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A B C D E F G H I J
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P

PACE order

Paedophiles

Identifying
Interviewing
Mandatory referral
Reporting on

Panels

Paranormal

Parental consent

Refusal

Parliament, broadcasting of

Regional Parliaments/Assemblies
Westminster

Parliaments

European
Northern Ireland Assembly - Payments to MPs
Northern Ireland Assembly -Broadcasting of other Parliaments etc
Northern Ireland Assembly -Nations and regions
Scottish Parliament -Broadcasting of other Parliaments etc.
Scottish Parliament -Nations and regions
Scottish Parliament -Payments to MPs
Welsh Assembly - Broadcasting of other Parliaments etc.
Welsh Assembly - Nations and regions
Welsh Assembly - Payments to MPs

Partnerships, public value

Charities
Credits
Financial arrangements
Foreign governments
Joint editorial initiatives
Lobbying organisations
Political parties
Pornography organisations
Promotion

Party election broadcasts

Party leaders, interviews/profiles

Referrals

Party political broadcasts

Passing off

Patents and designs

Payment

for travel/accommodation/facilities
Anti-social behaviour
Children
Crime mandatory referrals
Criminals
Criminals- Crime mandatory referrals
Families of criminals
Families of criminals -Crime mandatory referrals
Mandatory referrals -Payments
Members of Parliament/Assemblies/House of Lords
Witnesses - Payments
Witnesses - Crime mandatory referrals

Performers' rights

Personal data see Personal information

Personal information

Children
Collection
Competitions
Contract for use of
Data protection
Data Protection Act
Fairness to contributors
Personal information
Privacy
Storage

Personal interests, BBC staff

Personal opinions

BBC Charter and Agreement
BBC Editorial Values
Impartiality,
Personal view
Professional judgements - Impartiality
Professional judgements - Impartiality and diversity of opinion

Personal view programmes and websites

Response to

Personal views of presenters, journalists, etc

Phone-ins

Phone-in programmes
Voting

Phone-in polls

And premium rate telephone lines
Online voting
Phone-in and text votes
Reporting results

Pictures of under eighteens

Pixilation

Plugging products and services

Point of view see diversity of opinion

Police

Association of Chief Police Officers
BBC child protection policy
Indemnity forms
Investigations
Paedophiles and sex offenders
Procedures during hijacking etc.
Requests for untransmitted material
Tag along raids
Terrorism Act

Police and Criminal Evidence Act see PACE

Political activities and conflicts of interest

Political activities and crime

Political broadcasts

Political controversy

Impartiality
Principles of political impartiality

Political dissidents

Political interviews

Personal view
Political interviews

Political parties

Broadcasting during elections
Partnership with
Personal view
Politics and public policy
Reporting
Reporting of UK political parties

Political Research Unit

Advice from
Focus groups and panels
Surveys

Politics and public policy

BBC Charter and Agreement
Broadcasting during elections
Chief Adviser Politics - Surveys
Chief Adviser Politics - Political contributors
Chief Adviser Politics - Principles of political impartiality
Chief Adviser Politics -Commissioning opinion polls
Chief Adviser Politics -Interviews with party leaders
Chief Adviser Politics -Political interviews
Chief Adviser Politics -Polls at election times
Europe
Northern Ireland Assembly
Polling day
Polls and surveys - Polling methods
Polls and surveys - Polls at election times
Polls and surveys - Reporting UK election and referendum campaigns
Polls and surveys -Commissioning opinion polls
Polls at election times
Referrals - Commissioning opinion polls
Referrals - Interviews with party leaders
Referrals - Online voting
Referrals - Polling methods
Referrals - Surveys
Reporting election
Scottish Parliament
Welsh Assembly
Westminster

Polling day

Polls, surveys and votes

Phone in and text votes
Straw polls

Pornography

Children and pornography
Organisations, partnership with
Protection of Children Act

