“They tend to always produce negative pieces about…” is quite an unevidenced statement. I would think fair journalism would produce negative pieces on a lot of people, and perhaps those where the relationship isn’t going well might stick in the mind more.

More generally though, what’s the game plan here if, as your comment seems to posit, there could be (or could be seen to be) an ulterior motive. UK has left EU. Wants trade partners. Not going as well with India as it could. So make documentary to make it go worse? I’m not sure how this would be the BBC being the puppet of the government.

I am an Indian and I personally know of few _more_ credible outlets than BBC. They take on their own government and monarchy. Unfortunately, many generations of WhatsApp fake news has convinced that anyone who is not of the "Mr. M is God" persuasion is basically anti-national, not patriotic, not credible. Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru are considered villains, and Gandhi's killer has been elevated to God status.

To your other comment though, given Rishi "our own son" Sunak and the jostling of power between China and the west, I'm not sure the relationship between the countries is going poorly.

All major Indian national media has been completely compromised and thugged into submission. There are brave alternate and small liberal media that still have the courage to cover them. Some links for your viewing pleasure.

Scroll.in: https://scroll.in/tag/Gujarat-Riots

Telegraph: https://www.telegraphindia.com/topic/gujarat-riots

The Wire: https://thewire.in/tag/2002-gujarat-riots

And for fact checking news, there is https://www.altnews.in

The problem is that dictators and authoritarians, can not even imagine a independent press. Because the small people are not reall people. Just puppets, manipulated by large peoples and shadowy enemy figures.

The psycho-pathology reveals itself in public.