A decision to edit two shots of QUEEN ELIZABETH in a particular order has resulted in newspaper front pages, official apologies, calls for investigations and resignations.
The two shots were edited together in a trailer for a documentary, A YEAR WITH THE QUEEN, to be shown later this year.
They show the Queen in an exchange with photographer ANNIE LEIBOVITZ, followed by a clip of her apparently "walking off in a huff" from a photo shoot.
PETER FINCHAM spoke out after he allowed journalists to see the television trailer. However, he later said he had no idea it had been edited out of sequence by production company RDF MEDIA.
This assembly was never intended to be seen by the public or the press stated a BBC and RDF media statement
The BBC TRUST has demanded an explanation from Mr Thompson.
MICHAEL GRADE, a former controller of BBC ONE and now head of ITV, told BBC RADIO 4's TODAY programme that he felt sorry for the BBC and all broadcasters were "vulnerable."
Blaming "young, untrained" television workers, he said, "Kids don't understand that you do not cut corners. You don't lie to audiences under any circumstances."
"The people who make programmes just don't understand that the basic ethic of broadcasting in this country is trust."
BBC Editing Error
[Has a single edit ever caused this much fuss?]
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Yes but, Burns was involved
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