Public BBC responses to complaints

These are the BBC’s public responses to significant complaints of wide audience concern. We do not list or respond in public to all complaints. Corrections and clarifications are in ‘Further information’.

    BBC News, coverage of 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

    BBC News, coverage of the political implications following the newly released Epstein files, February 2026

    Winter Olympics, BBC iPlayer video descriptions, February 2026

    BBC News, coverage on the "rape gang inquiry" backed by the MP Rupert Lowe, February 2026

    Reform: Ready to Rule?, BBC Two, February 2026

    BBC News website, Shooting of Alex Pretti, 24 Jan 2026

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    BBC News, coverage of the Epstein files, February 2026

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    BBC News, reporting on events to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, January 2026

    Further Information

    BBC reports

    Fortnightly complaints reports

    Executive Complaints Unit findings

    Executive Complaints Unit archived reports

    Public BBC responses to complaints

    Procedure for self-initiated investigations of potential breaches of editorial standards

    Useful links

    BBC Complaints Framework

    Procedure for fast-tracked editorial complaints

    Corrections & Clarifications

    BBC Editorial Guidelines

    Commercial BBC services complaints

    Archived BBC Trust complaints appeals

    TV Licensing complaints

    Ofcom

    Ofcom website

    Ofcom complaints bulletins