BBC bans Branson over ‘faked’ TV scene

MORE woes for Sir richard Branson’s son Sam. His TV company Sundog Pictures has been banned from winning BBC commissions for six months.

It follows his documentary Hidden Australia for BBC3, in which an Aboriginal wake was allegedly filmed as if it were a ‘ party scene’ featuring Aborigines ‘ ravaged by alcohol addiction’. ‘Following a full review, the BBC has decided to suspend Sundog Pictures for six months covering all new commissions and development,’ says a spokesman. ‘It was a serious breach of the BBC’s editorial guidelines.’

However, as I reported yesterday, Branson’s space documentary, featuring his father’s Virgin Galactic exploits, will go ahead, as it was ordered prior to the ban.