Correspondence, mainly concerning complaints of left-wing bias in broadcasts

Title

Correspondence, mainly concerning complaints of left-wing bias in broadcasts

Shelfmark

CCO 20/12/16

Summary

Correspondents include:-

Buchanan, Elizabeth, Conservative Research Department

Checkland, Michael, Director-General, BBC

Cotton, Bill, Managing Director of Television, BBC

Dobbs, Michael, Conservative Central Office

Esnouf, Guy, Conservative Central Office

Ferrier, Lord Victor, Conservative peer

Gillick, Mrs Victoria

Hussey, Marmaduke, Chairman, BBC

Milne, Alasdair, Director-General, BBC

Shaw, Barry, Messrs Wright Webb Syrett, Solicitors, London

Tebbit, Norman, Party Chairman

Subjects include:-

Possible committee of investigation into the financial management of the BBC, Jan 1986

The BBC's position on apartheid in South Africa, as expressed by Assistant Director-General Alan Protheroe in BBC Radio 4's 'Feedback' programme, Nov 1986-Jan 1987

Bias in reporting of the latest Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS) figures on teenage pregnancies in the BBC Radio 4 programme 'Week Ending' and in The Guardian, Jan-Feb 1987

Congratulation to Michael Checkland on his appointment as Director-General of the BBC, Feb 1987

Mis-representation of statement by Michael Jopling, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, on development of agricultural land in the BBC 'Natural History Programme' aired on 15/02/1987

Complaint from Lord Ferrier at unfair apportionment of time to Conservative and Alliance peers' statements during the 'Yesterday in Parliament' BBC broadcast on 19/02/1987

The views of BBC Assistant Director-General Alan Protheroe on the Official Secrets Act, Feb 1987

BBC failure to include coverage of encouraging Trade Figures in its news bulletins on 26/03/1987

BBC South East news bulletin broadcast on 12/05/1987 which inaccurately referred to four black Labour prospective candidates as standing for safe Labour seats, one of which was held by the Conservatives, May 1987

Claims made in the BBC Panorama programme broadcast on 15/06/1987 that the Prime Minister attacked Norman Tebbit and dispensed with Saatchi & Saatchi's services during the general election campaign, Jun 1987

Papers include:-

Newspaper cutting, source unknown, concerning admission of bias by David Edwards, producer of the BBC's Inside London programme on sports sponsorship by the tobacco industry, ND [c.Nov 1986]

Newspaper cuttings from The Independent, 02/12/1986 and the Guardian 01/12/1986 concerning latest figures on teenage pregnancies

Transcript of speech by Michael Checkland, Deputy Director-General of the BBC entitled 'What kind of future for public service broadcasting in an age of satellites?',18/02/1987

Transcript of interview of Alan Protheroe, Assistant Director-General of the BBC, by Christopher Dunkley of the Financial Times for BBC Radio 4's 'Feedback' programme, 20/02/1987

Handwritten list of Conservative MPs who (presumably) had made complaints against BBC coverage, including some who fought libel actions against the BBC, with attached typescript 'Questions needing answers' relating to various libel actions and other issues of complaint against the BBC, ND

Independent Television News report, 'British Voting Trends 1979-1987', David Cowling, Political Analyst, ND [c.mid-1987]

Date

Jan 1986-Jun 1987

Language

English

Physical extent

1 file