On 5 January 2026, BBC Look North, the regional programme covering East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, broadcast a report on the Holderness Hunt that contained a serious and misleading factual error.
HAVE SUBMITTED COMPLAINT TO BBC AND SENT ARTICLE OF TO LEAGUE AGAINST CRUEL SPORTS IN THE HOPE THAT THEY CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THIS BIASED REPORTING.
Thank u 🫡 will do soon good info i look after foxes every night love them these are sadists sharing all petitions ect to everyone i know and dont to make public aware animal cruelty torture sadism allowed by labour in Britain Today 🦊🏴🤮
Same here wee birds big birds squirrels day Owls Badgers eat everything and Foxes night dont need Tv just my cameras wildlife and some TIME Ok now got try bbc 👺🦊😱
I have submitted the complaint and asked for a response back (it will be interesting to see what they say). I added in all the documented killings the sick Holderness Hunt has done since 2019 in the complaints section. I remember all too horribly well about a lot of those sadistic and downright barbaric murders when they happened 😿💔🤬🤬🤬🤬!! However, I just had to put "TV (programs and channels)" as no "News" option appeared?
Same for me, also only had BBC Look North Special so I went for that. Call me cynical, but I wondered whether they've changed it deliberately as they've been getting (hopefully a lot!) of complaints.
HAVE EMAILED MY MP AND ASKED HER TO RAISE THE MATTER WITH THE MEDIA COMMITTEE OR IS THE GOVERNMENT SCARED OF THE POWERFUL BBC INFLUENCE. I KNOW IT IS FAR FETCHED TO ASK MY MP TO DO THIS, BUT I HAVE TO TRY.
Great your trying we all have to do something is a british disgrace all for entitlement Money and evil to animals getting worse 🥵😰🐶🦊🐒🦢🕊️🦔🐕🐎🦙🐑🐄🐂🦘🐘🦧🦍🦏🐳🐟🐙🐢🐝🐴🦉🪿🐣🐔🐦🐧🐸🐱🐰🐶
I have submitted a complaint to the BBC and written again to my MP Kevin Hollinrake. My MP felt if the law is broken in regards to the Hunting Ban and reported due process would take place. I have asked him to check your article and be more thorough in checking the facts. I ended my email with " evil flourishes when good men do nothing".
David, he probably does. He's a Conservative in a rural seat and his first reply to voicing my concerns didn't fill me with much hope. I am a farmer's daughter and have always disagreed with fox hunting and I am not in the first flush of youth!! How anyone can get dressed up to go out and choose to watch a fox be torn to pieces is beyond me.
You only have to look at the country today and see how people treat each other. Also look the violence on films and computer games and internet to see what corrodes people s minds
I have submitted a complaint and asked them to run a report on the evidence against the Holderness Hunt held by hunt monitors. The bias towards hunts on the news in the UK is appalling & needs to be countered 😡
I complained to the BBC and this was their reply, which was clearly incorrect and whitewashing their Look North statement:
Thank you for taking the time to contact us about BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) broadcast on 5th January.
A number of people have been in touch about the programme. To allow us to reply promptly to your concerns, and to ensure we use our licence fee resources as efficiently as possible, we’re sending the same response to everyone.
The item in question was clearly framed around Labour’s manifesto commitment to ban trail hunting and the potential consequences for hounds should such a ban become law.
The line you have isolated from the piece (“These old English foxhounds have never been fox hunting. It became illegal long before they were born”) is strictly accurate in that the hounds pictured were born after the Hunting Act 2004 came into force and have therefore not been legally used for fox hunting - a practice which is obviously no longer allowed to exist.
That said, some people clearly regard trail hunting as a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting. It was referenced directly on multiple occasions in the item, was put to the huntsman about people’s concerns, and repeatedly explored in a robust interview with Tim Bonner, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance.
Viewers were also clearly told that opponents of trail hunting believe foxes continue to be pursued and killed, and that where evidence exists, prosecutions can and do follow.
The programme did not seek to dismiss or ignore allegations of illegal hunting. These were reflected both in the report itself and in the studio discussion, where claims that trail hunting can act as a cover for illegal activity were robustly explored and challenged.
We are satisfied that the report reflected a range of perspectives, that the issues were tested appropriately, and that the sequence met the BBC’s standards of due impartiality, accuracy and fairness. Taken as a whole, we do not believe viewers would have been materially misled by the wording or the overall tone of the piece.
