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.

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

BBC se omluvila za rasistický výrok diváka s Tourettovým syndromem

Britský vysílatel BBC se omluvil za rasistickou urážku, kterou při nedělním udílení filmových ocenění BAFTA vykřikl divák s Tourettovým syndromem. Připomněl, že tiky spojené s onemocněním jsou mimovolné, a výrok tak nebyl záměrný.

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