BBC3. It's a digital channel with a tiny audience, which it's trying to grow. How do you do that? Follow the same succesful formula as Channels 4 and 5: Be outrageous and controversial. =:o{

The BBC excuse was especially pathetic: they said it was a "completely legitimate programme about the history and art of political heckling."

Actually, that's exactly the kind of show BBCs 3 & 4 seem to be making. There's a growing trend over here for shows to be made which are ostensibly "documentaries", but where the topic chosen is something that "justifies" the inclusion of controversial and attention-grabbing material which, if not available off the shelf, has to be generated somehow... Channels 4 and 5 have led the way, and BBC3 now follows.

So I don't doubt that they were making such a documentary, rather than trying to generate "news" as they're accused of. Still doesn't make it right, though...