Overview
- The Bayswater Support Group filed a formal complaint claiming a decade of one-sided, pro-trans programming breached impartiality and safeguarding duties.
- The submission cites examples across BBC output, including Hey Duggee, Doctors, Waterloo Road and Casualty, and raises concerns about reporting that links gender questioning with suicide.
- Ofcom confirmed receipt of the complaint and said it is reviewing it, with no decision yet on launching a formal investigation.
- The complaint draws on a leaked memo by former BBC adviser Michael Prescott alleging systemic bias and an internal specialist LGBTQ desk with effective veto power over coverage.
- The BBC defended its journalism and pointed to recent steps such as updates to its news style guide, new guidance on sex and gender reporting and assigning a social affairs editor to oversee this area.