BBC used private investigators in the ‘public interest’, says Director-General
Corporation once used Steve Whittamore, later convicted of illegally accessing personal data Total of £31,000 spent over six years So here we go again, the […]
Month: January 2012
BBC spends £11m lending London staff to regions
The BBC spent more than £11 million ferrying staff around Britain and putting them up in flats and hotels during the past two years, as […]
3,172 Salford people applied for BBC MediaCity jobs – and only 24 were hired
Only 24 people from Salford have been given jobs at the BBC’s new headquarters at MediaCity. Figures obtained by one newspaper. show fewer than one […]
BBC flouts its bonus ban with payouts of £275,000 to four top managers
The BBC has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on bonuses to bosses – despite pledging to scrap such payouts, it emerged last night. Four […]
BBC North chief Peter Salmon claims £1,115 for trips between London and Manchester in three months
A BBC executive said the corporation was “delivering value for money” on the day it published expenses claims showing senior staff claimed thousands of pounds […]
BBC leaders claim extra 20pc in expenses as Salford move sparks rise
The expenses bill claimed by senior BBC executives increased by a fifth last year, according to newly disclosed figures. Official claims submitted by the corporation’s […]
BBC’s sex video for nine-year-olds ‘is like porn’: MP slams computer-generated sex scene, naked men and ‘explicit’ information
Children are also shown animated cartoon couple making love Video includes information on ‘wet dreams’ and masturbation MP wants cinema-style ratings on sex education films […]
Not this again! 61% of our TV programmes are repeats, BBC chiefs admit
Repeats make up 61 per cent of shows on BBC TV, the Corporation admitted last night. Almost half of programming on BBC2 is old content, […]