Disgraced news presenter Huw Edwards will keep the Bafta awards he won, but the TV and film organisation is to change its rules for people who are convicted of serious crimes in the future, it has announced.

BAFTA introduces new rules that will give it the power to strip awards from people if they convicted of a crime, but Huw Edwards will keep his prizes.

Citing disgraced former BBC News host Huw Edwards — who earlier this year pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children — as an example, BAFTA chair Sara Putt outlined the “forfeiture process” that would lead the organization ...

Following the conviction of disgraced former BBC News host Huw Edwards, the British academy can revoke competitive honors, starting with those awarded on 2025, in cases of “proven dishonesty and the very rare instance of a winner being convicted of a serious criminal offense resulting in a prison sentence.

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In the fallout from the Huw Edwards scandal, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has passed a new rule allowing the awards body to retroactively strip competitive awards from future winners convicted of serious crimes following a review process.

Bafta has created a prize forfeiture process, in place from 2025 onwards, which will allow awards to be rescinded in specific circumstances. The process has been put in place in light of the scandal surrounding BBC newsreader Huw Edwards’ arrest and subsequent conviction for child pornography offences.