Bernard Cribbins included in TV BAFTAs memoriam segment after SNUB

Bernard Cribbins included in TV BAFTAs memoriam segment after being SNUBBED at the film awards – as academy honours the late Paul O’Grady and Len Goodman

Bernard Cribbins was included in the memoriam segment of the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday, after being snubbed at the film awards.

The much loved actor – who was the voice and face of childhood TV and film for generations of Britons before a career resurgence in Doctor Who – died in July 2022 at the age of 93.

He was honoured alongside the late Paul O’Grady, who tragically passed away in March aged 67, as well as Len Goodman, who died ‘unexpectedly but peacefully’ on March 28, also aged 67.

The BAFTAs also paid tribute to stars including talk show host Jerry Springer, comedian Barry Humphries, Hi-De-Hi! actress Ruth Madoc and Emmerdale star Dale Meeks.

Many BAFTA viewers were left unimpressed when Bernard was not included during the film ceremony in February, with Doctor Who executive producer Russell T. Davies, 59, among them.

Finally! Bernard Cribbins was included in the memoriam segment of the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards on Sunday, after being snubbed at the film awards

Icon: He was honoured alongside the late Paul O’Grady, who tragically passed away in March aged 67

Tragic: Len Goodman, who died ‘unexpectedly but peacefully’ on March 28, also aged 67

A Twitter user wrote: ‘Was rather astonished to not see Bernard Cribbins being honoured. A national treasure held dear by the majority of the nation! Limited time isn’t a justified response, I’m sorry.’ 

BAFTA responded to this tweet, writing: ‘With limited time in our broadcast it isn’t possible to honour all those who have sadly passed away.

‘Bernard features in our online records… and given his influential work in TV, he will be considered for inclusion in the next Television Awards broadcast’.

Russell shared a screenshot of BAFTAs response to his Instagram and wrote: ‘It’s fair enough to remember Bernard Cribbins at the TV @bafta, not the film. To say he’s being ‘considered’ is the work of an idiot’.

Former Doctor Who and Torchwood star John Barrowman agreed, saying: ‘Well said Russell. Someone needs/needed to be schooled. CONSIDERED? That’s OUTRAGEOUS!! Jb’.

Gaby Roslin also commented on Russell’s post, writing: ‘Well said. What about his films? He was a true star, a wonderful actor and a joy and was so dearly loved’.

BAFTA later confirmed Bernard will be memorialised, telling MailOnline: ‘Bernard Cribbins will be remembered in our upcoming BAFTA Television Awards ceremony broadcast in May.’

The Masked Singer, along with The Traitors, were among the early winners at the 2023 British Academy Television Awards with P&O Cruises.

The star-studded ceremony, held at London’s Royal Festival Hall, saw the best and brightest of British TV descend on the capital, with hosts Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganatha acting as hosts for the evening. 

Not forgotten: The BAFTAs also paid tribute to stars including comedian Barry Humphries

Late star: Broadcaster, journalist and actor Jerry Springer received a nod


Upsetting: Hi-De-Hi! actress Ruth Madoc and Emmerdale star Dale Meeks were remembered too 

One of the big winners proved to be BBC’s runwaway hit The Traitors, which scooped the Reality And Constructed Factual award, while host Claudia Winkleman won Entertainment Performance.

While Anne-Marie Duff was awarded Supporting Actress for Bad Sisters, the viewer-voted BAFTA for the The P&O Cruises Memorable Moment Award was given the moment Paddington Bear enjoyed tea with The Queen during her Platinum Jubilee concert.

The BBC received the most nominations out of all the broadcasters with 47 nods in total, while Channel 4 received 21 and ITV scored 15.

At the start of the show, Siobhan McSweeney won her first BAFTA TV award for best female performance in a comedy programme, for playing Sister Michael, the eye-rolling principal of the show’s Our Lady Immaculate College in the Channel 4 programme Derry Girls.

The comedy about a group of teenagers growing up in Londonderry in the 1990s was a sleeper hit that built a large and committed following across its three series.

Set during the Troubles, the show was praised for offering a new perspective on the period of the IRA and loyalist ceasefires through the eyes of a group of young girls.

In the humorous speech, which she said in double speed given the short time given, she said: ‘So I’ve been warned not to do a political statement, so as my mother laid dying in Cork, one of the very last things she said to me was would I not consider retraining as a teacher.

‘If she could see me now, getting a Bafta for playing a teacher. Joke’s on you.’

She also thanked Derry Girls writer Lisa McGee ‘for not listening to me when I said I could play all the girls parts’ and she also thanked Channel 4, adding ‘you have my devotion’.

