‘The organisation’s handling of the unfortunate Tourette’s N-word incident last night at the awards was utterly unforgivable,’ says Jonte Richardson

‘This arose from involuntary verbal tics associated with Tourette syndrome, and was not intentional,’ said the broadcaster in a statement

The actor said he wished ‘someone from Bafta’ spoke to him afterwards

Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were on stage when the incident occurred

‘The organisation’s handling of the unfortunate Tourette’s N-word incident last night at the awards was utterly unforgivable,’ says Jonte Richardson

Film-maker Jonte Richardson cites ‘harm inflicted on both the black and disabled communities’, while New Black Film Collective and MP Dawn Butler criticise BBC’s failure to edit

Film-maker steps down over academy’s ‘utterly unforgivable’ handling of incident

The racial slur was ‘aired in error’ on Sunday evening, says Kate Phillips, the corporation’s chief content officer

A BAFTA jury member has quit after a Tourette's advocate shouted a racial slur while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo were on stage at the BAFTAs.