British Broadcasting Corporation

A public corporation, a media organisation and a body with a royal charter, also called BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a public broadcaster in the UK and one of the largest broadcasting organisation in the world.^[1] The BBC is funded by the TV licence fee that is paid by UK households and business who have televisions.^[1] The BBC is independent from direct government intervention, its activities being overseen by the BBC Board and regulated by Ofcom.^[2] The BBC provides nine national TV channels (BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News, BBC Parliament, and, BBC Alba) as well as radio broadcasting, BBC Online and BBC iPlayer.^[3]

‘TV Licensing’ is a trade mark of the BBC and is used under licence by companies paid to administer the collection of TV licence fees and enforcement of TV licensing on behalf of the BBC.^[4]

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you have the right to information held by the BBC except for information the BBC holds for the purposes of journalism, art or literature.

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Impartiality v Political interference

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to David Hyett on 19 May 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Mr Hyett I refer to your request for a FOIA internal review (ref: IR2023019). Please find the BBC’s response attached. Kind rega...

Agreement between Tim Davie and Gary Lineker

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to A Willmore on 30 May 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Mr Willmore I refer to your request for a FOIA internal review below (IR2023025 / RFI20230512). Please see attached the BBC's internal review de...

Policy on Horse Racing betting tips.

Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by Christopher Whitmey on 25 May 2023.

Refused.

Thank you for your speedy response. I will follow it up with the ICO. Yours faithfully, Christopher Whitmey

Parole episodes

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to C Duncan on 24 May 2023.

Refused.

Dear C Duncan, Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI2023-0...

Bitesize

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Richard Norrie on 14 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear Richard Norrie, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230424. Yours sincerely, Info...

Evidence to support the claim of Nazir Afzal about child sex exploitation

Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by p cialfi. Annotated by p cialfi on 19 May 2023.

Refused.

The ICO has identified the legal clause that allows the BBC to refuse the request. It is such a pity that, as with ALL institutions, there is denial a...

Meetings between Tim Davie and Gary Lineker (March 2023)

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Joseph Lloyd on 12 May 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Mr Lloyd, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230599....

Author of BBC website article 'Bristol: Castle Park plans unveiled by developers'

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Joe Banks on 7 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Joe Banks, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230243. Yours sincerely, Informati...

Dragon's Den Investment and Success Rate

Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by Stephen Keene-Elliott. Annotated by Stephen Keene-Elliott on 5 May 2023.

Refused.

The reason for refusal was "Information held for the purposes of art, journalism or literature by the BBC", so exempt from FOI disclosure

Richard Murphy, Tax Research LLP

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Noel Scoper on 4 May 2016.

Refused.

Dear Mr Scoper Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20160928 Yours sincerely, The Informa...

Development and maintenance of BBC SOUNDS

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Neil Imrie on 27 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear Mr Imrie Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230597. Yours sincerely Information R...

British Broadcasting Corporation - Public access to BBC Facebook Content

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Paul Waller on 11 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear Mr Waller Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230384....

Carbon Footprint ( tonnes of co2 ) of BBC 1 Series

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Kenn Winter on 14 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear Kenn Winter, Thank you for your email. As stated in our response to your Freedom of Information request, the BBC does not offer an internal...

Manufacturers and other service providers

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Peter Brooks on 16 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Mr Brooks Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230307. Yours sincerely Information...

BBC Director General Time Davie's interview

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to John Wallace on 3 April 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Mr Wallace, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230392. Yours sincerely, Informat...

Telly Treasures - EastEnders - Pat Butcher’s earrings

Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr T Morgan on 3 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear FOI Enquiries, Thank you for your reply. However, I do not believe that the earrings worn by Pat in her final scene with Janine (as shown in the...

Match of the day

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Richard Norrie on 3 April 2023.

Refused.

Dear Mr Norrie, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230407. Yours sincerely, Informati...

How many complaints have been received against a specific program

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to NA on 22 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear NA, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230314. Yours sincerely, Information Righ...

Age profile of BBC licence fee payers

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Helen Pollard on 29 March 2023.

Information not held.

Dear Ms Pollard, Please find attached our response to your request for information, reference RFI20230280....

Information on TV Show 'Inside the Foreign Office'

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to tarik on 21 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Tarik Ata, Thank you for your email. Please be advised that the FOI Act does not provide that requests made for academic purposes should be...

Annual energy consumption across all platforms.

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to S Newbury on 24 March 2023.

Information not held.

Dear S Newbury, Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230431. Yours sincerely, Informatio...

What are the requirements for the right to reply?

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Keith Kennaugh on 22 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Keith Kennaugh, Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20230365. Yours sincerely, Infor...

Spend on original comedy on BBC Radio 4

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to John Smith on 23 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear John Smith, Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI2023...

BBC Radio cessation of Shoutcast (MP3) streams

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Peter Brooks on 10 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Peter Brooks, Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20...

BBC Radio Streaming Technologies

Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Peter Brooks on 10 March 2023.

Refused.

Dear Peter Brooks, Thank you for your email as below. As mentioned in our response letter for RFI20230191, we do not offer an internal review, whereb...

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