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Obscenity

Occult

Occupational Risk Management

BBC Occupational risk Management
Hostile environments etc
Investigations into crime

Ofcom

Broadcasting Code
Broadcasting Code, Political broadcasts
Complaints
Ofcom
Re-use and reversioning

Off-air marketing

Offence see also Harm and offence

Offence

Committing
Editorial principles
Graphic scenes of grief
Interviewing people whose views might offend
Phone-ins
Religion
Sexual

Offensive language see Language

Office for Communications see Ofcom

Office of Fair Trading

References to commercial products
Sponsored BBC events

Official Secrets Act

Off-peak programmes for specific audiences

Co-funding
Hosted programmes

Off-the-record information

Allegations

On air announcements re controversial material

Radio and online
Violence against animals

On air credits

Editorial principles
Media facility etc
Product prominence
Use of free/reduced cost facilities

On air promotions

Advertising and BBC brand
Principles
Product prominence
Programmes about charitable initiatives - Promotional material
Programmes about charitable initiatives - Trails for commercial products etc
Undue prominence and contributors

On air references to products, services and publications

BBC magazines - and trails
BBC Magazines - references on TV
BBC magazines references on radio
BBC publications and products
Branded products and service, appropriate use of
Competitions run in association with BBC magazines
Credits for sponsors of events
Editorial integrity etc. principles
Events sponsored by BBC magazines
Product placement
Products used as props
References to commercial products etc.
Reviews of products or services
Trails for BBC products or services

Online services

BBC Charter and Agreement
BBC editorial values
Child protection - Children, online content and links
Child protection - Online child protection
Child protection - Radio and online
Controversial subjects - Personal view etc.
Controversial subjects - Controversial subjects
Credits - Editorial integrity etc. principles
Credits - Product prominence
Credits - Use of free/reduced cost facilities
Credits -Media facility etc
Grooming
Guidelines
Impartiality
Keeping text
Language
Links
Scheduling
Support services
Third party sites
User generated content - Radio and online
User generated content - User generated content online
User generated content - User generated content online moderation of
Voting
Watershed

Openness

Accuracy
Fairness
Fairness editorial principles
Public/semi-public places
Working abroad

Opinion

BBC editorial values
Diversity of
Personal - Impartiality
Personal - Personal view etc
Presenters' - BBC Charter and agreement
Presenters' - Impartiality
Presenters' - Phone-in programmes
Presenters' - Principles of political impartiality

Opinion polls

Commissioning
Elections
Margin of error
Methods
Referral to Chief Adviser Politics
Reporting
Studio audiences, polling of
Surveys
Voting intention polls

Opposition parties

Leader of the opposition
Shadow Minister
The official opposition
The opposition

Outside activities of BBC staff

Outside sources

Secret recordings

Overseas

Definition of criminal
Elections - legal issues
Prisons
Referrals
Reporting overseas elections
Tourist visa
Working abroad
Working abroad - Interviews with prisoners

Overtaken by events

Archive footage
Checking programmes
Factual accuracy
Library material



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