Portrayal

Disability
Drug abuse
Hanging
Harm and offence
Illegal drug use
In drama - Fairness editorial principles
In drama - Impartiality and drama
In drama - Use of library material in dramas etc
In drama -Portrayal of real people in drama
Mandatory referral- Fairness editorial principles
Mandatory referral- Portrayal of real people in drama
Real people in drama without knowledge or consent
Safety and the law
Sex
Sexual orientation
Stereotypes
Suffering and distress
Suicide, attempted suicide and self-harm
Violence

Post-moderation

Post-production techniques

Black and white
Reconstructions
Violence

Postponement orders

Premium rate telephone services

Call cut offs
Children -Telephone services
Children and consent
Phone-ins
Price message

Pre-moderation

Children, online content and links
Editorial principles
User generated content online

Presenters

Conflicts of interest
Freelance
Outside activities
Personal views

Pressure, political/commercial

Editorial integrity and independence
Game shows

Preview of programmes or content

Prison and prisoners

Entry to interview without consent
Mandatory referral

Prisoners, interviewing

Access to telephones
Escaped

Privacy

BBC Legal
CCTV footage
Comedy & light entertainment
Data Protection Act
Dead, injured and missing - National and international emergencies
Dead, injured and missing - Revisiting past events
Dead, injured and missing - Editorial principles
Door-stepping
Door-stepping - Door-stepping for comedy and entertainment
Door-stepping -Behaviour
Door-stepping -Door-stepping for factual programmes
Editorial principles - The law
Editorial principles -Privacy editorial principles
Fairness to contributors
Fishing expeditions
Funerals
Funerals - Use of library material in dramas etc
Grief and distress, secret recording of
Infringement - privacy
Interviews with injured, grieving
Intrusion without consent
Laws of - Overseas
Laws of - Privacy
Long lenses, use of
Mandatory referrals
Media scrums
Medical treatment - Secret recording
Medical treatment in public places
Missing people
Ofcom Privacy rules
Open recording in public places
Privacy - Editorial
Privacy - Introduction
Privacy - Law
Private property - Behaviour
Private property - Recording on private property
Public interest
Public places
Recording telephone calls
Reporting accidents and disasters
Revisiting past events
Secret recording
Secret recording made by others
Semi-public places
Social research
Trespass
Unwarranted infringement see Ofcom Code

Private property, recording on

Access agreements
Indemnity forms
Tag along raids
Tag along raids - Disguising identities
Trespass

Prizes

Branded goods
Cash
Competitions
Credits
Donated
Editorial integrity
Jointly run competitions
Substantial
Supplier links

Product placement

Product prominence

In trails

Product reviewing

Production techniques

Camera angles
Point of view shots

Products, free/reduced cost

Product prominence
Use of free/reduced cost facilities etc.

Products used as props

Professional judgements

Children and dangerous imitation
Impartiality and diversity of opinion
TV and Watershed

Programme Legal Advice department

Anonymity
BBC Legal
Children and consent
Children and the law
Correcting mistakes
Crime library material
Crime mandatory referrals
General
Indemnity forms
Interviews with prisoners
Law
Law
Reporting allegations
User generated content online

Programme marketing

Prominence, undue

Promotion

BBC products/services - BBC commercial channels and services
BBC products/services - Editorial integrity etc.principles
BBC Fair Trading Guidelines
Joint promotion
Material supplied by outside bodies - Product prominence
Material supplied by outside bodies - Promotional material supplied by outside bodies
Product prominence

Props

Free or reduced cost
Products used as props

Protection and

Children
Children - BBC child protection policy
Children - TV and Watershed
Children -Harm and offence
Sources
Under eighteens
Vulnerable people - Harm and offence
Vulnerable people - Religion
Vulnerable people, BBC values and standards

Protection of Children Act (1978)

Public interest

Allegations
Children and consent
Crime
Crime editorial principles
Crime mandatory referrals
Deception
Definition
Fairness editorial principles
Impartiality
Investigations
Privacy
Privacy
Privacy - Reporting suffering and distress
Secret recording

Public/semi-public places

Medical treatment in

Public policy

BBC Charter and Agreement
Impartial and diversity of opinion
Impartiality
Public policy - Introduction

Public service initiatives

Publications, mentions of on air

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