Luvvies come out in support of Palestine: Brian Cox, Steve Coogan, Joe Lycett and Khalid Abdalla...

The actors used the glitzy ceremony as a platform to make a political statementCelebrities including Steve Coogan , Brian Cox, Joe Lycett and The Crown star Khalid Abdalla came out in support of Palestine at the TV Baftas last night by calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Mr Cox, who starred as Logan Roy in Succession, attended the Baftas alongside his actress wife Nicole Ansari-Cox who was also seen wearing a red pin. Khalid Abdallaa, 43, who played Princess Diana 's late boyfriend Dodi Fayed in the Netflix show, also held up a clear bag containing 14,000 red sequins to represent every 'child that has been killed in Gaza'

Taking to social media platform X, Khalid wrote: 'Every one of these 14,000 sequins is a child that has been killed in Gaza. Multiply that by 2.46 and you get the current death toll, over 34,500.' He had joined his co-stars Elizabeth Debicki , Rufus Kampa and Fflyn Edwards at the screening ahead of the series' release on November 16.

Several celebrities wore these pins at the Oscars, held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, representing the 'Artists4Ceasefire' movement, a group that advocates for a 'ceasefire' in GazaIsraeli public figures previously slammed A-list celebrities at the Oscars for wearing red hand pins symbolising support for a Gaza ceasefire by 'Artists4Ceasefire'

It is a hashtag he has used previously, writing on Remembrance Sunday alongside a picture of Pro-Palestine marchers: 'I am so proud of London for not succumbing to all the intimidation and showing what a love march for our common humanity looks like on Armistice Day. #CeasefireNOW.'

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