🔗 Share this article Former BBC Advisers Face Parliamentary Questioning After Claims of Prejudice in Disclosed Document We begin with questions from Tory Member of Parliament the panel's head, that leads the panel. She initiates by giving details to the unauthorized memorandum written by Michael Prescott and printed in a daily publication. "I don't want the BBC slanting in any particular direction, My only wish is for it straight, unbiased and just," he says. When asked whether he thinks the British Broadcasting Corporation is structurally prejudiced, Prescott answers: "No I don't. Let's be clear, a great deal the BBC does is exceptional - including documentary and fictional shows." However, he continues: "There exists significant effort that requires attention at the British Broadcasting Corporation." Another former external BBC specialist questioned by the committee, Caroline Daniel, says she views the BBC very seriously and that it operates a "ongoing system and active debate" across evolving and intricate subjects. "Was the BBC willing to engage in a proper conversation and argument and implement changes?" she reflects. "As I see it, yes they were."