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Danny Dyer, Sophie Willan and Alan Cumming cause chaos as sweary Bafta speeches cut from show

Published on May 11, 2025 at 09:00 PM

TV BAFTA stars including Danny Dyer and Alan Cumming sent show producers into a panic as stars kept slipping up and swearing.

which is televised an hour after it happened, was made to scramble and cut out expletives by stars as they took to the stage.

Danny Dyer accepting a BAFTA award.
Danny Dyer swore multiple times during his emotional speech after winning his first Bafta
Alan Cumming presenting at the BAFTA Television Awards.
Alan Cumming tried to keep the evening in check, but later made an error of his own
The cast and crew of
Sophie Willan desperately tried to curb her excitement by replacing swear words

Despite warnings throughout the show by sometimes emotions got the better of the winners and they let out multiple f-bombs as they thanked their co-workers and friends.

, who took home Best Male Comedy Performance for his role of Lee in may be another winner for the amount of expletives he managed to fit in.

Emotional after finally bagging his first Bafta award, Danny thanked Sky for “giving the show a shot”;; before declaring: “F***ing hell, I’m choked up.”;;

While he managed to contain himself for a while, he let slip again multiple times when he paid tribute to the show’s writer and his co-star, Ryan Sampson.

“I got to dedicate this to One of the greatest things to come out of Rotherham,”;; he said, jokingly adding: “Which is not saying much.”;;

“One of the best actors this country’s ever produced, I’m telling you. Never done the same thing twice. Which is not something I can say. He wrote this part for me, so you know...

“I’m getting choked up again, f**k me!”;; Danny continued. ”;; You won this for me mate, I really appreciate it, thank you so much.”;;

He then turned to daughters, Dani and Sunnie Jo, who had joined him for the event, and declared: “Girls, Sunnie and Dani. I’ve done it girls, I’ve f***ing done it!”;;

Host Alan Cumming did apologise for the language, but later found himself having his own slip up when presenting the Fellowship award to current events broadcaster Kirsty Wark.

Accidentally stumbling on his words, Cumming referred to the gong as the “b*****d”;; Fellowship rather than Bafta Fellowship, before panicking and declaring “oh, f**k me!”;; over the mistake.

Sophie Willan, who took home her second Bafta for comedy series Alma’s Not Normal, also couldn’t resist swearing when taking to the stage – though made multiple efforts not to.

The excitable star admitted as she took to the stage: “I’m not allowed to swear and all I want to do is Beep Beep, Bloody Beep!!”;; before attempting to replace swears with something else.

“I just want to say, these lot are flupping brilliant. Blimming fabulous!”;; she joked.

However, she later slipped up and let a few out.

Ruth Jones holding a BAFTA award.

Rob Rinder and Rylan Clark accepting a BAFTA Television Award.
Rylan and Rob Rinder took home a gong for their travel show
Dianne Buswell accepting a BAFTA Television Award.
Dianne Buswell picked up the fan-voted award for Moment of the Year

How the TV Baftas Played Out

The TV Baftas s throughout the event.

The Traitors notably , despite being up for three awards.

took home Limited Drama, with ITV getting the Special Award for the impact the show had on Britain at large.

BBC series Mr Loverman also took home two awards – including Best Actor for Lennie James and Supporting Actor for Ariyon Bakare.

Ruth Jones won Best Female Comedy Performance for her final outing as Nessa Jenkins in Gavin and Stacey, bringing back the character for a farewell in her speech.

EastEnders after key rival, Emmerdale, was forced to withdraw.

The fan-voted award, P&O’s most memorable moment, was awarded to Strictly Come Dancing’s Dianne Buswell and Chris McCausland for their routine of You’ll Never Walk Alone.

Dianne took to the stage alone to collect the award, joking that blind comedian Chris was absent because “that’s what you get when he insists on driving himself there”;;.

She later shared a message from Chris, who said: “After 22 years in comedy, he wins a Bafta for dancing. He said ‘Di, I’ll take it, but please let them all know it hurts.'”;;

Lennie James accepting a Leading Actor award.
Lennie James won Best Actor for his role in Mr Loverman
Marisa Abela accepting a BAFTA award.
Marisa Abuela took home a gong for her role in Industry
Danny Dyer holding a BAFTA award.
Danny cheered on his win, praising his daughters and saying he ‘f**ing did it’

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