Fiona Bruce opens Question Time Leaders' special BBC 's Question Time Leaders' Special on June 28th generated public complaints after viewers felt Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was interrupted by presenter Fiona Bruce . The broadcaster acknowledged that they had been contacted by people who took umbrage at the broadcast. "We received complaints from people who felt Fiona Bruce interrupted Nigel Farage too often, and that the audience were biased against him," they wrote on the BBC website.
They did not clarify how many people took issue with the programme but they require at least 100 complaints before they address it on the site. Express.co.
uk has contacted the BBC for further comment. The corporation responded to the complaints in a lengthy post defending Ms Bruce. They also explained how the audience was selected to address accusations of biased coverage.
"Just before Mr Farage’s questions started the Question Time host Fiona Bruce reminded him, 'You’re here to answer questions from the audience, you know I’ll not interrupt you, that’s my aim, unless obviously you stray off the point or in fact if the question isn’t answered.' This was a similar reminder to the one given to Adrian Ramsay, leader of the Green Party, earlier in the programme and to the other four party leaders in a previous special edition of the programme," the BBC said in their response. READ MORE: Jeremy Clarkson issued stern warning by Tom Kerridge over pub plans Nigel Farage recently appeared .