Radio and Television
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
If you want to complain about a BBC radio ortelevision broadcast, you should first complain to the programme’s producer. You may address complaints about the BBC to the appropriate senior manager or directly to:
BBC Complaints
PO Box 1922
Glasgow
G2 3WT
Tel: 08700 100 222
In the case of any other broadcaster, complaints should be sent to the Programme Controller .
At the end of December 2003 the responsibilities of the Broadcasting Standards Commission were assumed by the Office of Communications (Ofcom). Ofcom also replaced the Independent Television Commission, Oftel, the Radio Authority and the Radio communications Agency. Ofcom is now responsible for considering complaints of unjust or unfair treatment and unwarranted infringements of privacy, as well as the portrayal of violence and sex and standards of taste and decency. Complaints to the Commission should be made within a reasonable time after the relevant broadcast (usually three months). Ofcom has the power to require the broadcaster to publish a summary of a complaint and of Ofcom’s findings. If your complaint is not satisfactorily dealt with by the broadcaster, you should write to Ofcom at: The Office of Communications Ofcom Contact Centre Riverside House 2a Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HA Tel: 020 7981 3040.
You can find out more about how to complain to Ofcom from their website at: www.ofcom.org.uk/complain/progs/
