Overview
- The BBC apologised, removed the original programme from iPlayer and ordered a fast‑tracked Executive Complaints Unit investigation into why an involuntary racial slur aired despite a two‑hour delay.
- BAFTA has told parties it alerted the BBC and producers immediately after the incident and repeatedly pressed for the programme to be taken off iPlayer once it was clear the slur was audible.
- Sources at the BBC and Penny Lane TV say the slur directed at Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo was not heard in the outside broadcast truck, while a separate slur later in the night was edited out.
- I Swear director Kirk Jones said John Davidson was "let down on many, many levels," as Davidson described around ten offensive tics, criticised microphone placement, left the auditorium early and expressed deep regret.
- BAFTA apologised to Jordan and Lindo and sent apology letters to members; Delroy Lindo said no representative approached him on the night, a BAFTA judge resigned, and online clips spurred further claims about the film now being debated on social media.