Publication date: 27 October 2009
ComplaintWe received complaints from people who felt that Question Time's studio audience and chairman David Dimbleby were biased against the British National Party and their leader Nick Griffin.
The BBC's response
As ever, this edition of Question Time saw tough questioning from the studio audience and chairman David Dimbleby, putting all the panellists on the spot on a range of subjects.
As with every edition of Question Time, the audience themselves wrote the questions and therefore guided the topics chosen.
The audience was, as always, selected to reflect a variety of backgrounds and a broad range of views right across the political spectrum and included supporters of the BNP.
Clearly Mr Griffin himself and the British National Party were the subject of intense questioning, but all the panellists were given the opportunity to respond to the points raised and to have their voices heard thus allowing audiences to come to form their own views.
UPDATE 27 OCTOBER 2009: Question Time's Executive Editor Gavin Allen discusses the issues raised in his Blog which can be found in the "Related links" section at the top right of this page.
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