British Broadcasting Corporation

A public corporation and a media organisation, 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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Dossier and letter on BBC’s ‘poverty bias’ [Universal Credit]
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Frank Zola on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Sir/Madam,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20190556.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...
Religious make up of all involved with the Norther Ireland News and politics coverage. To include editorial and presenting staff.
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Robert Jones on .

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Jones,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20190438.   Yours sincerely,   Information...
Return to Kilimanjaro - comic relief
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to sandra daniells on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Ms Daniels,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI2019...
BBC Politics Show
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Mr Elliott on .

Refused.

Dear Sir/Madam,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20190455.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...
John Sweeney "on expenses, in a boozer"
Request to British Broadcasting Corporation by A Willmore. Annotated by A Willmore on .

Refused.

"The Commissioner’s decision is that this information is held by the BBC for the purposes of journalism, art or literature and does not fall within the...
Does the BBC accept donations from Tory supporters and ministers.
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Daniel Bailey on .

Successful.

Dear Sir/Madam,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20182085.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...
How many more FOI requests have you declined by using the generic "Journalism, Art or Literature", on important topics, to cover your biased agenda?
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to S.W on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Sir/Madam,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20190632.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...
BBC Shop profits
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Harry Ingram on .

Refused.

Dear Harry,   Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20190476.   Kind regards,   Information Righ...
Organisational representation on BBC output.
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Calvin Karpenko on .

Refused.

Dear Calvin Karpenko   Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20190518.   Kind regards   Informat...
Statistics for TV licence
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Zara moores on .

Successful.

Dear Zara Moores, Thank you for your further correspondence. After visiting the ‘what do they know’ page your request is featured on, we can confi...
BBC training provided to the editor of the Today programme
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Steve on .

Refused.

Dear Steve, Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20190436. Yours sincerely, Information Rights, BBC Legal...
Employment status of BBC contributor
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to D Hardy on .

Refused.

Dear D Hardy,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI2019045...
"Horseplay" on BBC premises
Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by A Willmore on .

Successful.

Many thanks for your response to my enquiry. Yours sincerely, Mr A Willmore
Consumption of alcohol by BBC employees during "at work" time
Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by A Willmore on .

Successful.

Many thanks for your prompt response to my enquiry. Yours sincerely, Mr A Willmore
BBC Sounds
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Sean Brawley on .

Refused.

Dear Sean Brawley, Thank you for your further correspondence. As advised in our response, the BBC does not offer an internal review when the informat...
Correspondance regarding procurement of Cerego for BBC Bitesize
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Alice Little on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Little,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20190...
Pricing of
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to B bass on .

Refused.

Dear Barbara Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20190528.   Yours sincerely, Information Rights...
Data Protection Officer
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Alison Benson on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Benson,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20190480.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...
Medical Cover at Radio One’s Big Weekend 2019
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Nick Farr on .

Refused.

Dear Nick Farr,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20190...
Computer operating systems at the BBC
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to T Mather on .

Refused.

Dear Mr T Mather, Thank you for your further correspondence. After liasing with our Information Security team, we can confirm that we are unable t...
John Sweeny
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to paul thomson on .

Refused.

Dear Sir/Madam,   Please find attached our response to your request for information reference RFI20190348.   Yours sincerely,   Informatio...
Number of Muslims working for BBC
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to Imane on .

Awaiting classification.

Dear Imane Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI20190525.   Yours sincerely, Information Rights  ...
Crimes committed at BBC premises
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to J Taylor on .

Successful.

Dear J Taylor,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI201820...
TV licence cancellations
Response by British Broadcasting Corporation to D Hardy on .

Refused.

Dear D Hardy,                                              Please find attached the response to your request for information, reference RFI2019035...
Dudley residents present on Question Time
Follow up sent to British Broadcasting Corporation by Mr .J Collins on .

Refused.

Thank you for your prompt response. The reason I requested this FOI was that having lived most of my life in Dudley, chances are I would have rec...

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