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BAFTA was founded in 1947

The British academy began as a film society and later added television The British Film Academy was founded in 1947 by a group of filmmakers including David Lean and Carol Reed, and merged with the Guild of Television Producers in 1958 to become the Society of Film and Television Arts. It took the name BAFTA in 1976. Its awards cover film, television, games and craft. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The British academy began as a film society and later added television. The figure is taken from BAFTA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.