{"id":94049,"date":"2025-05-12T00:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T00:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/94049\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T00:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T00:50:16","slug":"danny-dyer-sophie-willan-and-alan-cumming-cause-chaos-as-sweary-bafta-speeches-cut-from-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/94049\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Dyer, Sophie Willan and Alan Cumming cause chaos as sweary Bafta speeches cut from show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TV BAFTA stars including Danny Dyer and Alan Cumming sent show producers into a panic as stars kept slipping up and swearing. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/34899334\/tv-baftas-tasha-ghouri-ella-morgan-red-carpet\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The annual event,<\/a> which is televised an hour after it happened, was made to scramble and cut out expletives by stars as they took to the stage. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Danny Dyer accepting a BAFTA award.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/danny-dyer-accepts-male-performance-993909775.jpg\" data-caption=\"Danny Dyer swore multiple times during his emotional speech after winning his first Bafta\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/danny-dyer-accepts-male-performance-993909775.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Danny Dyer swore multiple times during his emotional speech after winning his first BaftaCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alan Cumming presenting at the BAFTA Television Awards.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-bafta-television-awards-p-993895380.jpg\" data-caption=\"Alan Cumming tried to keep the evening in check, but later made an error of his own\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2025-bafta-television-awards-p-993895380.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Alan Cumming tried to keep the evening in check, but later made an error of his ownCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The cast and crew of &quot;Alma's Not Normal&quot; accepting a BAFTA award.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sophie-willan-cast-crew-accept-993902184.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sophie Willan desperately tried to curb her excitement by replacing swear words\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/sophie-willan-cast-crew-accept-993902184.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Willan desperately tried to curb her excitement by replacing swear wordsCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Despite warnings throughout the show by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/3603157\/alan-cumming-actor\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Cumming,<\/a> sometimes emotions got the better of the winners and they let out multiple f-bombs as they thanked their co-workers and friends. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/danny-dyer\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Danny Dyer<\/a>, who took home Best Male Comedy Performance for his role of Lee in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/30258954\/danny-dyer-sky-bigstuff\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky&#8217;s Mr Bigstuff,<\/a> may be another winner for the amount of expletives he managed to fit in. <\/p>\n<p>Emotional after finally bagging his first Bafta award, Danny thanked Sky for &#8220;giving the show a shot&#8221; before declaring: &#8220;F***ing hell, I&#8217;m choked up.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>While he managed to contain himself for a while, he let slip again multiple times when he paid tribute to the show&#8217;s writer and his co-star, Ryan Sampson. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got to dedicate this to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/11577422\/brassic-ryan-sampson-tommo-rage-death-season-two\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Sampson.<\/a> One of the greatest things to come out of Rotherham,&#8221; he said, jokingly adding: &#8220;Which is not saying much.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of the best actors this country&#8217;s ever produced, I&#8217;m telling you. Never done the same thing twice. Which is not something I can say. He wrote this part for me, so you know&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m getting choked up again, f**k me!&#8221; Danny continued. &#8221; You won this for me mate, I really appreciate it, thank you so much.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>He then turned to daughters, Dani and Sunnie Jo, who had joined him for the event, and declared: &#8220;Girls, Sunnie and Dani. I&#8217;ve done it girls, I&#8217;ve f***ing done it!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Host Alan Cumming did apologise for the language, but later found himself having his own slip up when presenting the Fellowship award to current events broadcaster Kirsty Wark. <\/p>\n<p>TV Baftas 2025: Maura Higgins, Tasha Ghouri and Ella Morgan lead the glamour as stars arrive on glitzy red carpet<\/p>\n<p>Accidentally stumbling on his words, Cumming referred to the gong as the &#8220;b*****d&#8221; Fellowship rather than Bafta Fellowship, before panicking and declaring &#8220;oh, f**k me!&#8221; over the mistake. <\/p>\n<p>Sophie Willan, who took home her second Bafta for comedy series Alma&#8217;s Not Normal, also couldn&#8217;t resist swearing when taking to the stage \u2013 though made multiple efforts not to. <\/p>\n<p>The excitable star admitted as she took to the stage: &#8220;I&#8217;m not allowed to swear and all I want to do is Beep Beep, Bloody Beep!!&#8221; before attempting to replace swears with something else. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just want to say, these lot are flupping brilliant. Blimming fabulous!&#8221; she joked. <\/p>\n<p>However, she later slipped up and let a few out. <\/p>\n<p>All three speeches were edited out by the time they made it to broadcast on BBC One. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ruth Jones holding a BAFTA award.\" height=\"643\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"PA\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2100-sunday-11-ruth-jones-993914796.jpg\" data-caption=\"Ruth Jones won her final award for playing Nessa on the series\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2100-sunday-11-ruth-jones-993914796.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Jones won her final award for playing Nessa on the seriesCredit: PA<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark accepting a BAFTA Television Award.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rob-rinder-rylan-clark-accept-993938292.jpg\" data-caption=\"Rylan and Rob Rinder took home a gong for their travel show\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rob-rinder-rylan-clark-accept-993938292.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Rylan and Rob Rinder took home a gong for their travel showCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dianne Buswell accepting a BAFTA Television Award.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dianne-buswell-accepts-p-o-993933750.jpg\" data-caption=\"Dianne Buswell picked up the fan-voted award for Moment of the Year\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/dianne-buswell-accepts-p-o-993933750.