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BBC faces £1.7billion bill for handing top stars and executives gold-plated pensions as broadcaster is plunged into crisis
04 Nov 2023 02:19 GMT
… of several BBC veterans, including former director generals George Entwistle, who quit … by the Telegraph, the BBC's chief operating … 39;
A spokesman for the BBC said: 'Like many … organisations, the BBC is reviewing its pension options …
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The Reckoning: the horrendous true story behind the Jimmy Savile case, now being dramatised by the BBC
10 Oct 2023 20:34 GMT
… generations of BBC audiences," said BBC’s director … said the BBC’s former director general, George Entwistle, had been … was lost".
BBC director general George Entwistle makes a statement … interviewed for the upcoming BBC series, The Reckoning.
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How did Jimmy Savile get found out? A timeline of the paedophile BBC DJ's horrific sex crimes that took years to expose due to TV star's unequivocal influence
08 Oct 2023 10:10 GMT
… : Following his death, BBC Newsnight investigates historic allegations and … October 8: BBC's director-general George Entwistle appears on … Ken MacQuarrie, director of BBC Scotland, to investigate why … Janet Smith show that BBC staff missed numerous …
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Sir Mark Thompson faces his biggest career challenge at CNN after his role at BBC
03 Sep 2023 05:43 GMT
… director-general of the BBC and chief executive of … to eviscerate his successor George Entwistle.
His BBC career was also … as the “developer” of the BBC iPlayer. In fairness, others … – including former BBC Future Media chief Ashley Highfield …
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The Huw Edwards crisis has revealed the BBC’s editorial blind spot
19 Jul 2023 12:16 GMT
… independent decision taken by BBC News.” The corporate … director-general, George Entwistle, resigned. In 2014 the BBC sent helicopters … millions. Little wonder the BBC has such difficulty calibrating … were inappropriate messages to BBC employees – one of …
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What on earth is going on at the BBC? If only the BBC could tell us
11 Jul 2023 11:23 GMT
… been about the BBC. The BBC’s reporters, therefore … BBC sending BBC reporters to stand outside the BBC and tell BBC … child abuse scandal. George Entwistle, the BBC’s then director … BBC reporter stationed outside the BBC to interview a BBC colleague about the BBC …
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The Sun’s splash, Huw Edwards and the drama that gripped Britain and shook the BBC
15 Jul 2023 18:15 GMT
… about unwanted approaches to BBC staff. Photograph: David Levene … NBCUniversal/Getty ImagesFormer BBC reporter Jonathan Maitland is … the Hutton report, or George Entwistle did in 2012 when … Attenborough or Dimbleby.”
A BBC statement already speaks of …
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The BBC’s never-ending crisis
14 Jul 2023 18:12 GMT
… image of transparency, the BBC often reports exhaustively on … BBC, was a major factor in the 2012 downfall of George Entwistle … reporters standing outside the BBC seeking comment from itself … other media outlets including the BBC that first made “suggestions …
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Huw Edwards: how BBC news arm is driving story about one of its own
13 Jul 2023 14:32 GMT
… involved, who suggested the BBC News division was attempting … the newsroom, is that BBC journalists including Victoria Derbyshire … against Edwards without informing BBC News management they were … and the then BBC director general, George Entwistle, was forced to …
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One scandal after another but don’t write off BBC boss just yet
11 Jul 2023 16:56 GMT
… damaging scandal to hit the BBC since the Jimmy Savile … presenter’s identity, with other BBC stars threatening libel action after … to face such a storm, George Entwistle, only lasted 54 days before … Savile scandal when the ex-BBC personality was unmasked as …