BBC controversies about the Director General's decision'. The BBC's chief operating officer, Caroline Thomson, affirmed the need to broadcast "without affecting and impinging on the audience's perception of our impartiality" and that in this case, it was a "real issue." The 2009 Gaza appeal is the only occasion on which the BBC is known to have refused an appeal broadcast request from the DEC. It is reported the 2009 DEC Gaza appeal screened only by Channel 4 and ITV raised £8.3m. In August 2014 the BBC broadcast a new DEC aid appeal for people in Gaza, without similar controversy, which raised £16m
Trapped in the Sky of scenes and subplots. Well received on its first broadcast, "Trapped in the Sky" remains critically acclaimed and is generally considered to be one of the best episodes of the series. It was adapted for audio by Century 21 Records in 1966, transmitted on BBC Radio in revised form in 1990, and had its first TV network broadcast on BBC Two in 1991. In 2015, "Trapped in the Sky" was remade as "Fireflash", the fifth episode of the CGI reboot "Thunderbirds Are Go". Criminal mastermind the Hood (voiced by Ray Barrett) is telepathically linked to his half-brother, Kyrano (David Graham),