We included your points in our overnight report. These reports are among the most widely read sources of feedback at the BBC, and help inform our future editorial judgements.
Complaint submitted. to the BBC with a request for a reply. I have to say that I was disappointed with quite a lot of the media reporting of the proposed ban on trail hunting by the government. A good deal of it illustrated lazy reporting with the news channel appearing to accept what the hunts told them with little or any challenge to the lies they spouted. So well done PTW for making sure the truth is told. Together we will win this battle, long run the fox
Just sent to the BBC complaints - The presenter of a recent BBC Look North programme reported that "These Old English foxhounds have never been fox hunting; it became illegal long before they were born.”
This statement is incorrect and misleading. There is plenty of documented evidence that the Holderness Hunt dogs have repeatedly chased and killed foxes in recent years. Indeed a former huntsman (ie the appointed individual responsible for managing and controlling the hunt’s dogs during a hunt) has been charged under the Hunting Act 2004 in relation to these dogs. The public need to understand the actual nature of hunting and other wildlife crime. They need to understand that unfortunately a lot of trail hunting is in fact a cover for actual hunting with dogs.
For a more instructive programme......
The presenter could have asked questions such as if the dogs are following a pre laid trail how come they occasionally end up in some ones back garden or on an A-road or railway line.
The presenter could have asked how often the dogs find a real trail and follow that and not the pre laid trail.
The presenter could have asked where the fox urine comes from to make the trail.
The presenter could have asked how do the hunt teach the dogs to chase foxes but not sheep?
The presenter could have asked if the old dogs can be re-homed when they retire as they seem so friendly when milling around at a pub for pre hunt drinks.
The presenter could have asked that the 2004 act allows the flushing to guns using 2 dogs - why does the hunt always take out the entire pack?
The presenter could have asked how often the dogs get out of control and catch an actual fox or small cat.
The presenter could have asked why anyone feels the need to kill foxes seeing that they are native to these lands and live a relatively blame free life eating voles and field mice, slugs and snails, berries, sick bunnies, dead bunnies, other carrion, windfall apples, grass hoppers, beetles, bird eggs,othe invertbrates and more. And rats!
Thank you for taking the time to contact us about BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) broadcast on 5th January.
A number of people have been in touch about the programme. To allow us to reply promptly to your concerns, and to ensure we use our licence fee resources as efficiently as possible, we’re sending the same response to everyone.
The item in question was clearly framed around Labour’s manifesto commitment to ban trail hunting and the potential consequences for hounds should such a ban become law.
The line you have isolated from the piece (“These old English foxhounds have never been fox hunting. It became illegal long before they were born”) is strictly accurate in that the hounds pictured were born after the Hunting Act 2004 came into force and have therefore not been legally used for fox hunting - a practice which is obviously no longer allowed to exist.
That said, some people clearly regard trail hunting as a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting. It was referenced directly on multiple occasions in the item, was put to the huntsman about people’s concerns, and repeatedly explored in a robust interview with Tim Bonner, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance.
Viewers were also clearly told that opponents of trail hunting believe foxes continue to be pursued and killed, and that where evidence exists, prosecutions can and do follow.
The programme did not seek to dismiss or ignore allegations of illegal hunting. These were reflected both in the report itself and in the studio discussion, where claims that trail hunting can act as a cover for illegal activity were robustly explored and challenged.
We are satisfied that the report reflected a range of perspectives, that the issues were tested appropriately, and that the sequence met the BBC’s standards of due impartiality, accuracy and fairness. Taken as a whole, we do not believe viewers would have been materially misled by the wording or the overall tone of the piece.
We included your points in our overnight report. These reports are among the most widely read sources of feedback at the BBC, and help inform our future editorial judgements.
Thank you once again for getting in touch.
If you’d like to understand how your complaint is handled at the BBC, you might find it helpful to watch the short film on the BBC Complaints website about how the BBC responds to your feedback. It explains the BBC’s process for responding to complaints, what to do if you aren’t happy with your response and how we share the feedback we receive.
HAVE SUBMITTED COMPLAINT TO BBC AND SENT ARTICLE OF TO LEAGUE AGAINST CRUEL SPORTS IN THE HOPE THAT THEY CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO THIS BIASED REPORTING.
