The British broadcaster engaged in a "serious breach" of media regulations by omitting to mention that the presenter of a programme about the Gaza conflict was the child of a Hamas representative, as determined by UK media regulator Ofcom.
An investigation by the media regulator into the documentary titled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has determined that the documentary was "substantially inaccurate".
The head of the BBC had earlier expressed regret, stating there had been "a major oversight in relation to accuracy".
The regulator has ordered the BBC to broadcast a prime-time announcement about its conclusions.
"As this represents a significant violation of our code, we are ordering the BBC to broadcast a announcement of our conclusions against it on the BBC's second channel at 21:00, with a schedule to be confirmed," it said.
'Possibility to Damage Credibility'
The authority's announcement stated: "Our probe found that the programme's lack of disclosure that the voice's male guardian held a role in the Hamas-controlled administration was substantially inaccurate.
"Consequently that the public did not have critical information which may have been highly relevant to their evaluation of the presenter and the information he provided.
"Trust is at the center of the bond between a broadcaster and its public, particularly for a national broadcasting corporation such as the public broadcaster.
"This error had the potential to undermine the significantly high amounts of confidence that viewers would have invested in a documentary produced by the BBC about the Gaza conflict."
The programme was pulled from the BBC's streaming service in last February after the presenter's familial connections were revealed, and in this past July an corporation's own inquiry concluded it breached the corporation's content policies on accuracy.
A representative for the broadcaster stated: "The authority's determination is in line with the results of the corporation's inquiry, that there was a serious error in the programme in relation to the broadcaster's journalistic policies on factual correctness, which reflects clause 2.2 of the regulator's media standards.
"We issued an apology for this and we accept the authority's determination in full. We will comply with the directive as soon as the schedule and language are finalised."
