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How Karen Dunbar helped craft her Bafta-winning video game character • Apr. 10, 2025, 5:47 AM ET (BBC)
‘Shenmue’ is voted most influential video game • Apr. 4, 2025, 6:16 AM ET (Taipei Times)
Lee Montague: Michael Palin leads tributes to Bafta-winning actor after his death aged 97 • Apr. 3, 2025, 2:56 AM ET (BBC)
Noel Clarke’s Bafta award raised fears he would be ‘untouchable’, court hears • Apr. 2, 2025, 5:18 AM ET (The Guardian)
Actor said Noel Clarke’s Bafta award would hand him ‘loaded gun’ against women, court told • Mar. 28, 2025, 8:58 AM ET (The Guardian)

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Also Known As British Academy of Film and Television Award • BAFTA Award
Notable Honorees Helen Mirren • Mark Rylance • Sean Connery • Marion Cotillard • Colin Firth • John Hurt • Jennifer Hudson • A.R. Rahman • Emma Thompson • Christopher Walken • James Corden • Emma Stone • Christoph Waltz • Benicio Del Toro • Audrey Tautou • Octavia Spencer • Michael Gough • J.K. Simmons • Casey Affleck • Rachel Weisz • Patricia Arquette • Nigel Hawthorne • Jennifer Connelly • Renée Zellweger • Brie Larson • Rachel Roberts • Trevor Howard • Alan Arkin • Holly Hunter • Louise Fletcher • David Walliams • Guillermo del Toro • Barry Keoghan • Andrew Garfield • Andrew Scott • Jon Batiste • Cloris Leachman • Ariana DeBose

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