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  • 23 Jan 2009
    BBC blocks charity advert for desperately needed Gaza aid

    The BBC has angered aid groups and members of the public by blocking an advert from 13 development organisations for desperately needed humanitarian assistance in the aftermath of the Gaza conflict.

  • 24 Nov 2008
    Political capital out of culture spats?

    The political instinct is to react, and sometimes to overreact to cultural blips as well as big issues. Simon Barrow suggests that we might all need to lighten up to regain a deeper sense of perspective.

  • 30 Oct 2008
    BBC challenged over 'Top Gear' exhibition's arms trade links

    The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has today written to the BBC over its part in the MPH motor show, which opens today in London and whose owners Clarion Events have recently purchased arms fairs.

  • 17 Oct 2008
    BBC chief says that he is getting the balance right on religion

    BBC chief Mark Thompson has given a robust defence of the Corporation's engagement with religion. Those who say the BBC is anti-Christian, or alternatively that it is broadcasting religious propaganda, are wrong, he says.

  • 4 Jul 2008
    A voice that will be sorely missed

    The news that doyen BBC correspondent Charles Wheeler has died is a sad day for journalism.

  • 14 Mar 2008
    Thou shalt not offend anyone: BBC's Jesus is nice but dull

    Forget Maria. How do you solve a problem like Jesus? After all, everyone has a view: well-meaning Jewish guru, dangerous heretic, son of God, charlatan. The list is endless. Mel Gibson gave us the fundamentalist's Jesus of gruesome realism: a tortured body offset by expensive LA orthodontistry (bad teeth would have been a realism too far). This year's Easter offering from the BBC - boldly scheduled for primetime on BBC1 - reaches for the other extreme and presents the inoffensive Liberal Democrat Jesus: Nick Clegg with a beard.

  • 19 Feb 2008
    Protest to the BBC over coverage of the Williams row

    As the furore over Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' remarks about religious and civil law subsides into a more considered debate beyond the headlines, the Anglican leader is receiving backing from some unexpected quarters.

  • 8 Feb 2008
    Archbishop under fire over Sharia law lecture and interview

    Lambeth Palace has been bracing itself for harsh morning headlines, after the Archbishop of Canterbury was widely interpreted as calling for the incorporation of Muslim Sharia law alongside English law. But is that what he said?

  • 23 Jan 2008
    BBC prime time series about Jesus expected to attract audience of 10 million

    The BBC are to broadcast a new prime time series about the days before Jesus' crucifixion which it is suggested will attract audiences of ten million. The series follows several other major programmes exploring the Christian faith.

  • 15 Jan 2008
    British reporter in Zimbabwe says revolt against Mugabe underway

    One of the BBC chief reporters has defied a government ban on the Corporation's personnel operating in Zimbabwe, and has reported that opposition to President Robert Mugabe is growing within his own Zanu-PF party.