Roger Mosey says mistakes were ‘not an unfortunate accident’ as shadow minister calls for independent inquiry

The BBC made “basic rookie errors” over a documentary about life in Gaza that featured the son of a Hamas minister, a former senior executive at the corporation has said.

Roger Mosey, who was head of BBC television news until 2013, said mistakes made by the corporation were “not an unfortunate accident” but the upshot of “some people not doing their job properly and making sure this programme was fit to be broadcast”.