This page contains the BBC's responses to editorial, technical and corporate issues. It includes apologies, significant corrections, statements and responses, and findings from the BBC Trust.
It does not include routine corrections to news stories, minor on-air apologies and schedule changes.
We have received complaints from viewers who felt that it was inappropriate to broadcast footage of one of the suspected attackers in Woolwich making a statement after the attack. We also received complaints that the accompanying footage we broadcast in our news reports on this story was too graphic and distressing.
Blog post - 'One phrase and why I'm sorry I quoted it' - by Nick Robinson, BBC's Political Editor, explaining the language he used in his report of the incident.
The BBC has apologised to the charity Help for Heroes. Follow link for more details.
Summary of findings.
Summary of findings: Morning Briefing, BBC Radio Scotland (broadcast 28 July 2011); The Last Explorers, BBC Four (broadcast 14 August 2012); Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio 4 (broadcast 4pm 25 April 2012) and “All UK ‘must be on DNA database’”, BBC News Online
We have received complaints from viewers who felt there was too much coverage of Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement from Manchester United.
We have received complaints from some viewers who were unhappy with comments made about Scotland during Have I Got News For You on Friday 26th April.
Summary of findings
Summary of findings: Richard Bacon, BBC Radio 5 Live (broadcast 28 & 29 February 2012); Six Nations on-screen graphics; Horizon – Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe?, BBC Two (broadcast 14 September 2011)
We received complaints from audience members unhappy that an undercover reporter posed as a student from the London School of Economics (LSE) for a programme investigating North Korea. Some complainants also felt the programme should not have been broadcast.
We received complaints about this broadcast - some viewers were disappointed by the comments made about the late Lady Thatcher.
We received complaints about the decision to play a clip of the song 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' on The Official Chart with Jameela Jamil.
We have received complaints from some viewers who objected to the premise of the series, with many feeling that it rewarded dangerous driving.
We have received complaints from audience members who felt that BBC News devoted too much time to news of the death of Lady Thatcher and that this coverage was biased in her favour. We also received complaints that our coverage was biased against her.
We received complaints from viewers who were offended by bad language in our live coverage of The Boat Race.
Angus Roxburgh, the consultant to the BBC Two series Putin, Russia and the West, complained that he was not given the opportunity to rebut a viewer’s claim about the series, which he regarded as unfair and professionally damaging criticism. It was later acknowledged that a response from the Series Producer had been inaccurate and gave the impression of endorsing the suggestion that Mr Roxburgh’s involvement in the project could have led to bias, and this was unfair to him. The complaint was partly upheld.
Facts about some of the BBC stories that you may have read about in the news
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