Well done we all need to fight for foxes 🦊against sadists 🏴🤮
Thank u 🫡 will do soon good info i look after foxes every night love them these are sadists sharing all petitions ect to everyone i know and dont to make public aware animal cruelty torture sadism allowed by labour in Britain Today 🦊🏴🤮
We feed foxes and badgers when they come out of their seats. We also love to feed and watch the birds in our garden
Same here wee birds big birds squirrels day Owls Badgers eat everything and Foxes night dont need Tv just my cameras wildlife and some TIME Ok now got try bbc 👺🦊😱
I have submitted the complaint and asked for a response back (it will be interesting to see what they say). I added in all the documented killings the sick Holderness Hunt has done since 2019 in the complaints section. I remember all too horribly well about a lot of those sadistic and downright barbaric murders when they happened 😿💔🤬🤬🤬🤬!! However, I just had to put "TV (programs and channels)" as no "News" option appeared?
AS LONG AS THEY GET THE COMPLAINT FORM THAT'S ALL THAT MATTER'S
I hope so, thank you David!
Same for me, also only had BBC Look North Special so I went for that. Call me cynical, but I wondered whether they've changed it deliberately as they've been getting (hopefully a lot!) of complaints.
HAVE EMAILED MY MP AND ASKED HER TO RAISE THE MATTER WITH THE MEDIA COMMITTEE OR IS THE GOVERNMENT SCARED OF THE POWERFUL BBC INFLUENCE. I KNOW IT IS FAR FETCHED TO ASK MY MP TO DO THIS, BUT I HAVE TO TRY.
Great your trying we all have to do something is a british disgrace all for entitlement Money and evil to animals getting worse 🥵😰🐶🦊🐒🦢🕊️🦔🐕🐎🦙🐑🐄🐂🦘🐘🦧🦍🦏🐳🐟🐙🐢🐝🐴🦉🪿🐣🐔🐦🐧🐸🐱🐰🐶
I HAVE PUT IN A COMPLAINT REQUEST TO THE BBC TELLING THEM I NEED ANSWERS TO WHY THE REPORTER SAID THOSE WRONG WORDS REGARDING THE HUNTS.
Dont pay the tv licence outdated left wing crap no wonder they get it wrong Starmers army of idiots
THE BBC ARE TOO POWERFUL, SO ALL GOVERNMENTS ARE SCARED IN CASE THEY TURN AGAINST THEM.
I have submitted a complaint to the BBC and written again to my MP Kevin Hollinrake. My MP felt if the law is broken in regards to the Hunting Ban and reported due process would take place. I have asked him to check your article and be more thorough in checking the facts. I ended my email with " evil flourishes when good men do nothing".
Your MP was on TV local news attending a drag hunt that gave the impression he supported country side pursuits on boxing day
David, he probably does. He's a Conservative in a rural seat and his first reply to voicing my concerns didn't fill me with much hope. I am a farmer's daughter and have always disagreed with fox hunting and I am not in the first flush of youth!! How anyone can get dressed up to go out and choose to watch a fox be torn to pieces is beyond me.
You only have to look at the country today and see how people treat each other. Also look the violence on films and computer games and internet to see what corrodes people s minds
I have submitted a complaint and asked them to run a report on the evidence against the Holderness Hunt held by hunt monitors. The bias towards hunts on the news in the UK is appalling & needs to be countered 😡
Complaint submitted and requested a reply.
I complained to the BBC and this was their reply, which was clearly incorrect and whitewashing their Look North statement:
Thank you for taking the time to contact us about BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) broadcast on 5th January.
A number of people have been in touch about the programme. To allow us to reply promptly to your concerns, and to ensure we use our licence fee resources as efficiently as possible, we’re sending the same response to everyone.
The item in question was clearly framed around Labour’s manifesto commitment to ban trail hunting and the potential consequences for hounds should such a ban become law.
The line you have isolated from the piece (“These old English foxhounds have never been fox hunting. It became illegal long before they were born”) is strictly accurate in that the hounds pictured were born after the Hunting Act 2004 came into force and have therefore not been legally used for fox hunting - a practice which is obviously no longer allowed to exist.
That said, some people clearly regard trail hunting as a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting. It was referenced directly on multiple occasions in the item, was put to the huntsman about people’s concerns, and repeatedly explored in a robust interview with Tim Bonner, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance.
Viewers were also clearly told that opponents of trail hunting believe foxes continue to be pursued and killed, and that where evidence exists, prosecutions can and do follow.
The programme did not seek to dismiss or ignore allegations of illegal hunting. These were reflected both in the report itself and in the studio discussion, where claims that trail hunting can act as a cover for illegal activity were robustly explored and challenged.
