Complaint
The programme included an interview with Andrew Marr about his book 鈥淓lizabethans: How Modern Britain Was Forged鈥 in which he referred to one of its subjects, Jayaben Desai, who was involved in the prolonged strike at Grunwick in 1976.聽 The son of the late George Ward, the owner of Grunwick, complained that the discussion repeated statement about Mr Ward鈥檚 treatment of his workforce which were in conflict with the findings of the inquiry conducted by Lord Scarman, and for which the 主播大秀 had apologised when they were broadcast on previous occasions.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 主播大秀鈥檚 editorial standards of due accuracy.
Outcome
As the ECU was presented with no evidence which would have allowed it to discount Lord Scarman鈥檚 conclusions, it accepted that the statements in question would have misled listeners and did not meet the 主播大秀鈥檚 standards of due accuracy.
Upheld
Further action
The finding was reported to the board of 主播大秀 Radio and discussed with the programme-makers concerned.聽 The inaccurate material will not be re-broadcast.