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’.

    Closure of Radio 4 Extra

    | Radio

    DIY SOS

    | TV

    Strictly Come Dancing, blurring of a message on a T-shirt, BBC One, 10 October 2026

    BBC News, coverage of Earl Spencer’s memoir, September 2026

    BBC Sport, WXV Global Series on iPlayer, September 2026

    Today, interview with Ed Miliband, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds, 9 September 2026

    BBC Breakfast, Coverage of Grand Theft Auto 6, August 2026

    | TV

    Today, interview with Kemi Badenoch, 10 September 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