This page includes apologies, significant corrections, statements and responses. It does not include routine corrections to news stories, minor on-air apologies and schedule changes.
Corrections and clarifications are published in the order that they were issued.
World at One
Radio 4, 24 April 2025
In an item about energy prices we said "about a third" of electricity bills are made up of policy costs. The figure is actually a sixth and we’re happy to correct the record.
06/06/2025
Today
Radio 4, 13 May 2025
In an interview with Yvette Cooper, we referred to ONS figures about projected net migration and suggested they took into account the latest measures announced by the Home Office. In fact these ONS estimates were published in January before the measures were announced. The Home Office has suggested the changes will reduce migration by between 82,000 and 113,000. We believe it was valid to question the Home Secretary about whether even after her measures migration to the UK would still be in the hundreds of thousands.
05/06/2025
BBC News at Six & Ten
BBC One, 9 April 2025
In an introduction to a report about mountain fires across the UK, we mistakenly said the Mourne Mountains are in Ireland instead of Northern Ireland. The location was correctly identified in the report which followed.
23/05/2025
BBC Breakfast
BBC One, 20 May 2025
In a report on the UK-EU deal a brief clip was aired of June Mummery from BFP Fish Auctioneers in Lowestoft, in which the caption and introduction indicated she was speaking in that capacity. We accept that we should also have made clear that she was Reform UK’s candidate in the constituency at the last General Election, and is the party’s fisheries spokesperson, and we are happy to put that on record.
23/05/2025
World of Secrets podcast - Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods
Episode 2/BBC Sounds
When describing a medical exam that a female staff member had to undergo at Harrods in 2007 we said Dr Wendy Snell had sent the report first not to the woman but to Mohamed Al Fayed. Although Al Fayed had access to this report we can’t be sure if it was sent directly by the doctor so we have removed references to this.
16/05/2025
Newyddion S4C (BBC produced content broadcast by S4C)
S4C, 24 April 2025
In a report about the recent UK Supreme Court’s ruling and how it could affect Trans people's lives some of the English subtitles that appeared on air were incorrect, resulting in the incorrect gender and pronouns being used four times. This was an error and we apologise.
Red Bee, the company that supplied the subtitles, have assured us they have a clear and documented policy which is that their subtitles should always reflect the gender and pronouns that the person identifies with. However, they acknowledge this didn’t happen on this occasion and because of human error the translated subtitles were incorrect. Red Bee have also apologised and have taken immediate steps to ensure this kind of incident does not happen again.
Newyddion S4C (cynnwys a gynhyrchir gan y BBC a’i ddarlledu gan S4C)
24 Ebrill 2025
Mewn adroddiad am ddyfarniad diweddar Y Goruchaf Lys Prydeinig a sut y gallasai effeithio ar fywydau bobl trawryweddol roedd rhai o‘r is-deitlau Saesneg ymddangosodd ar y sgrîn yn anghywir, gan olygu bod y rhywedd a rhagenw anghywir wedi eu defnyddio bedair gwaith.
Mae Red Bee, y cwmni wnaeth gyflenwi yr is-deitlau, wedi ein sicrhau bod ganddyn nhw bolisi clir sy’n datgan y bydd eu his-deitlau bob amser yn adlewyrchu y rhywedd a rhagenw mae’r person yn ei ddefnyddio. Er hyn, mae’n nhw’n cydnabod na wnaeth hyn ddigwydd ar yr achlysur hwn ac o achos gwall dynol roedd yr is-deitlau gyfieithwyd yn anghywir. Mae Red Bee hefyd wedi ymddiheuro ac yn cymryd camau ar unwaith i sicrhau na all sefyllfa debyg ddigwydd eto.
12/05/2025
Today
Radio 4, 3 May 2025
The programme covered the latest developments in the story of Prince Harry and his legal case around protection for him and his family in the UK and interviewed former close protection officer Richard Aitch to get a broader understanding of security considerations. Claims were repeated that the process had been “an establishment stitch-up” and we failed to properly challenge this and other allegations. This case is ultimately the responsibility of the Home Office and we should have reflected their statement:
“We are pleased that the Court has found in favour of the Government’s position in this case. The UK Government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security.”