We are satisfied that the report reflected a range of perspectives, that the issues were tested appropriately, and that the sequence met the BBC’s standards of due impartiality, accuracy and fairness. Taken as a whole, we do not believe viewers would have been materially misled by the wording or the overall tone of the piece.
We included your points in our overnight report. These reports are among the most widely read sources of feedback at the BBC, and help inform our future editorial judgements.
Complaint submitted. to the BBC with a request for a reply. I have to say that I was disappointed with quite a lot of the media reporting of the proposed ban on trail hunting by the government. A good deal of it illustrated lazy reporting with the news channel appearing to accept what the hunts told them with little or any challenge to the lies they spouted. So well done PTW for making sure the truth is told. Together we will win this battle, long run the fox
Just sent to the BBC complaints - The presenter of a recent BBC Look North programme reported that "These Old English foxhounds have never been fox hunting; it became illegal long before they were born.”
This statement is incorrect and misleading. There is plenty of documented evidence that the Holderness Hunt dogs have repeatedly chased and killed foxes in recent years. Indeed a former huntsman (ie the appointed individual responsible for managing and controlling the hunt’s dogs during a hunt) has been charged under the Hunting Act 2004 in relation to these dogs. The public need to understand the actual nature of hunting and other wildlife crime. They need to understand that unfortunately a lot of trail hunting is in fact a cover for actual hunting with dogs.
For a more instructive programme......
The presenter could have asked questions such as if the dogs are following a pre laid trail how come they occasionally end up in some ones back garden or on an A-road or railway line.
The presenter could have asked how often the dogs find a real trail and follow that and not the pre laid trail.
The presenter could have asked where the fox urine comes from to make the trail.
The presenter could have asked how do the hunt teach the dogs to chase foxes but not sheep?
The presenter could have asked if the old dogs can be re-homed when they retire as they seem so friendly when milling around at a pub for pre hunt drinks.
The presenter could have asked that the 2004 act allows the flushing to guns using 2 dogs - why does the hunt always take out the entire pack?
The presenter could have asked how often the dogs get out of control and catch an actual fox or small cat.
The presenter could have asked why anyone feels the need to kill foxes seeing that they are native to these lands and live a relatively blame free life eating voles and field mice, slugs and snails, berries, sick bunnies, dead bunnies, other carrion, windfall apples, grass hoppers, beetles, bird eggs,othe invertbrates and more. And rats!
complained to the BBC.
I have received a standard reply:
Thank you for taking the time to contact us about BBC Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) broadcast on 5th January.
A number of people have been in touch about the programme. To allow us to reply promptly to your concerns, and to ensure we use our licence fee resources as efficiently as possible, we’re sending the same response to everyone.
The item in question was clearly framed around Labour’s manifesto commitment to ban trail hunting and the potential consequences for hounds should such a ban become law.
The line you have isolated from the piece (“These old English foxhounds have never been fox hunting. It became illegal long before they were born”) is strictly accurate in that the hounds pictured were born after the Hunting Act 2004 came into force and have therefore not been legally used for fox hunting - a practice which is obviously no longer allowed to exist.
That said, some people clearly regard trail hunting as a smokescreen for illegal fox hunting. It was referenced directly on multiple occasions in the item, was put to the huntsman about people’s concerns, and repeatedly explored in a robust interview with Tim Bonner, Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance.
Viewers were also clearly told that opponents of trail hunting believe foxes continue to be pursued and killed, and that where evidence exists, prosecutions can and do follow.
The programme did not seek to dismiss or ignore allegations of illegal hunting. These were reflected both in the report itself and in the studio discussion, where claims that trail hunting can act as a cover for illegal activity were robustly explored and challenged.
We are satisfied that the report reflected a range of perspectives, that the issues were tested appropriately, and that the sequence met the BBC’s standards of due impartiality, accuracy and fairness. Taken as a whole, we do not believe viewers would have been materially misled by the wording or the overall tone of the piece.
We included your points in our overnight report. These reports are among the most widely read sources of feedback at the BBC, and help inform our future editorial judgements.
Thank you once again for getting in touch.
If you’d like to understand how your complaint is handled at the BBC, you might find it helpful to watch the short film on the BBC Complaints website about how the BBC responds to your feedback. It explains the BBC’s process for responding to complaints, what to do if you aren’t happy with your response and how we share the feedback we receive.
Kind regards,
BBC Complaints Team