Overview
- Viewers on X criticized the BAFTA broadcast after Eric Dane and James Van Der Beek were not shown in the In Memoriam segment.
- A BAFTA spokesperson said the academy honors people in the sector most associated with their work, with television figures featured at the BAFTA TV Awards in spring.
- The spokesperson added that both actors are remembered on BAFTA’s website.
- Jessie Ware performed The Way We Were during the tribute, and some viewers complained the staging overshadowed the names and grouped multiple tributes per screen.
- The montage included high-profile figures such as Diane Keaton, Terence Stamp, Catherine O'Hara, Rob Reiner, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Brigitte Bardot, Val Kilmer and Robert Redford.