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From Seesaw to Wagon Wheel: safeguarding impartiality in the 21st century
On 18 June 2007 the BBC published a report on safeguarding its impartiality in the 21st century.
The report is the result of a project first commissioned by the BBC Board of Governors in conjunction with BBC management in November 2005 to identify the challenges and risks to impartiality. The report has been fully endorsed by the BBC Trust, the BBC Executive Board and the BBC Journalism Board.
- Safeguarding impartiality in the 21st century, PDF (630KB)
- Safeguarding impartiality in the 21st century, text only (237KB)
Appendices to the report
- Appendix A – impartiality steering group biographies, PDF (96.1KB)
- Appendix A – impartiality steering group biographies, text only (3.38KB)
- Appendix B – Sparkler audience research report, PDF (595KB)
- Appendix B – Sparkler audience research report, text only (129KB)
- Appendix C – summary of Ipsos-MORI survey, PDF (184KB)
- Appendix C – summary of Ipsos-MORI survey, text only (8.21KB)
- Appendix D – impartiality seminar – agenda and transcript, PDF (699KB)
- Appendix D – impartiality seminar – agenda and transcript, text only (254KB)
- Appendix E – extracts from the Agreement, PDF (29KB)
- Appendix E – extracts from the Agreement, text only (8.55KB)
- Appendix F – extracts from the BBC Editorial Guidelines, PDF (116KB)
- Appendix F – extracts from the BBC Editorial Guidelines, text only (54.8KB)
- Appendix G – extracts from the Neil Report, PDF (33.8KB)
- Appendix G – extracts from the Neil Report, text only (13KB)
BBC Governors' reviews
Details of reviews, research and reports from the BBC Governors can be found on the BBC Governors' website.
