‘Unbelievable’: Alan Sugar irate over not owning a Bafta award

The Apprentice host says his wife is upset he has never been allowed to keep a statuette

Awards season is in full swing but one man feels particularly hard done by: Alan Sugar.

The host of The Apprentice has called for himself to be given his own special award in recognition of the reality show’s success, after revealing that his wife is upset that he has never been allowed to keep a Bafta statuette.

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Bafta nominations 2019: The Favourite is queen but Steve McQueen snubbed

Offbeat period drama starring Olivia Colman scores 12 nods, while Bohemian Rhapsody, Roma, A Star is Born and First Man all trail with seven

Full list of nominations

Yorgos Lanthimos’s raucous period romp about a high-stakes love triangle in the court of Queen Anne continues its ascension to this season’s awards favourite with 12 nominations at this year’s British Academy film awards.

The film, which swept the board at the British independent film awards in December, with a record 10 wins, is a contender in all the major categories other than best actor.

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