BBC presenter Samira Ahmed says she is ‘haunted’ by fear that corporation’s coverage boosted Nigel Farage and Ukip Ms Ahmed’s comments prompted a discussion with her bosses at the BBC who have previously warned staff over making partial comments on politics She had been interviewing Ian Hislop for her own non-BBC podcast Ms Ahmed said … Read more
The BBC is to mark the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh with a series of special programmes. The broadcaster has announced it’s planned special programming of Prince Philip’s funeral ahead of this weekend after it received a record number of complaints over its coverage of the Duke’s death last Friday. Huw Edwards will lead the … Read more
The BBC is to mark the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh with a series of special programmes. The broadcaster has announced it’s planned special programming of Prince Philip’s funeral ahead of this weekend after it received a record number of complaints over its coverage of the Duke’s death last Friday. Huw Edwards will lead the … Read more
Tom Bradby is set to helm an ITV special for Prince Philip’s funeral, despite his recent fall out with Prince William. The Duke of Cambridge is said to have cut his two-decade-long association with the experienced news anchor after he sided with his brother Prince Harry and Meghan Markle over Megxit. But the journalist, 54, … Read more
ABC receives hundreds of complaints from viewers after its breaking news coverage of Prince Philip’s death interrupted a repeat of Vera By D. Lawrance For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:29 BST, 13 April 2021 | Updated: 02:58 BST, 13 April 2021 The ABC has addressed complaints made regarding its coverage of the Duke of Edinburgh’s … Read more
The BBC’s coverage of Prince Philip’s death has received more than 110,000 complaints – the most in television history, it has been revealed. Following the duke’s death at Windsor Castle aged 99, the BBC wiped its schedules across both BBC One and BBC Two to run a series of mirrored special programmes about Philip. Viewers … Read more
The BBC has offered staff grief counselling over Prince Philip’s death – but said it would not share how many people had complained about its blanket coverage following his passing until Thursday after losing two thirds of its viewers in a week. BBC Two viewers plunged by 64 per cent compared to last week while … Read more
The BBC has refused to reveal how many complaints it received for its blanket TV coverage following the death of Prince Philip – as viewing figures plunged by two thirds in a week and staff were offered grief counselling following the Duke’s passing. BBC Two viewers plunged by 64 per cent compared to last week … Read more
The BBC suffered a huge blow to its viewing figures last night after the broadcaster ran the same coverage of Prince Philip’s death on multiple channels. BBC Two viewers plunged by 64 per cent compared to last week while BBC One’s fell by six per cent from 2.56million last Friday to 2.41million between 7pm and … Read more
The BBC suffered a huge blow to its viewing figures last night after the broadcaster ran the same coverage of Prince Philip’s death on multiple channels. BBC Two viewers plunged by 64 per cent compared to last week while BBC One’s fell by six per cent from 2.56million last Friday to 2.41million between 7pm and … Read more