London: The BBC on Saturday is coping with a deepening row because it emerged that it determined to not broadcast an episode narrated by world-famous conservationist Sir David Attenborough for a brand new wildlife sequence over fears of a right-wing backlash, amid an ongoing controversy over affecting its sports activities programming involving soccer legend Gary Lineker.

Several of the broadcaster’s common sports activities presenters have stepped again in solidarity with former England captain and TV pundit Lineker after he was suspended over a controversial tweet associated to the federal government’s migration coverage.

It has now been compelled to strongly deny a report in ‘The Guardian’ newspaper that mentioned a sixth episode of the Attenborough-narrated Wild Isles’ sequence won’t be broadcast over political considerations.

While the newspaper claims that senior sources on the BBC have mentioned that the choice to not present the sixth episode was made to fend off potential criticism from the political proper, the BBC claims it was by no means supposed for broadcast within the first place.

“This is totally inaccurate, there is no sixth episode’. Wild Isles’ is and always was a five-part series and does not shy away from environmental content,” the BBC assertion mentioned.

“We have acquired a separate film for iPlayer [online service] from the RSPB [Royal Society for the Protection of Birds] and WWF [World Wide Fund for Nature] and Silverback Films about people working to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the British Isles,” it mentioned.

The documentary sequence was part-funded by nature charities the WWF and RSPB and all of the episodes are narrated by 96-year-old Attenborough.

The newspaper claims some insiders on the BBC concern the company has bowed to stress from lobbying teams with “dinosaurian ways”.

The so-called sixth episode is known to be a stark have a look at the losses of nature within the UK and what has brought on the decline. It can also be understood to incorporate some examples of rewilding, an idea that has been controversial in some right-wing circles.

Laura Howard, who produced the programme and used to work on the BBC’s Natural History Unit, informed the ‘Guardian’: “I feel the info converse for themselves. You know, we’ve labored actually intently with the RSPB particularly who’re capable of fact-check all of our scripts and supply us with detailed scientific information and details about the lack of wildlife on this nation.

“And it is undeniable, we are incredibly nature-depleted. And I don’t think that that is political, I think it’s just facts.”

The controversy comes because the company apologised for its “limited sports programming” this weekend and mentioned it’s “working hard to resolve the situation” after a number of of its common presenters went off air.

In a put up on Tuesday on his Twitter account which has 8.7 million followers, 62-year-old Lineker one among England’s biggest soccer gamers and now among the many UK’s most influential media figures in contrast lawmakers’ language about migrants to that utilized in Nazi Germany.

The BBC, which operates via a taxpayer-funded licence price, considers Lineker posting such views on social media as a breach of its impartiality pointers.

The community mentioned it held discussions with Lineker over his involvement in Match of the Day’, which is broadcast on Saturday nights and exhibits highlights of English Premier League video games that day.

“The BBC has decided that he will step back from presenting ‘Match of the Day’, until we’ve got an agreed and clear position on his use of social media,” the broadcaster mentioned.

“We have never said that Gary should be an opinion-free zone, or that he can’t have a view on issues that matter to him, but we have said that he should keep well away from taking sides on party political issues or political controversies,” it added.