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Dianne Buswell picked up the fan-voted award for Moment of the YearCredit: GettyHow the TV Baftas Played Out <\/p>\n<p>The TV Baftas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/34903135\/tv-bafta-2025-winners-danny-dyer-full-list\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brought some surprising wins and snub<\/a>s throughout the event. <\/p>\n<p>The Traitors notably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/34903972\/the-traitors-snubbed-tv-baftas\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">went home empty handed<\/a>, despite being up for three awards. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-tv-show\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mr Bates Vs The Post Office<\/a> took home Limited Drama, with ITV getting the Special Award for the impact the show had on Britain at large. <\/p>\n<p>BBC series Mr Loverman also took home two awards \u2013 including Best Actor for Lennie James and Supporting Actor for Ariyon Bakare.  <\/p>\n<p>Ruth Jones won Best Female Comedy Performance for her final outing as Nessa Jenkins in Gavin and Stacey, bringing back the character for a farewell in her speech. <\/p>\n<p>EastEnders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/34903968\/eastenders-wins-tv-bafta-best-soap-after-emmerdale-withdraw\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">landed the Best Soap award<\/a> after key rival, Emmerdale, was forced to withdraw. <\/p>\n<p>The fan-voted award, P&amp;O&#8217;s most memorable moment, was awarded to Strictly Come Dancing&#8217;s Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland for their routine of You&#8217;ll Never Walk Alone. <\/p>\n<p>Dianne took to the stage alone to collect the award, joking that blind comedian Chris was absent because &#8220;that&#8217;s what you get when he insists on driving himself there&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>She later shared a message from Chris, who said: &#8220;After 22 years in comedy, he wins a Bafta for dancing. He said &#8216;Di, I&#8217;ll take it, but please let them all know it hurts.'&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Bafta TV 2025 Winners List <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bafta-statue-award-e1557685684324.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content--intro\">Here&#8217;s everyone who has taken home an award at tonight&#8217;s ceremony<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drama Series: <\/strong>Blue Lights<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leading Actor: <\/strong>Lennie James, Mr Loverman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leading Actress: <\/strong>Marisa Abela, Industry<\/p>\n<p><strong>Entertainment: <\/strong>Would I Lie To You? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Entertainment Performance:<\/strong> Joe Lycett &#8211; Late Night Lycett <\/p>\n<p><strong>Factual Series: <\/strong>To Catch a Copper\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Factual Entertainment: <\/strong>Rob &amp; Rylan&#8217;s Grand Tour <\/p>\n<p><strong>International: <\/strong>Shogun<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting Actor: <\/strong>Ariyon Bakare, Mr Loverman\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Supporting Actress: <\/strong>Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Limited Drama: <\/strong>Mr Bates Vs The Post Office\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Male Performance in a Comedy: <\/strong>Danny Dyer, Mr Bigstuff\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Female Performance in a Comedy: <\/strong>Ruth Jones, Gavin and Stacey<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fellowship: <\/strong>Kirsty Wark<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Coverage: <\/strong>BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special <\/p>\n<p><strong>Reality: <\/strong>The Jury: Murder Trial<\/p>\n<p><strong>Scripted Comedy: <\/strong>Alma\u2019s Not Normal\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short Form:<\/strong> Quiet Life\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Single Documentary: <\/strong>Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods <\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Award: <\/strong>ITV &#8211; Mr Bates Vs The Post Office <\/p>\n<p><strong>Soap: <\/strong>EastEnders<\/p>\n<p><strong>Live Event Coverage: <\/strong>Glastonbury 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specialist Factual: <\/strong>Atomic People\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sports Coverage: <\/strong>Paris 2024 Olympics, BBC One<\/p>\n<p><strong>Children\u2019s Non-Scripted: <\/strong>Disability and Me (FYI Investigates)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Children\u2019s Scripted:<\/strong> Cbeebies As You Like It At Shakespeare\u2019s Globe\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Affairs: <\/strong>State of Rage <\/p>\n<p><strong>Daytime: <\/strong>Clive Myrie&#8217;s Caribbean Adventure<\/p>\n<p><strong>P&amp;O Cruises Memorable Moment:<\/strong> Strictly Come Dancing &#8211; Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell dance to You&#8217;ll Never Walk Alone<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lennie James accepting a Leading Actor award.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lennie-james-accepts-leading-actor-993940700.jpg\" data-caption=\"Lennie James won Best Actor for his role in Mr Loverman\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lennie-james-accepts-leading-actor-993940700.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Lennie James won Best Actor for his role in Mr LovermanCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Marisa Abela accepting a BAFTA award.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marisa-abela-accepts-leading-actress-993942004.jpg\" data-caption=\"Marisa Abuela took home a gong for her role in Industry\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/marisa-abela-accepts-leading-actress-993942004.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Marisa Abuela took home a gong for her role in IndustryCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Danny Dyer holding a BAFTA award.\" height=\"960\" width=\"624\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/danny-dyer-winner-male-performance-993912230.jpg\" data-caption=\"Danny cheered on his win, praising his daughters and saying he 'f**ing did it'\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/danny-dyer-winner-male-performance-993912230.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9<\/p>\n<p>Danny cheered on his win, praising his daughters and saying he &#8216;f**ing did it&#8217;Credit: Getty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TV BAFTA stars including Danny Dyer and Alan Cumming sent show producers into a panic as stars kept&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[41462,192,2197,24777,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-94049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-baftas","9":"tag-bbc","10":"tag-comedy","11":"tag-danny-dyer","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114492121146743650","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}