BBC facing further 'deception' row

The BBC is bracing itself for revelations about two new potential phone-in scandals, it has been reported.

Mark Thompson has urged staff to report any lapses Mark Thompson has urged staff to report any 'lapses'

Daytime antiques show Flog It! has also been accused of wrongly editing some of its footage.

The incidents came to light after BBC director-general Mark Thompson urged staff to report any "lapses" in the wake of the royal row over a trailer which appeared to show the Queen storming out of a sitting with photographer Annie Leibovitz.

Mr Thompson will make a report about the alleged deceptions when he meets the BBC Trust on Wednesday, sources told the Mediaguardian website.

A BBC spokeswoman said she could not comment on the reported phone-in scandals ahead of the meeting. But she did confirm the incident involving Flog It!, which occurred in 2005.

In one auction scene, the cameras appeared to cut away to a woman bidding for a lot. In fact she had been at an earlier sale bidding for a different lot.

The woman's husband complained to the BBC shortly after the episode was screened and the footage was later changed, the spokeswoman said. New guidelines have since been brought in to cover the filming of auction scenes.

Mr Thompson sent an email to all BBC staff asking them to flag up "intentional or unintentional deception of the audience".

It followed the row over editing of the trailer for BBC1 documentary A Year With The Queen.

Production company RDF has taken the blame for the fiasco, in which footage of the Queen arriving at the photoshoot with Leibovitz was edited out of sequence to make it appear as if she stormed out in protest at being asked to remove her crown.

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