The chair of the U.K.’s parliamentary culture committee has written to the BBC to demand answers over the broadcast of the n-word during the BAFTAs on Sunday night.
“I am writing regarding the BBC’s coverage of the BAFTA film awards on Sunday,” the head of the committee, Caroline Dinenage wrote to outgoing BBC director general Tim Davie. “As you know, the BBC’s broadcast included a racial slur made as a result of involuntary tics by a person with Tourette syndrome. I am seeking an explanation as to how the slur came to be broadcast in spite of a two-hour time delay.”
“We have previously raised concerns with you about circumstances in which the BBC has allowed deeply offensive language to be aired, notably the broadcasting of antisemitic language during the BBC’s coverage of last year’s Glastonbury festival. This latest incident raises questions about the…