November 20, 2025 - The BBC has previously stated it did not have the rights to, and did not, distribute the Panorama episode on its US channels. Trump has threatened to sue over the programme, saying it defamed him. The BBC has apologised, while refusing the president's demand for financial compensation. The broadcaster has acknowledged the edit gave "the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action" on the day of the riot at the US Capitol building on 6 January 2021.

November 20, 2025 - He told them he was trying to ... edition of Panorama, broadcast a week before the US election, spliced together clips of a Trump speech made on 6 January 2021....

1 week ago - "We will be defending this case", the BBC repeated after the $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit was filed over an edit of Donald Trump's 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary.

The controversy started after The ... the 2024 presidential election, edited two parts of Trump's speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021....

6 days ago - Shah acknowledged that the editing "did give the impression of a direct call for violent action." In December 2011, it was revealed that former BBC Director General Sir Ian Trethowan had met in 1981 with the chiefs of MI5 and the Secret Intelligence Service about an episode of Panorama dealing with the security services.

1 week ago - US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC for selectively editing one of his speeches in an episode of Panorama. | ITV National News

November 15, 2025 - They added: "While the BBC sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim." In its letter to Trump's legal team, the BBC set out five main arguments for why it did not think it had a case to answer. First it said the BBC did not have the rights to, and did not, distribute the Panorama episode on its US channels.

November 11, 2025 - Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi asks Nandy whether she will ask the BBC Board about the delay apologising for Panorama's edit of Trump's speech, saying this "inflicted further damage".

1 week ago - The BBC's director of editorial complaints and reviews, Peter Johnston, said: "I was asked to look at the editorial guidelines on use of editing. I do not believe any changes are required, but we will ensure these lessons are reinforced." Mr Johnston said the Panorama edit was the "key unresolved issue" from the leaked memo, and that action had been taken to address the other concerns.

November 10, 2025 - Shah added he "also heard from BBC News that the purpose of editing the clip was to convey the message of the speech". This was so Panorama's audience "could better understand how it had been received by President Trump's supporters and what was happening on the ground at that time".

1 week ago - The Panorama edit, taken from sections of his speech almost an hour apart, suggested Trump told the crowd: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be there with you, and we fight.

November 9, 2025 - The US president has filed a defamation lawsuit over the BBC's edit of his speech in a Panorama documentary.

As part of the ritual of remorse, the BBC has erased the Panorama episode from all of its platforms, but a friend who managed to obtain a bootleg copy shared it with me, and I settled in to see for myself.

1 week ago - U.S. President Donald Trump has filed a $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC over an edited speech of his in a 'Panorama' documentary.

November 14, 2025 - The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump over the editing of a Panorama documentary that led to the resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the BBC News chief, Deborah Turness.