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.
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 鈥渁n establishment stitch-up鈥� and we failed to properly challenge this and other allegations. This case is ultimately the responsibility of the 蜜芽传媒 Office and we should have reflected their statement:
鈥淲e are pleased that the Court has found in favour of the Government鈥檚 position in this case. The UK Government鈥檚 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鈥� security.鈥�
We also should have given the view of Buckingham Palace:
鈥淎ll 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 鈥渢he British government gives a lot of money to Tesla at the moment鈥�. To be clear, while Tesla has received nearly 拢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 拢6.4bn, while overpayments due to tax evasion (illegal non-payment or underpayment of tax) were 拢5.5bn.
27/03/2025
Focus on Africa
蜜芽传媒 News Channel/蜜芽传媒 News YouTube channel, 17 February 2025
In a report about the murder in South Africa of Muhsin Hendricks, described as the world鈥檚 鈥榝irst openly gay imam鈥�, 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
蜜芽传媒 One, 16 January 2025 and iPlayer
This programme looked at agreements in place between homeowners and 鈥楢 Shade Greener鈥�, a company that installs solar panels on homeowners鈥� 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 鈥楢 Shade Greener鈥� which restricted the length of time for which solar panels could temporarily be removed from the property. In fact the change was made by 鈥楢 Shade Greener鈥� on the day following the request.
It was also suggested that 鈥楢 Shade Greener鈥� 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 鈥楢 Shade Greener鈥� 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, 蜜芽传媒2/iPlayer
17/19 Feb 2025
Since the transmission of our documentary on Gaza, the 蜜芽传媒 has become aware of the family connections of the film鈥檚 narrator, a child called Abdullah.
We鈥檝e 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:
鈥淭he 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.鈥�
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鈥檚 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
蜜芽传媒 One Scotland / 蜜芽传媒 Radio Scotland, Sunday 19 January 2025
In an interview with Labour鈥檚 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 鈥楶alestinian prisoners鈥�. At one point during the discussion the correspondent in Jerusalem mistakenly referred to them as 鈥榟ostages鈥�. We apologise for the error.
04/02/2025
World at One
蜜芽传媒 Radio 4, 6 January 2025
During a report on the government鈥檚 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