We also should have given the view of Buckingham Palace:
“All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion."
This was a lapse in our usual high editorial standards.
03/05/2025
Today
Radio 4, 27 March 2025
During an interview with the Chancellor Rachel Reeves it was stated that “the British government gives a lot of money to Tesla at the moment”. To be clear, while Tesla has received nearly £200 million from the UK Government since 2016 the electric car company has not received any public money since the first half of 2024.
25/04/2025
Strong Message Here
Radio 4, 20 March 2025
In a discussion about the use of political language around welfare and benefits, it was stated that tax fraud in the UK is thirty times larger than benefit fraud. This is incorrect. In the latest comparable government statistics, overpayments due to benefit fraud were £6.4bn, while overpayments due to tax evasion (illegal non-payment or underpayment of tax) were £5.5bn.
27/03/2025
Focus on Africa
BBC News Channel/BBC News YouTube channel, 17 February 2025
In a report about the murder in South Africa of Muhsin Hendricks, described as the world’s ‘first openly gay imam’, we used a few images of the Open Mosque in Cape Town. This was an error, and we would like to make clear the mosque has no connections with this story. The reports were removed and new correct versions have been published with an acknowledgment that the videos have been edited.
12/03/2025
Rip Off Britain
BBC One, 16 January 2025 and iPlayer
This programme looked at agreements in place between homeowners and ‘A Shade Greener’, a company that installs solar panels on homeowners’ roofs which provide them with free energy.
It was stated that, for one homeowner, it had taken weeks to change a clause in their contract with ‘A Shade Greener’ which restricted the length of time for which solar panels could temporarily be removed from the property. In fact the change was made by ‘A Shade Greener’ on the day following the request.
It was also suggested that ‘A Shade Greener’ would not cover the cost of removing the panels if a third party was used to do this. In fact the contract was clear that ‘A Shade Greener’ were the only company permitted to carry out such work.
The voiceover in the programme has now been amended to reflect these points.
04/03/2025
Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone, BBC2/iPlayer
17/19 Feb 2025
Since the transmission of our documentary on Gaza, the BBC has become aware of the family connections of the film’s narrator, a child called Abdullah.
We’ve promised our audiences the highest standards of transparency, so it is only right that as a result of this new information, we add some more detail to the film before its retransmission. We apologise for the omission of that detail from the original film. The new text reads:
“The narrator of this film is 13 year old Abdullah. His father has worked as a deputy agriculture minister for the Hamas-run government in Gaza. The production team had full editorial control of filming with Abdullah.”
We followed all of our usual compliance procedures in the making of this film, but we had not been informed of this information by the independent producers when we complied and then broadcast the finished film.
The film remains a powerful child’s eye view of the devastating consequences of the war in Gaza which we believe is an invaluable testament to their experiences, and we must meet our commitment to transparency.
19/02/2025
Update on 21/02/2025:
Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone features important stories we think should be told - those of the experiences of children in Gaza.
There have been continuing questions raised about the programme and in the light of these, we are conducting further due diligence with the production company. The programme will not be available on iPlayer while this is taking place.
The Sunday Show
BBC One Scotland / BBC Radio Scotland, Sunday 19 January 2025
In an interview with Labour’s Kirsty McNeill MP, we incorrectly stated that the Scottish Labour Leader, Anas Sarwar, had criticised Scottish Labour MPs who voted in parliament to keep the two child benefit cap. We apologise for this error.
17/02/2025
5 Live Drive
15 Jan 2025
During a live two-way on the Gaza ceasefire deal we talked about the possible release of ‘Palestinian prisoners’. At one point during the discussion the correspondent in Jerusalem mistakenly referred to them as ‘hostages’. We apologise for the error.
04/02/2025
World at One
BBC Radio 4, 6 January 2025
During a report on the government’s plans to cut hospital waiting times, we said that the waiting list currently stands at 7.5 million and only six in 10 of those patients are seen within 18 weeks.
To clarify, 7.5 million refers to the number of cases. Some people are waiting for more than one treatment.
08/01/2025