Given that it was the BBC, who in my mind would take a "stuffier" approach to these things, I was curious what was in their style guide. This is an assumption,

Given that it was the BBC, who in my mind would take a "stuffier" approach to these things, I was curious what was in their style guide. This is an assumption, but I would think that all the recommendations in their style guide were put in there with at least some consideration.