London, June 6 (IANS) Music mogul Simon Cowell will be honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) at the academy’s awards event here at the London Palladium Sunday.

The ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge will pick up the Special Award for his outstanding contribution to TV, reports bbc.co.uk.

‘(I) was delighted to recognise one of the most brilliant entertainment producers of our time,’ John Willis, of BAFTA’s TV committee, was quoted as saying.