BBC Two

February 12, 2014

‘Nice country you’ve got there’ Hague gets a soft ride on BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’

The February 6th edition of the BBC Two and BBC World News programme ‘Hardtalk’ featured...

February 10, 2014

BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ still busy ‘contextualising’ antisemitism

Here is a series of Tweets sent from the BBC ‘Newsnight’ account to two hundred and thre...

February 5, 2014

Oxfam’s Ben Phillips on BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’

On February 4th BBC Two’s flagship news programme ‘Newsnight’ featured interviews ...

January 9, 2014

BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ joins ‘Newsnight’ in breach of editorial guidelines

The BBC’s coverage of the request by the French government to ban shows by the ‘comedian’ ...

January 9, 2014

BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ breaches editorial guidelines, fudges on antisemitism

h/t J “The production team have been reminded of the importance of clearly summarising the sta...

November 8, 2013

BBC Trust ESC upholds appeal on Dan Snow’s Syria documentary

Readers may remember that back in March we took issue with Dan Snow’s distorted presentation o...

October 8, 2013

One for Middle East watchers on BBC Two

A new three-episode BBC series titled “The Ottomans: Europe’s Muslim Emperors” by ...

September 29, 2013

One to watch: final part of Schama documentary on BBC 2

A reminder for UK-based readers: the fifth and final episode – titled “Return” –...

September 10, 2013

New BBC Newsnight editor’s Twitter fiasco raises concerns on impartiality

Less than two weeks into his new job, the editor of BBC Two’s already scandal-ridden flagship ...

September 7, 2013

So far, so good: BBC 2 series ‘The Story of the Jews’

Over two and a half years ago the BBC announced that it had commissioned a five-part series from his...