Television has had a horrible year, with seemingly endless revelations of producers and broadcasters misleading the public. Now the public knows about fraudulent phone-ins, faked competitions and dodgy editing - so what can be done to win back their trust? BBC Deputy Director General Mark Byford will join a distinguished panel to debate TV's most important issue: Why did this happen? Was it greedy management taking their eye off the ball, or junior freelance staff with poor training? Must TV programmes change? Will some traditional TV practices like 'noddies', or re-staging events several times, have to go? Or is the public sophisticated enough to cope? Is the problem bigger than just broadcasting? Keith Hellawell, one-time government 'Drugs Tsar' and Chief Constable of West Yorkshire, joins the panel to ask if there is a wider problem - from politicians accepting tainted financial support to policemen flouting the traffic laws. What can broadcasting learn from how other institutions have dealt with their trust problems?

Speakers

Mark Byford, Deputy Director General, BBC, Grant McKee, Freelance Executive Producer and previously Controller of Programmes, Yorkshire TV, Andrew Sheldon, True North Productions, Keith Hellawell, Ex Chief Constable, West Yorkshire