20 January 2015
19 days to go - the director and actor mounts a passionate defence of the British film and television industries
One of the most important figures in the history of BAFTA, the late, great Lord Attenborough received the BAFTA Fellowship in 1983. In his speech, he made witty remarks about his brother David receiving the Fellowship before he did, spoke about an American who thought he was good at handling gorillas, and discussed his love of the British film and television industries.
Find out more about the significance of Attenborough to BAFTA, and watch his acceptance speech in full below.
