"We want to be clear that October Films have always conducted themselves professionally, and there is no suggestion from our side that they would maliciously misrepresent Reform UK. However, following the Panorama documentary the trust has been lost, and both BBC and the production company will have to do a lot of hard work to regain that trust."
"The email referred to the Panorama edit of Trump's speech from 6 January 2021 as "disinformation", and said a decision had been made to "cease engagement" with the documentary as a result."
"The email advised party members to "politely decline to participate" if approached by the documentary team, and to withdraw consent for footage already filmed to be used."
Reform UK announced it will no longer co-operate with a BBC documentary about the party after a dispute over the editing of a January 6, 2021 speech by Donald Trump. The BBC commissioned October Films to produce the programme, which had been due to air in January and to be presented by Laura Kuenssberg. October Films worked on a Panorama documentary about Trump, while BBC staff carried out the contested edit. An internal Reform email described the Panorama edit as "disinformation", said trust had been lost, and urged members to cease engagement and withdraw filmed consent.
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