The broadcast of a racial slur that was shouted during the Bafta Film Awards breached the BBC's editorial standards, the corporation's executive complaints unit (ECU) has ruled.
A Tourette syndrome campaigner shouted an involuntary racial slur while actors Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting one of the categories at the event in February.
The shout was not edited out of the subsequent TV broadcast, which aired on BBC One on a two-hour delay, and the ceremony remained available to stream on iPlayer until the morning after.
On Wednesday, the BBC's chief content officer Kate Phillips said the ECU "found this should not have made it to air and it was a clear breach of our editorial standards". However, she noted, it also "found the breach was not intentional".
The ECU received "a large number of complaints" about the BBC's Baftas coverage, and upheld those relating to editorial standards on harm and offence.
