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Editorial Guidelines in Full

Fairness, Contributors & Consent

• Introduction
• Fairness editorial principles
• Fairness mandatory referrals to Controller Editorial Policy
• Contributors & informed consent
• Fairness to contributors
• Right of reply
• Deception
• Portrayal of real people in drama
• Fair portrayal in drama
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Introduction

The BBC strives to be fair to all - fair to those we're making programmes about, fair to contributors, and fair to our audiences.

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