The public service broadcaster engaged in a "significant breach" of broadcasting rules by failing to disclose that the presenter of a film about the Gaza conflict was the son of a Hamas administrator, as determined by British broadcasting authority Ofcom.
An inquiry by the broadcasting watchdog into the programme Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has determined that the film was "significantly deceptive".
The chief executive of the broadcaster had previously apologised, stating there had been "a major oversight in relation to truthfulness".
The regulator has ordered the corporation to broadcast a prime-time declaration about its decisions.
"Given this constitutes a major infringement of our regulations, we are ordering the corporation to broadcast a announcement of our findings against it on BBC Two at 21:00, with a schedule to be confirmed," the regulator stated.
'Possibility to Erode Confidence'
The authority's report declared: "The inquiry we conducted found that the film's omission to reveal that the presenter's male guardian served in a position in the Hamas-run government was significantly deceptive.
"It meant that the viewers did not have essential details which may have been very significant to their judgment of the voice and the details he shared.
"Confidence is at the center of the bond between a broadcaster and its audience, particularly for a state-funded media outlet such as the public broadcaster.
"This error had the possibility to erode the significantly high amounts of credibility that audiences would have invested in a factual film from the broadcaster about the Gaza conflict."
The programme was removed from iPlayer in February after the presenter's family links were revealed, and in the month of July an corporation's own inquiry determined it infringed the organization's content policies on truthfulness.
A corporation official commented: "The regulator's decision is in accordance with the findings of the corporation's inquiry, that there was a major oversight in the film in relation to the BBC's Editorial Guidelines on accuracy, which corresponds to regulation 2.2 of the authority's broadcasting regulations.
"We issued an apology for this and we comply with Ofcom's decision in complete. We will adhere to the directive as soon as the schedule and language are confirmed."
