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18/04/2026
18/04/2026
Your views on the coverage of events by BBC News, answered by the editors and decision makers in charge.
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Sat 18 Apr · 14:45
UK
Sat 18 Apr · 14:45
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BBC News
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18/04/2026
18/04/2026
Your views on the coverage of events by BBC News, answered by the editors and decision makers in charge.
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Your Time
Sat 18 Apr · 14:45
UK
Sat 18 Apr · 14:45

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Episodes 15/11/2025

15/11/2025

How can the BBC restore trust in its journalism after this week’s resignations of its News CEO and Director-General?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 14 Nov 2025
Availability: Available for over a year (until 15 Nov 2026)
Episodes 08/11/2025

08/11/2025

Viewers’ comments about BBC News coverage, presented by Samira Ahmed. This week, did Panorama mislead viewers last year in the way they edited a speech of President Trump's?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 7 Nov 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months (until 08 Nov 2026)
Episodes 01/11/2025

01/11/2025

Is BBC News giving too much priority to violent crimes committed by asylum seekers and foreign nationals?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 31 Oct 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months (until 01 Nov 2026)
Episodes 25/10/2025

25/10/2025

Your views on the coverage of events by BBC News, answered by the editors and decision makers in charge.
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 25 Oct 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months (until 25 Oct 2026)
Episodes 18/10/2025

18/10/2025

Why are some readers on the BBC News website confused about whether they're reading someone's opinion in a headline, or an undisputed fact?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 18 Oct 2025
Availability: Available for 11 months (until 18 Oct 2026)
Episodes 11/10/2025

11/10/2025

Why did viewers think BBC News at Six showed footage of executions in Gaza, at a time when children could be watching, without any warning beforehand?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 11 Oct 2025
Availability: Available for 10 months (until 11 Oct 2026)
Episodes 04/10/2025

04/10/2025

After Panorama’s exposé of misogyny and discrimination among some police officers, what are the ethics of undercover reporting and secret filming? Presented by Samira Ahmed.
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 4 Oct 2025
Availability: Available for 10 months (until 04 Oct 2026)
Episodes 27/09/2025

27/09/2025

BBC2’s lunchtime discussion programme Politics Live is given a more ‘daytime’ feel. Its presenter Vicki Young explains the thinking behind the new look.
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 27 Sep 2025
Availability: Available for 10 months (until 27 Sep 2026)
Episodes 20/09/2025

20/09/2025

Did the BBC show a bias against the protesters at last Saturday’s Unite the Kingdom march?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 20 Sep 2025
Availability: Available for 10 months (until 20 Sep 2026)
Episodes 13/09/2025

13/09/2025

Is the BBC’s coverage of Reform UK and its leader Nigel Farage proportionate for a party with just four MPs?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 13 Sep 2025
Availability: Available for 9 months (until 13 Sep 2026)
Episodes 06/09/2025

06/09/2025

Has the BBC overplayed its immigration coverage, and so contributed to public anger about the issue?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 6 Sep 2025
Availability: Available for 9 months (until 06 Sep 2026)
Episodes 19/07/2025

19/07/2025

An internal review has found that a documentary about Gaza breached the BBC’s guidelines on accuracy. What went wrong?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 18 Jul 2025
Availability: Available for 8 months (until 19 Jul 2026)
Episodes 12/07/2025

12/07/2025

Oasis are back on tour after nearly 16 years without performing live. But has the BBC's coverage been too extensive? Viewers’ comments about BBC News, presented by Samira Ahmed.
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 11 Jul 2025
Availability: Available for 7 months (until 12 Jul 2026)
Episodes 05/07/2025

05/07/2025

Rachel Reeves’ distress in parliament this week was said to be a 'private matter'. So was it any business of BBC News to report on it?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 5 Jul 2025
Availability: Available for 7 months (until 05 Jul 2026)
Episodes 28/06/2025

28/06/2025

How can BBC News establish the facts in the conflict between Iran and Israel, with so much misinformation around?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 28 Jun 2025
Availability: Available for 7 months (until 28 Jun 2026)
Episodes 21/06/2025

21/06/2025

As a report into news consumption is published, how are rapid changes in the world of journalism affecting the BBC? Presented by Samira Ahmed.
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 21 Jun 2025
Availability: Available for 7 months (until 21 Jun 2026)
Episodes 14/06/2025

14/06/2025

Does the BBC give more coverage to Reform UK than is warranted for a party with only five MPs?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 14 Jun 2025
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 14 Jun 2026)
Episodes 07/06/2025

07/06/2025

The BBC rejects false accusations from the White House concerning its coverage of Palestinian deaths near an aid centre on Sunday.
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 7 Jun 2025
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 07 Jun 2026)
Episodes 24/05/2025

24/05/2025

Why has the BBC News Channel stopped broadcasting an international news feed for three hours every morning, and returned to simulcasting BBC One’s Breakfast programme?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 24 May 2025
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 24 May 2026)
Episodes 17/05/2025

17/05/2025

Can BBC News help to solve the 'crisis of trust' in British society which the corporation's director-general Tim Davie identified this week?
Duration: 12 mins First broadcast: 3:45pm 17 May 2025
Availability: Available for 6 months (until 17 May 2026)

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