Judgment Approved by the court for handing down. Ali & Aslam v Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd see if it should be included in the series. A rough-cut of the programme would be assembled by the editing team, and sent to BFL’s in-house lawyer Jan Tomalin for review. Mr Brinkworth would view the rough-cut and consider Ms Tomalin’s advice. After any changes requested by Mr Brinkworth had been made, a second rough-cut would be sent to Mr Raikes and Channel 5’s Director of Content Legal Advice, Stephen Collins, for their comments. After any changes requested by them had been made, a fine-cut would be prepared and then reviewed by Mr Brinkworth, Ms Tomalin and Mr Raikes. 65. Mr Brinkworth’s and Mr Raikes’ aim was to produce programmes that were balanced and fair, and complied with legal and regulatory requirements, and both believed that they had done so in the case of the Programme.” 15. Series 1 consisted of five programmes first broadcast between February and April 2014. Series 2 consisted of 10 programmes first broadcast between September and November 2014, meaning that by then Mr Bohill had acquired a degree of experience of being filmed and broadcast, and a degree of public recognition. 16. The programme which included this eviction was first broadcast on 4 August 2015, as part of Channel 5’s “Britain on Benefits” season, and was then re-broadcast as episode 12 of Series 3. In all, this programme has been broadcast on Channel 5’s main channel, and on subsidiary channels (My5, 5STAR and 5 Spike) a total of 36 times, with total viewers numbered 9.42m, in addition to 230,000 viewers on-line. 17. On the day in question filming took place over about one and a half hours. The film crew greeted Omar Ahmed outside the property. Mr Bohill had earlier commented to his assistant Mr Short on the tension between the landlord and the tenants, anticipating “some sparks”. The film contained that conversation, and then discussion with the landlord, wherein he voiced his complaints about the tenants. Following Bohill to the door the camera recorded him opening the door and entering. He then opened an internal downstairs door to reveal: “74. … Mr Ali came to the door of the room dressed in his bedclothes (the upper half of which consisted of a T-shirt or vest). It can be seen that he appears to be drowsy and confused. Mr Bohill told Mr Ali "We're High Court Enforcement Officers. We have an order to repossess this property". Mr Bohill said nothing about the presence of the film crew just behind him. Mr Ali asked Mr Bohill a couple of times to give him a second and then said "Let me put my shirt on". Mr Bohill agreed and told him to take his time. Mr Ali then shut the door.” 18. As Mr Ali got dressed, the filming recorded Mr Bohill’s further discussion with Mr Ahmed, followed by Mr Short ascending the stairs as Mr Bohill advised him “Don’t start World War III”.

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