THE BBC received more than 100 complaints accusing the broadcaster of “bias against Kate Forbes and the SNP” following an episode of Question Time.
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister appeared on the programme on June 13 and the show was met with criticism as she was continually interrupted.
The show was broadcast from Edinburgh that evening and a new BBC report states that 145 complaints were received about “bias against Kate Forbes/SNP”.
A range of topics were discussed on the night, including the Scottish oil and gas sector.
At one point, Forbes was only given 10 seconds to answer a question posed by the audience before host Fiona Bruce interjected.
Social media viewers were left fuming with one describing the “constant interruptions” as “disgraceful” and another saying Bruce was “once again barracking and interrupting the SNP representative more than anyone else”.
It comes as the leader of the UK’s four largest parties are set to go head-to-head tonight in a two-hour Question Time special from York.
Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, John Swinney and Ed Davey will all be in attendance with each leader given 30 minutes to answer questions from the live studio audience.
It will be broadcast by the BBC at 8pm tonight and the parties have agreed that the order of the leaders speaking will be Davey, Swinney (below), Starmer, and then Sunak.
A second Question Time debate will be held on June 28 and will feature Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
The BBC also reported that two other programmes received more than 100 complaints in the period from June 3-16.
Firstly, 264 complaints were made about the BBC’s election special debate broadcast on June 7 over a “feeling the audience had a left-leaning bias”.
There were also 169 complaints over a Doctor Who episode in which people felt it was “inappropriate for the Doctor to kiss a man”.
