BBC Cut ‘Derry Girls’ Star Siobhan McSweeney’s Political Statement From BAFTA Speech Due to ‘Time Constraints’
variety.comSiobhan McSweeney’s BAFTA acceptance speech was edited out of the BAFTA TV Awards ceremony broadcast on Sunday. McSweeney won the best female comedy performance BAFTA for playing Sister Michael in Channel 4’s Northern Ireland-set show “Derry Girls.” During her speech McSweeney said: “I am daily impressed with how you encompass the spirit of compromise and resilience despite the indignities, ignorance, and stupidity of your so-called leaders in Dublin, Stormont and Westminster.
In the words of my beloved Sister Michael, ‘It’s time they started to wise up.'” These lines were cut from the broadcast. What actually happened VS what the BBC aired.
Tell me again how the BBC is unbiased? Why have they cut that out? @siobhni @scottygb pic.twitter.com/aAz6MeCg6p Ireland is governed from its capital Dublin.
Derry is in Northern Ireland, which is administered from the parliament located in Stormont, Belfast, while the U.K. parliament is located in Westminster, London.
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