The BBC has responded to criticism about the editing of a Panorama documentary which showed a sequence of Donald Trump's 6 January 2021 speech - and is one of the issues raised in Prescott's leaked memo.

The broadcaster says the programme - which aired back in October 2024 - stitched together two different parts of Trump's speech made on that day and made it look like a single continuous section.

The two sections that were edited together, however, were more than 50 minutes apart.

It also confirms that, immediately after those excerpts, the programme showed a clip of a far-right Proud Boys group marching to the Capitol.

However, this footage was filmed before Trump began his speech.

"Consequently, this gave the impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action. The BBC would like to apologise for that error of judgement," the broadcaster says.

BBC News says there was no intention to mislead.

The aim, it notes, was to convey the key messages of the speech in a "condensed format", as the full speech lasted over an hour, and to illustrate what was happening on the day.

BBC also says it has been suggested the programme removed the word "peacefully" from the clips of Trump's speech.

"To be clear, we did not do so," it says.