BAFTA, Emmerdale and ITV

‘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
ITV Drops ‘Emmerdale' Writer After He Attacked Girlfriend; Soap Withdrawn From BAFTA Voting
ITV has severed ties with Martin Fustes, a writer on long-running soap opera Emmerdale, after he admitted to charges of attacking his girlfriend. The UK commercial broadcaster said it was “shocked and appalled” at the details of the court proceedings against Fustes,
ITV Emmerdale dealt blow as soap withdrawn from Bafta TV Awards amid writer's domestic abuse conviction
Emmerdale has withdrawn its entry for the Bafta Best Soap award after one of its writers - Martin Fustes - was convicted of domestic abuse.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,
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Emmerdale Withdrawn From BAFTA Consideration After Scribe Admits to Assault
British network ITV has pulled UK sudser Emmerdale from consideration for Best Soap at the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards. The decision was announced to voters earlier today, Variety reports, in a message in which ITV said came “in consideration of recent news involving a member of the scriptwriting team.
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. The show has recently highlighted the issue of domestic abuse and and a spokesman said the team was 'shocked and appalled' to hear about the case involving Martin Fustes,
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Netflix’s ‘Bridgerton’ Leads the 2025 BAFTA TV Awards, Amid 5 Other Top Contenders for Fan Favorite Category
The show broke records as Netflix’s top series back then, earned Regé-Jean Page an NAACP Image Award, and claimed an Emmy for ...
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‘Conclave’ wins best picture at BAFTAs as ‘The Brutalist’ takes directing and acting prizes
“The Brutalist” had nine BAFTA nominations ... Britain’s film academy introduced changes to increase the awards’ diversity in 2020, when no women were nominated as best director for ...
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8 Takeaways From BAFTA Winners: From Mikey Madison’s Surprise Best Actress Win to ‘Conclave’ and ‘A Real Pain’ Beating ‘Anora’
Fresh off a one-two punch weekend where “Anora” cleaned up at the PGA and DGA Awards, the BAFTAs decided ... If history tells us anything, it’s that BAFTA can be either a crystal ball ...
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BAFTAs CEO Jane Millichip Says Most Striking Thing About These Game Awards is ‘How Much People Still Cheer When They Lose’
Ahead of the 2025 Game Awards, Game Rant sat down with BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip to discuss some of her favourite things about ...
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BAFTA Awards 2025: All the must-see looks live from the red carpet
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The BAFTAs just made the Oscar race very confusing
“The Chinese vaccine,” she reportedly wrote in an August 2020 tweet ... to have had a huge effect on the BAFTA voters. On Sunday, the film won two awards. (The BAFTAs are notorious for ...
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UK enjoys bumper Bafta success despite no high-profile wins
is also a multiple Bafta nominee and now a two-times winner, having first taken home the award in 2020 for the film 1917. Paul Lambert was among the team awarded the Bafta for best visual ...
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BAFTA Awards 2025: When and where to watch the star-studded event on OTT
the BAFTA TV Awards winner in 2020. For Indian audiences, the BAFTA Awards ceremony will be available live and exclusively on Lionsgate Play on February 16, 2025. As the BAFTA Awards ...