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19/07/2012
BBC Considering New Appeal Over Banned Riots Docu-Drama
Lawyers for the BBC are considering making a formal appeal against a court order banning the corporation from showing a dramatised film about the experiences of rioters who took part in last summer's disorder.
The docu-drama was due to be broadcast on BBC2 at 9pm on Monday until a judge ruled that it could not be broadcast "by any media until further order".
The channel's executives were forced to pull the film, which is based on the testimony of interviews conducted for the Guardian and London School of Economics research into the disorder.
A second BBC film in the two-part series, based on personal interviews with police officers and was scheduled for broadcast on Wednesday, is also banned under the order.
For legal reasons, neither the judge who made the ruling, the court in which he is sitting nor the case he is presiding over can be named.
However, it is understood that lawyers for the BBC strongly object to his ruling, the nature of which is believed to be highly unusual.
Hours before Monday's programme was due to be aired, the BBC tried and failed to appeal the order over the telephone. The corporation's lawyers are now working on legal arguments for a second potential appeal, which may be lodged tomorrow.
(H/GK)
The docu-drama was due to be broadcast on BBC2 at 9pm on Monday until a judge ruled that it could not be broadcast "by any media until further order".
The channel's executives were forced to pull the film, which is based on the testimony of interviews conducted for the Guardian and London School of Economics research into the disorder.
A second BBC film in the two-part series, based on personal interviews with police officers and was scheduled for broadcast on Wednesday, is also banned under the order.
For legal reasons, neither the judge who made the ruling, the court in which he is sitting nor the case he is presiding over can be named.
However, it is understood that lawyers for the BBC strongly object to his ruling, the nature of which is believed to be highly unusual.
Hours before Monday's programme was due to be aired, the BBC tried and failed to appeal the order over the telephone. The corporation's lawyers are now working on legal arguments for a second potential appeal, which may be lodged tomorrow.
(H/GK)
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