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

LONDON: Britain’s film academy and the BBC apologized to viewers after an audience member with Tourette syndrome shouted a racial slur during the British Academy Film Awards. The…

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

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

The BBC has issued an apology after a racial slur was broadcast during its coverage of Sunday’s Bafta Film Awards ceremony, confirming the segment was not edited out prior to…

MP asks why racial slur was not removed from the Bafta Film Awards show when it was on a two-hour delay.

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

The BBC's chief content officer Kate Phillips says a slur that aired was the result of a genuine error.

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

A source close to Warner Bros has said that executives were assured the slur would be removed before broadcast, while search engine remove AI-generated prompt

Chief content officer Kate Phillips tells staff she is ‘so sorry’ only one racial slur by Tourette campaigner was not edited from recorded broadcastPeter Bradshaw: why the dust…

Google said the news alert was an error that should not have happened.

Davidson said he ‘can’t begin to explain how upset and distraught I have been’ over slurs he shouted during the award ceremony

The director-general of the BBC has told its Executive Complaints Unit to carry out a fast-tracked investigation into the “serious mistake” during Sunday’s Bafta coverage which…

Director-general Tim Davie has instructed the Executive Complaints Unit to carry out an investigation into the incident

Corporation says broadcasting of N-word by Tourette syndrome campaigner was ‘serious mistake’

The BBC is under fire over its failure to remove a racial slur shouted by John Davidson, who has Tourette syndrome, from its broadcast of the Bafta film awards. Lucy Hough is…

The broadcast of a racial slur at the Bafta Film Awards was "completely unacceptable and harmful", the culture secretary says.

BBC broadcast included John Davidson involuntarily using a racial slur