Pro-Brexit views have been under-represented on the BBC for decades, a new report claims.
The study by the right-of-centre think tank Civitas, titled The Brussels Broadcasting Corporation?, found that of 4,275 guests discussing the EU on BBC Radio 4's flagship Today programme between 2005 and 2015, only 123 were supporters of leaving the EU.
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