DOWNLOAD: The Alternative Green Paper, featuring radical proposals for reforming the BBC.

The current review of the BBC’s Royal Charter is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the British public to debate and decide the future of the BBC.

Yet the Government’s ‘Green Paper’, published in December 2025, offers only a narrow range of proposals for how the BBC might be changed under its next Royal Charter.

The public consultation on BBC Charter Review has been rushed and is limited in its range of questions. This process risks shutting the British public out of contributing their ideas on how to reform the BBC.

The Alternative Green Paper is a collaborative project to put the public at the centre of BBC Charter review.

It is a public collection of ideas for reforming the BBC, featuring contributions from media experts, audience groups, campaign organisations and individual members of the public.

Contributors include Voice of the Listener and Viewer, International Broadcasting Trust, Equity, Demos, The Sir Lenny Henry Centre for Media Diversity, the Independent Media Association, the Hard Art Collective, CPBF North and the Public Interest News Foundation.

These proposals explore all aspects of the BBC, including how it should be funded, governed and regulated, what kinds of services it should provide, and how it can better represent and connect with its audiences.

The aim of the Alternative Green Paper is to ensure that these crucial debates on the future of the BBC go beyond the limited options presented in the Government’s Green Paper. Each contribution includes open questions for the public to give their views and comments, to encourage further debate and discussion.

The Alternative Green Paper will remain open to new contributions throughout the BBC Charter Review process.

If you would like to submit a proposal to be included in the Alternative Green Paper, please read the submission guidelines or contact the Media Reform Coalition at mediareformcoalitionuk@gmail.com with any questions.