The BBC said it had written to the ambassador to say it was sorry if the programme caused offence.
The programme caused a lot of anger among the science community on the social networks, and arguably rightly so.
The Guardian's Oliver Milman interviewed scuba divers who said the programme caused them to worry about sharks being attracted to areas in which they were diving.
With the standoff over Tehran's nuclear programme causing discontent at home and fears of a major confrontation with the west, will Khamenei be prepared to compromise?
Vanuatu was typical: the programme caused a recession, increased public debt and crippled the government's ability to perform everyday functions including environmental protection.
The wiretapping programme caused a furore when it came to light in late 2005, but the recent legislation passed the Senate with the support of 16 Democrats.
The first practical proposal, to cancel military operations overseas to pay for a big public-works programme, caused a big row.
A brief clip of some British comedian (Stephen Fry) on an Irish religious affairs programme causes a bit of a storm when he calls God an 'evil, capricious, monstrous maniac'.
However, tension over North Korea's nuclear programme caused Pyongyang to ask Seoul to scale down the size of its delegation.Microsoft agreed to block the words "democracy" and "freedom" on its new internet portal in China.
Douglas in his speech said his most awkward and memorable encounter with Hall came shortly after this, when the BBC decided to abolish the post of editor for the Today programme, causing a huge row and a protest letter from the presenters, which was leaked to the Guardian.
Sabir did not fare much better: upon returning to his course, he says he was subjected to repeated attempts to prevent him from getting on to the PhD programme, causing him enormous distress and leading him, within weeks, to leave for Strathclyde University, where he is now a doctoral researcher.
