bafta awards

[lankeela]

If they are BAFTA awards, why are they referring to them as British Television Awards and not mentioning the F word?

[Marky B]

I think they stand for the British Academy for Film and Television Awards.

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Marky B

[lankeela]

Yes, but why are they not mentioning the 'film' bit?

[lankeela]

I rest my case, Davina just said the 'British Academy Television Awards'

[Mattk]

As far as Im aware,BAFTA stands for

British Academy for Film and Theatre Awards

[kempie]

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts are presenting The British Academy Television Awards (sponsored by Pioneer).

http://www.bafta.org/site/jsp/index.jsp

[lankeela]

Thanks kempie, that explains it!

[Ric.ror]

They used to be run togther but in order to give them more publicity they split them and the Film element was moved to before the Oscars