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BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation | UK News

By uk-times.com13 November 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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The has apologised to US President Donald Trump for a Panorama episode which spliced parts of a speech together, but rejected his demands for compensation.

The corporation also said it would not show the programme again.

Lawyers for Trump have threatened to sue the for $1bn (£759m) in damages unless the corporation issues a retraction, apologises and compensates him.

The apology comes after a second similarly edited clip, broadcast on Newsnight in 2022, was revealed by the Daily Telegraph.

A spokesperson said: “Lawyers for the have written to President Trump’s legal team in response to a letter received on Sunday.

” chair Samir Shah has separately sent a personal letter to the White House making clear to President Trump that he and the corporation are sorry for the edit of the president’s speech on 6 January 2021, which featured in the programme.

“The has no plans to rebroadcast the documentary Trump: A Second Chance? on any platforms.

“While the sincerely regrets the manner in which the video clip was edited, we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”

In Trump’s speech on 6 January 2021, he said: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women.”

More than 50 minutes later in the speech, he said: “And we fight. We fight like hell.”

In the Panorama programme from 2024, the clip shows him as saying: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol… and I’ll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell.”

Speaking to Fox News, Trump said his 6 January 2021 speech had been “butchered” and the way it was presented had “defrauded” viewers.

The fallout from the scandal led to the resignations of director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness.

The received the letter from Trump’s lawyers on Sunday. It demands a “full and fair retraction” of the documentary, an apology, and that the “appropriately compensate President Trump for the harm caused”.

It had set a deadline of 22:00 GMT (17:00 EST) on Friday for the corporation to respond.

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