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BAFTA has decided to skip the Britannia Awards, the annual prizes given out by the Brit awards body's Los Angeles branch, for the second straight year. No official reason for the decision was given, but last year's Britannia Awards awards were cancelled due to difficulties caused by the pandemic. The ceremony usually…

The 2022 British Academy Television Awards will take place on May 8, with the British Academy Television Craft Awards following on April 24. Nominations will be announced on Wednesday March 30. Following the org's annual review of its categories, BAFTA has opted to make the following changes to eligibility and voting…

BAFTA has confirmed its eligibility criteria for the 2022 awards season. Key takeaways include a theatrical requirement returning for films released after July 1 this year, further relaxing of the rules covering Outstanding Debut, and various tweaks to the voting processes, all of which are outlined below. The general…

BAFTA has unveiled the results from its most comprehensive membership survey to date. In total, 37.4% of current members are women, 12.2% are from minority ethnic groups, 5.3% have a disability, and 9.7% identify as LGBTQI+. For the first time in the body's history, a survey was conducted across the entire global…

BAFTA chair Krishnendu Majumdar has said that sexual misconduct allegations against actor Noel Clarke and producer Charlie Hanson have brought “shame” on the UK film and TV business, and must act as a “wake-up call” for improving complaints procedures for victims. In his annual letter to BAFTA members, Majumdar…

UK broadsheet the Times has issued an apology to BAFTA and its chair Krishnendu Majumdar over its claim in a May article that Majumdar had "close links" with the actor Noel Clarke, who is facing numerous allegations of misconduct, and that their relationship may have influenced the decision to present the actor with…

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has set Sunday March 13, 2022 for its next EE British Academy Film Awards ceremony. As per norm, the event will fall two weeks before the Academy Awards which are due on Sunday March 27. Although that’s a full month earlier than this year's latest-ever Covid-challenged…

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA has become the latest influential UK industry body to call for a high-level summit to address historical sexual misconduct allegations amid a growing #MeToo movement in television. BAFTA joined Time’s Up UK in requesting that key industry players gather to find a way of improving accountability when…

BAFTA has scrapped the special prizes at its TV awards this year following the controversy surrounding its decision to hand Noel Clarke a similar award in April. 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…

British television producer and director Charlie Hanson has been removed from Netflix’s Ricky Gervais comedy After Life and he has been suspended by BAFTA amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Both Netflix and BAFTA were sent an anonymous email this week containing allegations about Hanson. The Times of London reporte…

Steve McQueen’s anthology series Small Axe and Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You dominated the BAFTA TV Craft Awards on Monday. Small Axe clinched five wins, the most on a night that celebrated behind-the-scenes craftspeople, but it was I May Destroy You that secured two of the biggest gongs for Coel: Director…

A letter calling for a shakeup in the culture of the UK film and TV industry, penned in response to the accusations made against actor and producer Noel Clarke last week, has attracted more than 800 signatures at the time of writing. The letter has been penned by Meriel Beale, a freelance producer, anti-bullying…