ITV Drops ‘Emmerdale’ Writer After He Attacked Girlfriend; Soap Withdrawn From BAFTA Voting
ITV cuts ties with 'Emmerdale' Writer Martin Fustes after he admitted to domestic abuse charges. The soap has also been withdrawn from Bafta voting.
‘Emmerdale’ Removed From BAFTA TV Awards Soap Category After Writer Admits to Assault
A writer for UK daytime TV drama Emmerdale has admitted to assault and suffocation of his girlfriend, forcing ITV to pull it from the BAFTA TV awards
Emmerdale pulls out of Baftas after writer’s domestic abuse case
Emmerdale has confirmed that they have voluntarily withdrawn from this year’s BAFTA nominations after a former writer admitted to assaulting his partner. The long-running ITV soap was gearing up to be one of the candidates eligible for the Best Soap and Continuing Drama award at the ceremony in May.
ITV confirms it's pulled Emmerdale from BAFTA nominations after writer admits assaulting girlfriend
ITV has announced that it has withdrawn Emmerdale from the BAFTA TV Awards ' soap category this year, after a writer on the soap admitted to charges of attacking his girlfriend. The writer, Martin Fustes, has writing credits for 758 episodes of Emmerdale, and has himself written over 170 episodes.
ITV Emmerdale dealt blow as soap withdrawn from Bafta TV Awards amid writer's domestic abuse conviction
Emmerdale has withdrawn its entry for the Bafta Best Soap award after one of its writers - Martin Fustes - was convicted of domestic abuse. The ITV soap - which has been airing since 1972 - pulled out of the prestigious category following revelations about scriptwriter Fustes,
ITV Emmerdale bosses issue statement as writer found guilty of attacking girlfriend
An Emmerdale writer has been axed from the show after he appeared in court for assaulting his girlfriend. Martin Fustes attended Hull Crown Court where he was given a two-year suspended prison sentence,
Emmerdale pull out of best soap Bafta Award after writer’s domestic abuse conviction
ONE of Britain’s biggest soaps has withdrawn its entry from Bafta’s Best Soap and Continuing Drama category after one of its top writers admitted to assaulting his partner. The show
ITV Emmerdale bosses pulls out of Bafta TV awards category after writer attacks partner
Emmerdale has made the decision to withdraw from a key category at the upcoming Bafta TV Awards following an incident involving one of the show's writers. The soap, highly regarded for its portrayal of a domestic violence storyline, was in the running for Best Soap and Continuing Drama.
Emmerdale bosses 'shocked and appalled' after soap writer admits attacking his girlfriend
An Emmerdale writer who appeared in court after assaulting his girlfriend has been told by ITV bosses that he will no longer be working on the soap.
Emmerdale pulled from BAFTA category as writer admits assaulting and strangling girlfriend
Emmerdale will no longer feature in the soap category at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards after one of its former writers admitted to assaulting and strangling his partner
Emmerdale withdraws from BAFTAs after scriptwriter's conviction
Martin Fustes had written an episode as part of Belle King's domestic abuse storyline.
Emmerdale writer who wrote domestic abuse story ‘tried to suffocate girlfriend’
Fustes has been an Emmerdale writer for over ten years, and has worked on domestic abuse storylines as recently as last year, ...
Top ITV Emmerdale writer told partner he would kill her then ‘chop up her face’ in horrific abuse campaign
AN EMMERDALE script writer narrowly escaped jail after he suffocated his terrified girlfriend – and threatened to “chop her ...