corporation however say that it must be inclusive and reflect the diversity of opinions we spoke to mark littlewood director general of the institute of economic affairs which was behind one of the reports on the b.b.c.'s coverage. but it's true that we are no longer in a referendum period and that is true as the b.b.c. said in a statement by a phone as she waved but it's no longer a binary choice but the problem is this although there are a wide range of choices do we leave without a day old do we stay in with a transitional period do we stay in the single market do we stay in the customs union and if so for how long well there are now wide range of options really those range of options are subsets of the remaining camp and belief cap i think is pretty full that a public broadcaster is skewed that guess sometimes less so dramatically in this direction on the top political issue of the top teams in general in britain the stagnation figures famous figures and influential people have tended to be in favor of a u. membership it's more the ordinary man or woman who rebelled against the political status

inclusive and reflect a diversity of opinions we can now discuss the issue further with our guest mark littlewood director general of the institute of economic affairs and welcome to the program now your latest report suggests two thirds of guests on b.b.c. television supported a pro e.u. stance are you surprised that that's even possible on britain's flagship broadcaster. i was surprised my impression is being we looked at these two key flagship programs i think we just had a clip from one of them on question time as a television show that goes out on thursday night with five panelists and then we also looked at any questions a radio program that goes out on friday nights with four panelists and we actually looked across the board at all the panelists not just what their stance of being in the e.u. referendum in twenty six staying but we looked at genda which political party they supported where you would presumably reason we put them on the left right spectrum we look at a whole host of things and actually for gender balance or the representation of ethnic minorities they seem to get a pretty g