Introduction
The BBC Editorial Guidelines apply to all of our content whoever creates or makes it and wherever and however it is received. The guidelines help BBC content producers, whether in-house or Independent, public service or commercial, to navigate their way through difficult editorial issues and produce distinctive and sometimes controversial programmes and other material to the highest ethical and editorial standards. The guidelines are approved by the Board of Governors and are kept under constant review by the BBC's Editorial Policy team, who also develop other editorial policy.