This page contains a selection of the reports published by the BBC since 2004. The most recent reports appear first.

BBC Corporate Social Responsibility Report

Report on the BBC's impact beyond broadcasting.
BBC Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2008/09

Taste, Standards and the BBC: Public attitudes to morality, values and behaviour in UK broadcasting

June 2009: The BBC Executive, in response to a request from the BBC Trust, commissioned a report from Alan Yentob, BBC Creative Director, and Roly Keating, BBC Director of Archive Content.
Taste & Standards and the BBC (224KB)

The independent audience research was conducted by Professor Sonia Livingstone, Ipsos MORI and the Blinc Partnership. The research involved people of all age ranges discussing a wide range of programmes, including comedy, entertainment, documentary and drama.
Taste & Standards and the BBC - Key Findings from Audience Research (172KB)
Taste & Standards and the BBC - Quantitative Research (1.46MB)
Taste & Standards and the BBC Qualitative Research (851KB)
BBC Tastes And Standards Lit Review (449KB)

BBC press release: BBC publishes Taste and Standards report
Trust statement

Investigation into A Year With The Queen

October 2007: Report by Will Wyatt CBE into the BBC's publication at a press launch of footage relating to Her Majesty the Queen.
Press release and report: Investigation into A Year With The Queen

Premium rate telephony services programming

September 2007: Review by business advisers Deloitte of a number of BBC premium rate phone line competitions.
Deloitte report: review of premium rate telephony services programming PDF (379KB)
BBC management response PDF (12KB)

Investigation into the Elvington Airfield Incident

June 2007: Investigation into the incident at Elvington Airfield, Yorkshire, in September 2006, when presenter Richard Hammond was involved in a serious accident during filming for Top Gear.
Investigation into the Elvington Airfield Incident PDF (9.5MB)

Responses to Ofcom's consultation on the digital dividend

March 2007: The BBC's response to Ofcom's consultation on how best to use the radio spectrum to be released by the switch to all-digital television broadcasting between 2008 and 2012.
The BBC's Response to Ofcom's Consultation on the Digital Dividend PDF (288KB)
The BBC's Response to Ofcom's Consultation on the Digital Dividend text only

March 2007: Reponse by Indepen Consulting Ltd on securing UHF spectrum for high definition public service broadcasting services. Indepen: Intervening to secure UHF spectrum for HD PSB - PDF (103KB)
Indepen: Intervening to secure UHF spectrum for HD PSB - text only

A Higher Definition: the Digital Terrestrial HD Trial

November 2006: Joint report by BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five.
A Higher Definition: the Digital Terrestrial HD Trial PDF (913KB)
A Higher Definition: the Digital Terrestrial HD Trial text only

The Laughton Report: the BBC's Local Television Trial in the West Midlands

November 2006
The Laughton Report: the BBC's Local Television Trial in the West Midlands PDF (443KB)
The Laughton Report: the BBC's Local Television Trial in the West Midlands text only

The Spectrum and its Uses

October 2006: BBC report on the radio spectrum and why it matters.
The Spectrum and its Uses PDF (197KB)
The Spectrum and its Uses text only

From the Cottage to the City

September 2005: Report by Mediatique on the evolution of the UK independent production sector.
From the Cottage to the City PDF (250KB)
From the Cottage to the City text only

The Neil Report - Statement by the Board of Governors

June 2004: Statement by the BBC Board of Governors in response to the publication of the Neil Report following the Hutton Inquiry into BBC journalism.
The Neil Report - Statement by the Board of Governors PDF (215KB)
The Neil Report - Statement by the Board of Governors text only