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I Swear

May 2026

  • Alan Cumming in a dark double-breasted suit gestures with both hands while speaking on a stage.

    ‘Bad people’: Alan Cumming criticises Bafta after N-word outburst

    The host of the film awards ceremony at which Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson shouted a racial slur has said he won’t host it again

April 2026

  • John Davidson at the Baftas in February 2026

    Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst

    An independent review found ‘weaknesses’ in the organisation’s planning and crisis procedures

March 2026

  • Two people walking along a narrow street

    TV tonight
    TV tonight: Sharon D Clarke returns as the formidable DCI Ellis

    Ellis and her trusty sidekick uncover small-town grudges as they investigate a murder. Plus, catch the Bafta award-winning film I Swear. Here’s what to watch this evening
  • Scottish actor Alan Cumming at the Baftas 2026.

    Baftas host Alan Cumming criticises BBC for ‘broadcasting slurs and censoring free speech’

    ‘What should have been an evening celebrating diversity and inclusion turned into a trauma-triggering shitshow,’ says host after racial epithet was left in the broadcast
  • Nominees' Party for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026 - PortraitureLONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 21: Robert Aramayo and John Davidson during the Nominees' Party for the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2026 at the National Portrait Gallery on February 21, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

    What the Baftas N-word controversy revealed about disability and race

    Letters: Readers on the Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s tic during the awards ceremony and the aftermath

February 2026

  • John Davidson before the Bafta film awards ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday.

    Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson says Bafta told him ‘any swearing would be edited out of the broadcast’

  • Peter Bradshaw

    double quotation markThe dust has not yet settled on the Baftas N-word row. This is why

    Peter Bradshaw
  • Robert Aramayo with his leading actor award and the EE rising star award at the 79th British Academy Film Awards

    ‘No surprise’: Robert Aramayo’s teachers knew Bafta winner was destined for great things

  • Peter Bradshaw

    double quotation markI Swear’s Robert Aramayo had Bafta’s feelgood moment, but the night belonged to Paul Thomas Anderson

    Peter Bradshaw

  • One Battle After Another defeats Hamnet and Sinners at Baftas, as I Swear’s Robert Aramayo takes best actor

  • Bafta film awards 2026: the full list of winners

  • Oscars bellwether, British awards or both? The identity dilemma facing the Baftas

December 2025

  • One Battle After Another

    Best films UK 2025
    The 50 best films of 2025 in the UK

  • Alexander Skarsgård in Pillion.

    Pillion rides off with top prize at British independent film awards

October 2025

  • Ravi Holy

    double quotation markHeard the one about the three vicars who went to the cinema – and were taught a lesson in tolerance?

    Ravi Holy
    Watching the film I Swear, at first I was irked by the shouting and swearing from an audience member. But I ended up thanking him, says vicar and standup comedian Ravi Holy
  • Robert Aramayo as John Davidson in I Swear.

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    I Swear review – biopic of pioneering Tourette syndrome activist is funny, fierce and full of heart

    Kirk Jones’s moving film about of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette, offers compassion and catharsis
  • Robert Aramayo

    Actor Robert Aramayo: ‘Like anybody who hasn’t had the education, I thought Tourette syndrome was all about swearing’

    Formerly seen as a young Ned Stark in Game of Thrones and as Elrond in The Rings of Power, he is creating a buzz with his role as Tourette campaigner John Davidson. It taught him a lot, he says – but it’s a huge responsibility
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