Toynbee in Guardian wrote, "No, the BBC hasn't dropped the use of BC and AD, but one website editor decided that BCE/CE was more appropriate."

Mail said yesterday,"(BBC) insisted the change was not a guideline and was the choice of individual production teams."

However they gave a direct quote from the BBC's religion and ethics department, "As the BBC is committed to impartiality it is appropriate that we use terms that do not offend or alienate non-Christians."

Using the terms BCE and CE does not change the inconvenient fact that the numbering system referred to is still based on the birth of Jesus.