Then Churchill Said To Me ... we won't broadcast this rubbish till you're pushing up the daisies, Frankie...

Dear Information Rights

Thank you for your response.

I believe your argument that the data is protected by Part VI Section I of the Act is not a valid excuse not to process my request.

The information I requested (with the possible exception of the production costs) is not information  relating to the creation of a program.

It is information relating to a decision NOT to broadcast an already extant program.

This is therefore an administrative/policy matter
and I do not believe releasing this information has any commercial disadvantage to the BBC.

I am asking about BBC censorship/broadcast policy 40 years ago.

If you were a normal government department such data would be released by now to the public archives 
and so I see no reason why, if such data exists, it cannot be made public now.

After all, most of the protagonists are dead.

I would therefore request you review this matter
before I escalate it to the ICO.

Thank you 

Yours Sincerely 

Anthony Miller