Phil Davis
stop being silly.
[Veteran actor Phil Davis has said
he has resigned his Bafta membership
in protest at a number of aspects of
Sunday’s televised awards ceremony,
i
ncluding the omission of Bernard Cribbins
from the In Memoriam section.
Describing the show as
“an embarrassing travesty”, Davis – best known
for a string of films and TV shows
including Quadrophenia, Vera Drake,
and Whitechapel – announced his resignation
on social media.
He added: “Cutting deserving winners
speeches for toe-curling
non-interviews.
Poor Richard E Grant pretending
to arrive in a Batmobile and no
Bernard Cribbens [sic] in memorium.”
Davis’s complaints appear to revolve
around a number of issues.
In an attempt to make the awards
show more audience-friendly,
Bafta set up an interview studio
hosted by This Morning’s Alison Hammond,
where celebrities and award-winners
were interviewed; as a result,
recipient speeches were cut
for broadcast, including one by
Lesley Paterson, the British co-writer
of All Quiet on the Western Front
(which led the awards count on the
night, winning seven).]
https://www.theguardian.com/film/202...tv-awards-show