Ofcom has reviewed how the BBC reflects and portrays the whole of UK society on television.

This review considers how the BBC represents and portrays different people on TV and is our most detailed piece of work in this area. Our findings will act as a baseline for assessing the BBC’s future performance and will help identify where the BBC can do more.

Mae’r adroddiad hwn hefyd ar gael yn Gymraeg (PDF, 5.8 MB)

Full research reports

Detailed report on our extensive qualitative research, which heard from people of different backgrounds across the UK’s nations and regions.

TV viewing data looking at different audience groups for the period April 2017 – March 2018.

Analysis of how frequently people with various characteristics appeared in BBC One and BBC Two programmes over a sample period.

Analysis of how frequently people with various characteristics appeared in a sample of BBC Three programmes.

A summary of 10 in-depth interviews with BBC commissioning editors and executives on subjects related to representation and portrayal.

Related reports

This is Ofcom’s first Annual Report on the BBC, in which we provide our assessment of how the BBC is performing against the backdrop of a rapidly changing media landscape.