BAFTA has scrapped the special prizes at its TV awards this year following the controversy surrounding its decision to hand Noel Clarke a similar gong in April. The main TV awards take place on Jun…
The main TV awards take place on June 6, but there will be no Fellowship prize or Special Award, which was won last year by Idris Elba. BAFTA told members that it has “temporarily paused” awards within its gift as it reviews procedures.
Clarke’s BAFTA award and membership were later suspended when The Guardian published an investigation on Clarke, in which 20 women accused him of behaving inappropriately. Clarke has apologized if his “actions have affected people in ways I did not intend or realise,” but denies “sexual misconduct or criminal wrongdoing.”
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