The public service broadcaster engaged in a "major breach" of broadcasting rules by not revealing that the presenter of a documentary about the Gaza situation was the child of a Hamas administrator, according to 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 "materially misleading".
The head of the BBC had already issued an apology, saying there had been "a major oversight in relation to factual correctness".
Ofcom has instructed the broadcaster to air a evening declaration about its findings.
"As this represents a serious breach of our rules, we are ordering the corporation to air a announcement of our findings against it on BBC Two at 9pm, with a timing to be determined," it said.
'Risk to Damage Credibility'
The regulator's report declared: "The inquiry we conducted concluded that the documentary's omission to reveal that the voice's parent served in a post in the Hamas-controlled administration was significantly deceptive.
"Consequently that the audience did not have essential details which may have been highly relevant to their evaluation of the voice and the information he provided.
"Credibility is at the heart of the bond between a television network and its public, especially for a state-funded media outlet such as the BBC.
"This failing had the potential to undermine the very considerable degrees of confidence that the public would have put in a factual film from the broadcaster about the conflict in Gaza."
The programme was withdrawn from the BBC's streaming service in the month of February after the presenter's familial connections came to light, and in this past July an broadcaster's internal assessment found it infringed the corporation's editorial guidelines on accuracy.
A representative for the broadcaster stated: "The regulator's decision is in agreement with the results of the internal assessment, that there was a major oversight in the film in relation to the corporation's content standards on truthfulness, which reflects clause 2.2 of Ofcom's Broadcasting Code.
"We expressed regret for this and we agree with the authority's determination in complete. We will follow the directive as soon as the timing and wording are confirmed."
