The BBC cut some of David Tennant’s opening jokes about Donald Trump from its BAFTA coverage. The BBC show, which started two hours after the awards began at 7 p.m.
GMT (11 a.m. PT) and is edited to a two-hour length, did not feature some of the material Tennant had used in the live show about the POTUS.
In the live show, the host said it was unlikely that Trump had seen The Apprentice movie because “it’s a 15 [the film’s UK rating] and it’s not on Nickelodeon.” He continued: “Donald Trump.
I’m worried. I’ve said his name three times. It’s like Beetlejuice – I have summoned him.” Both these jokes were cut from the BBC show.
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