McSweeney added: ‘To the people in Derry, thank you taking me into your hearts and living room, despite the ignorance of your so-called leaders in Dublin, Stormont and Westminster.

‘Into the words of my beloved Sister Michael, ‘its time they started to wise up’.

BAFTA TV Awards Winners

DRAMA SERIES

Bad Sisters – WINNER

The Responder

Sherwood

Somewhere Boy 

LEADING ACTOR

Ben Whishaw – This Is Going To Hurt – WINNER

Chaske Spencer – The English

Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders

Gary Oldman – Slow Horses

Martin Freeman – The Responder

LEADING ACTRESS

Billie Piper – I Hate Suzie Too

Imelda Staunton – The Crown

Kate Winslet – I Am Ruth – WINNER

Maxine Peake – Anne

Sarah Lancashire – Julia

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Adeel Akhtar – Sherwood – WINNER

Jack Lowden – Slow Horse

Josh Finan – The Responder

Salim Daw –  The Crown

Samuel Bottomley – Somewhere Boy

Will Sharpe – The White Lotus 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Adelayo Adedayo – The Responder

Anne-Marie Duff – Bad Sisters – WINNER

Fiona Shaw – Andor

Jasmine Jobson – Top Boy

Lesley Manville – Sherwood

Saffron Hocking – Top Boy

MALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

Daniel Radcliffe – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Jon Pointing – Big Boys

Joseph Gilgun – Brassic

Lenny Rush – Am I Being Unreasonable? – WINNER

Matt Berry – What We Do In The Shadows 

FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A COMEDY PROGRAMME

Daisy May Cooper – Am I Being Unreasonable?

Diane Morgan – Cunk On Earth

Lucy Beaumont – Meet The Richardsons

Nastasia Demetriou – Ellie & Natasia

Siobhán McSweeney – Derry Girls – WINNER

Taj Atwal – Hullraisers 

INTERNATIONAL

The Bear

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story – WINNER

Wednesday

Oussekine

Pachinko

The White Lotus 

MINI-SERIES

A Spy Among Friends

Mood – WINNER

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe 

This Is Going To Hurt

SINGLE DRAMA

I Am Ruth – WINNER

The House

Life and Death In The Warehouse  

SPORT

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 – WINNER

Wimbledon 2022 

DAYTIME

The Chase

The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit – WINNER

Scam Interceptors 

THE P&O CRUISES MEMORABLE MOMENT AWARD

Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace – Paddington Meets The Queen

BAFTA SPECIAL AWARD

Professor David Olusoga OBE

COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

Friday Night Live – WINNER

The Graham Norton Show

Taskmaster

Would I Lie To You

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway 

Later… With Jools Holland: Jool’s 30th Birthday Bash

The Masked Singer – WINNER

Strictly Come Dancing

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE

Big Zuu – Big Zuu’s Big Eats

Claudia Winkleman – The Traitors – WINNER

Lee Mack – The 1% Club

Mo Gilligan – The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan

Rosie Jones – Rosie Jones’ Trip Hazard

Sue Perkins – Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal

FACTUAL SERIES

Jeremy Kyle Show: Death On Daytime

Libby, Are You Home Yet? – WINNER

Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi

Worlds Collide: The Manchester Bombing

FEATURES

Big Zuu’s Big Eats

Joe Lycett vs Beckham: Got Your Back at Xmas – WINNER

The Martin Lewis Money Show Livee

The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan

LIVE EVENT

Concert for Ukraine

Platinum Jubilee: Party at the Palace – WINNER

The State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II

SCRIPTED COMEDY

Am I Being Unreasonable?

Big Boys

Derry Girls – WINNER

Ghosts 

REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL

Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK

The Traitors – WINNER

We are Black and British 

SHORT FORM PROGRAMME

Always, Asifa

Biscuitland

How To Be A Person – WINNER

Kingpin Crisis

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

Escape From Kabul Airport

Our Falklands War: A Frontline Story

The Real Mo Farah – WINNER

SOAP & CONTINUING DRAMA

Casualty – WINNER

EastEnders

Emmerdale 

SPECIALIST FACTUAL

AIDS: The Unheard TaPes

The Green Planet

How To Survive A Dictator with Munya Chawawa 

Russia 1985-1999: Traumazone – WINNER

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Afghanistan: No Country For Women

Children of the Taliban – WINNER

The Crossing (Exposure)

Mariupol: The People’s Story (Panorama) 

NEWS COVERAGE

BBC News at Ten: Russia Invades Ukraine

Channel 4 News: Live in Kyiv – WINNER

Good Morning Britain: Boris Johnson Interview 

BAFTA FELLOWSHIP 

Meera Syal

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