Overview
- Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resigned on Sunday, with Davie saying he bears ultimate responsibility for recent errors.
- The departures follow a leaked internal memo and criticism that a Panorama film joined two separate lines from President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021 speech, implying a direct call to storm the Capitol.
- The BBC confirmed an internal review focused on production and oversight processes at Panorama as scrutiny of the program’s editorial standards intensifies.
- Culture minister Lisa Nandy called the allegations extremely serious and sought a full account of how the broadcaster handled impartiality concerns.
- The documentary, “Trump: A Second Chance?”, aired about a week before the 2024 U.S. election and has reignited wider claims of systemic bias in BBC coverage, including of Israel–Hamas and trans issues.