The ITC’s May report into programme complaints and interventions covers the British National Party’s party election broadcast. 87 viewers complained to the ITC about the broadcast. A large number of these complaints concerned the content of the broadcast, including a sequence which questioned whether a multi-racial society was “what our war heroes fought for.”
Each of the broadcasters, which the ITC monitors, had asked for certain sections of the broadcast to be edited prior to transmission. Channel 4 did not broadcast the film because the requested edits were not made.
The ITC concluded that sufficient measures had been taken to bring about compliance with the Code. The most offensive images had been removed in the version shown on commercial TV. The ITC decided that the Code had not been breached and felt that the broadcasters had acted responsibly and correctly in difficult circumstances.
The ITC: 0171 255 3000
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