TV and Radio Compliance Consultant
The UK broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, rarely publishes decisions about TV programmes which do NOT breach the Broadcasting Code. When they do, it means they want to make a point to the general public and broadcasters. Ofcom’s new decision (2 June… Continue
Are the two Channel 4 documentaries containing sexual harassment and assault claims by ten men against Kevin Spacey (pictured above) fair to the actor? Shown on the public service broadcaster on 6 and 7 May, viewers of the programmes called… Continue
Following a flurry of Ofcom decisions against GB News, Ofcom has issued revised, official Guidance on due impartiality (https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/283622/broadcast-code-guidance-section-5.pdf). All broadcasters who include news in their output should make sure they are familiar with it – especially in this UK… Continue
So, after investigations lasting nine months, Ofcom finally pronounced. It has published its long-awaited decisions in the GB News cases on the vexed question of when (or if) politicians can present news or current affairs programmes. Ofcom found that five… Continue
The reactions to the ‘car crash’ interviews given by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer (pictured above talking to Sky News for example) on 22 January over proposed new government reforms to BBC complaints handling about impartiality were depressingly predictable. Frazer said… Continue