David Irving’s Protest to the BBC about “Far Right” SmearOn March 20, 1999 the BBC broadcast a television programme Journey to the Far Right on the world’s extreme Far Right leaders. It gratuitously included a lengthy interview by producer Nick Fraser with British writer David Irving. The problem: the BBC had asked him to co-operate in a straightforward “Storyville” film on suppression of free speech in Europe, and concealed from him the true nature of its intentions.

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• Oct 20, 1997: BBC (Nick Fraser) invites David Irving to participate in a Storyville documentary on Free Speech “bans”
• Oct 22, 1997: Mr Irving accepts and offers materials
• Nov 1, 1997: Mr Irving supplies to Storyville the Canada dossier, including the Board of Deputies’ smear file on him
• Jan 2, 1998: Mr Irving asks Storyville to keep him informed on progress of their project
• Jan 31, 1998: Mr Irving recommends that Storyville consider the free-speech cases of Collins and Deckert
• Feb 14, 1998: Mr Irving again asks Storyville to keep him informed on progress of their project
• Apr 21, 1998: Nick Fraser proposes filming the interview in Poland; Mr Irving warns that the plane must not stop-over in Germany
• Jun 16, 1998: Nick Fraser’s staff proposes filming interview in Poland [at Auschwitz] in August; Mr Irving agrees, with limitations
• Jun 18, 1998: Nick Fraser’s staff contacts Mr Irving about filming dates
• Jun 20, 1998: Mr Irving asks Auschwitz State Museum for permission to stay on two days and research in archives
• Jul 3, 1998: Nick Fraser’s staff e-mails travel arrangements
• Jul 15, 1998: Auschwitz State Museum refuses permission for visit
• Jul 20, 1998: Nick Fraser informs Mr Irving Auschwitz has banned their filming him at the camp
• Aug 17, 1998: Nick Fraser’s staff asks Mr Irving about rescheduling the interview
• Oct16, 1998: Nick Fraser’s staff confirms filming rendezvous
• Oct 17, 1998: David Irving diary record of the BBC “Storyville” interview by Nick Fraser
• Mar 14, 1999: the British press leaks items about the broadcast, from which it was plain that it is not about “Bans” or “Free Speech” at all
• Mr Irving’s protest to Nick Fraser, and to the Director-General of the BBC, Mar 21, 1999
• Mar 22, 1999: The Independent (London) reviews Nick Fraser film as broadcast,– Journey to the Far Right
• Mar 26, 1999: Nick Fraser responds, denies he ever suggested it would be a Storyville edition
• Mar 27, 1999: Mr Irving rejects this denial, and demands of BBC’s Director-General that no videotapes or documents are destroyed pending legal action
• Mar 31, 1999: BBC’s Secretary Christopher Graham responds, recommending BBC complaints unit procedure
• Apr 3, 1999: Mr Irving responds, will go a different route
• Apr 18, 1999: letter to Sir John Birt warning of further action
• The BBC Peddles its Libellous Programme around the World regardless of the Law
• May 1, 1999: Norwegian state TV broadcasts this anti-Irving smear film

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