A scandal on their doorstep: BBC boss in the spotlight over Savile allegations
The BBC’s new director general endured a baptism of fire today, as George Entwistle tried to explain to MPs how the corporation had allowed Jimmy Savile to abuse children while he worked on Top of the Pops and Jim’ll Fix It. The news comes a day after a Panorama programme into Newsnight’s failure to broadcast its own story on the scandal.
The cameras turn inward: Day of chaos at the BBC
The BBC is enduring a strange and chaotic day, as it tries to limit the damage from one of its own programmes’ investigation into another of its programmes. The scandal over Newsnight’s investigation over Jimmy Savile will be featured in to night’s Panorama.
Comment: The Jimmy Savile row is being used to bash the BBC
The BBC’s enemies have come out to play, rubbing their hands with glee at the Jimmy Savile scandal big enough to permanently damage the corporation’s reputation.
Everything you need to know about the Jimmy Savile row in five minutes
The allegations that TV presenter Jimmy Savile abused hundreds of children have caused horror across the country – and sparked an extraordinary crisis at the BBC. Can it survive?
Too liberal? BBC faces fresh probe
The BBC is to face an independent review of whether its coverage of issues like immigration and Europe reflect its alleged liberal bias.
Clarkson slapped down for ‘offensive’ Elephant Man comments
A series of comments from Jeremy Clarkson’s comparing a car to the elephant man have been judged offensive by the BBC trust.
Was Queen’s Abu Hamza intervention a rare royal gaffe?
Buckingham Palace should be at least as apologetic as the BBC is after the Queen’s first gaffe in a long, long time.
BBC apologises to Queen over Hamza remarks
The BBC has apologised to the Queen for revealing her concerns about the UKs inability to lock up radical cleric Abu Hamza
Bryant: ‘Why is Mensch still on the BBC?’
Louise Mensch represents no-one and should not be interviewed by the BBC anymore, a Labour MP claimed this morning.
Comment: The Olympics demonstrated the failure of profit
Volunteers, athletes, the BBC and the army used the London 2012 Olympic Games to prove profit isn’t always the best way to organise things.
