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Andrew Garfield explores Jewish roots in BBC1’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are’

The Spider Man actor goes on a teary voyage to Poland and America in pursuit of information about long-lost family members

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read
Andrew Garfield appeared in the 22 April episode of BBC1's 'Who Do You Think You Are', through which he made several illuminating discoveries about his Jewish lineage. (Photo: BBC / Wall to Wall / Stephen Perry)
Sir Stephen Fry is set to appear in the celebrity edition of The Traitors later this year (Image: Getty)
Celebrity

Sir Stephen Fry to appear on celebrity Traitors

By Ellie Grant

1 min read
Gary Lineker is set to give up hosting Match of the day at the end of this football season (Getty)
Nicole Lampert

By Nicole Lampert

The BBC should be glad that Gary Lineker won’t be their problem for much longer

4 min read
Gary Lineker looks on during the Premier League Hall of Fame 2024 Inductions event (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images for Premier League)
Celebrity

Gary Lineker accuses BBC of ‘capitulating to lobbying’ over Gaza documentary withdrawal

By Ellie Grant

2 min read
Palestinian playwright Ghannam Ghannam performing his show, as seen on a BBC Arabic programme broadcast in September, 2024 (BBC Arabic)
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BBC broadcast song glorifying ‘heroes’ who murdered Jews

By Imogen Garfinkel

4 min read
Pilgrims' progress: (from left) Daliso Chaponda, Harry Clark, Stef Reid, Helen Lederer, Nelufar Hedayat, Jay McGuiness and Jeff Brazier (Photo: BBC/CTVC)
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New season of ‘Pilgrimage’ takes multifaith celebs on medieval passage through Austrian Alps

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read
The Board of Deputies has urged the BBC to go further in tackling allegations of bias in its Middle East coverage (Image: Getty)
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Board of Deputies calls on BBC to move ‘firmer, further and faster’ over coverage ‘bias’

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

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‘I’ve got a real, strong feeling about being Jewish’: Claude Littner on his Holocaust-surviving father, The Apprentice and Trump

By Imogen Garfinkel

5 min read

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April 11, 2025 11:15
Claude Littner, who became a media star after appearing on The Apprentice as Lord Sugar's right-hand man (Photo: The Apprentice/BBC)

BBC Arabic guests spread anti-Israel conspiracies and Holocaust comparisons

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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April 9, 2025 16:25
Mostafa Elfeki appeared on BBC Arabic in February. He had previously said Israelis had "skillfully conflated" the "armed struggle for [Palestinian] liberation" with terrorism.
Nicole Lampert

By Nicole Lampert

Gazans against Hamas are ignored by the West and betrayed by their leaders

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April 2, 2025 09:39
Palestinians chant slogans during an anti-Hamas protest, calling for an end to the war with Israel, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 26, 2025 (Photo by YOUSSEF ALZANOUN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Lord Mann: BBC turned down my offers of antisemitism training

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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March 30, 2025 11:49
Lord John Mann, the government's independent adviser on antisemitism, outside the Houses of Parliament

MPs ‘accused Jewish community of lying’ over Palestine protest, says Antisemitism Policy Trust CEO

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

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March 26, 2025 17:31
Antisemitism Policy Trust CEO Danny Stone (left) and CST's Jonny Newton (right) giving evidence to Parliament's Women and Equalities Committee (Image: Parliament TV).
Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Israel’s PR problem is much bigger than biased BBC coverage

3 min read

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March 24, 2025 15:25
Anti Israel protestors are just part of the country's PR problem (Getty)

Axed BBC Gaza documentary to be shown at London cinema

By Elisa Bray

2 min read

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March 24, 2025 15:04
The broadcaster's board met on Thursday and released a statement recognising that “significant and damaging” errors had been made in its Gaza documentary (credit: BBC)

Board meets BBC to issue demands for reforms to coverage of Israel

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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March 21, 2025 12:31
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 16: A member of the Jewish community holds a poster outside BBC Broadcasting House to demonstrate against the BBC's ongoing refusal to label Hamas as terrorists, on October 16, 2023 in London, England. The National Jewish Assembly is protesting at the BBC's refusal to label Hamas as terrorists and comes after the militant group's recent attacks on Israel. Hamas was prescribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK in March 2021 (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Eran Tibi shares the heartbreak behind his Great British Menu experience

By Victoria Prever

4 min read

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March 20, 2025 19:22
Eran Tibi (left) shares his recipe with host, Andi Oliver and judge Tom Aiken Photo: BBC Pictures
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