Bafta confirms Friends star Matthew Perry will be honoured at TV awards

File photo dated 14/01/16 of actor Matthew Perry during filming of the Graham Norton Show (Ian West/PA)

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) has said Friends actor Matthew Perry will be honoured at the organisation’s TV awards in May after he was not featured in the in memoriam segment at Sunday’s film awards ceremony.

Ted Lasso actress Hannah Waddingham performed a pared down version of Cyndi Lauper’s Time After Time in Sunday’s in memoriam segment, which featured tributes to stars including Jane Birkin, Glynis Johns, Carl Weathers, Julian Sands, Tom Wilkinson and Tina Turner.