Just last month, the BBC released a six part documentary series plunging viewers into the heart of a local police force. Peelers: The PSNI for Real follows Stephen Nolan who spent hundreds of hours with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, offering viewers unprecedented and behind the scenes access to criminal investigations.

The airing of a Hamas-linked documentary is a “dagger to the heart” of the BBC’s credibility, the chairperson of the partially government-funded UK broadcaster admitted to Parliament. The controversial “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone” told the ...