Overview
- A 19-page memo by former BBC standards adviser Michael Prescott alleges Panorama spliced lines nearly an hour apart from President Donald Trump's January 6 remarks to create a misleading quote.
- The programme also paired the constructed quote with footage filmed before Trump spoke, which the memo says wrongly suggested marchers responded to his words.
- The contested segment aired in October 2024 in Panorama’s Trump: A Second Chance? special, broadcast a week before the U.S. election.
- Prescott says senior BBC executives dismissed or ignored his warnings, and he left his advisory role in June 2025 after sending the dossier to the BBC Board.
- A White House spokesperson called the alleged edits deceptive, and a Telegraph editor told GB News the White House is reviewing the matter, while UK Conservative figures demanded a formal investigation.