The British broadcaster engaged in a "significant breach" of media regulations by failing to disclose that the voice of a programme about the Gaza conflict was the son of a Hamas official, as ruled by UK media regulator Ofcom.
An inquiry by Ofcom into the documentary titled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has determined that the film was "materially misleading".
The chief executive of the broadcaster had previously apologised, saying there had been "a major oversight in relation to truthfulness".
The regulator has instructed the corporation to broadcast a evening statement about its decisions.
"Since this amounts to a major infringement of our regulations, we are directing the corporation to broadcast a statement of our determinations against it on BBC Two at nine o'clock in the evening, with a timing to be confirmed," the statement read.
'Possibility to Damage Credibility'
The regulator's statement stated: "The inquiry we conducted concluded that the programme's failure to disclose that the voice's parent served in a role in the Hamas-controlled government was materially misleading.
"This implied that the viewers did not have vital facts which may have been extremely pertinent to their judgment of the voice and the content he shared.
"Trust is at the core of the relationship between a television network and its public, particularly for a public service broadcaster such as the British Broadcasting Corporation.
"This error had the risk to damage the exceptionally strong levels of confidence that audiences would have invested in a factual film from the broadcaster about the conflict in Gaza."
The film was withdrawn from iPlayer in the month of February after the presenter's family links came to light, and in July an broadcaster's internal assessment concluded it breached the corporation's editorial guidelines on accuracy.
A corporation official stated: "The Ofcom ruling is in agreement with the findings 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 the regulator's media standards.
"We issued an apology for this and we agree with the authority's determination in its entirety. We will adhere to the directive as soon as the date and wording are determined."
