BBC apologises for not editing racial slur out of Bafta Film Awards broadcast

The slur was shouted as Sinners actors Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan presented the award for special visual effects at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

Michael B. Jordan attending the 79th British Academy Film Awards, at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London. 

The BBC has apologised for not editing a racial slur out of its coverage of Sunday’s Bafta Film Awards ceremony prior to broadcast.

It comes after the corporation apologised for “any offence caused” after a racial slur shouted by Tourette campaigner John Davidson during the ceremony was broadcast.