Wendell Pierce criticise outburst The BBC has issued a new apology for its handling of the incident at the Bafta film awards which saw the N-word broadcast during BBC One coverage of the ...

By Andrew Pulver

British film academy, BBC apologize after BAFTA awards guest with Tourette's shouts racial slur

Host Alan Cumming had earlier told the audience that a guest with Tourette's who inspired a film about the neurological disorder was in the audience, and Cumming apologized following the outburst.