Organisers of Sunday's BAFTA awards have been criticised for not mentioning the award-winning actor Bob Hoskins in their 'In Memoriam' feature, who died in 2014.

Hoskins, 71, won a BAFTA in 1986 for playing George, the cockney chauffeur to a high-class prostitute in the film Mona Lisa.

The star died from pneumonia last April but was omitted from a montage which was played during the ceremony.

Viewers took to Twitter after the Long Good Friday star was not featured alongside other late actors such as Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney and Lauren Bacall who all died last year.

Hoskins retired from acting in 2011 after being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

David Baddiel and Piers Morgan were among those who tweeted about the late actor's exclusion during the BAFTA's montage:

The omission of Bob Hoskins in the BAFTA remembrance montage seems symbolic of the erasure in modern times of the working-class actor.

— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) February 9, 2015

Enjoyed the BAFTAs, albeit often for the wrong reasons. But Bob Hoskins snub was outrageous.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 8, 2015

It has been pointed out that Hoskins did feature in the BAFTA Television Awards remembrance montage last year.

There have also been complaints that Rik Mayall was not included in the montage.

Mayall was mainly known for his television roles but did star in the films Drop Dead Fred and Guest House Paradiso.