And over on BBC… another £1bn wasted
The BBC’s new director-general Tony Hall says the Corporation should be more aggressive and ‘less British’ in promoting itself and justifying the licence fee: ‘We […]
Month: November 2013
Cost of BBC boss’s £1000 cosy dinners with politicians
Days after it emerged that senior BBC boss James Purnell has secretly hired an employee from the consultants Deloitte as his chief adviser, I can […]
BBC Bias: BBC turned a catastrophic crisis into a drama about global warming
Listeners to Radio 4’s Today programme were given an unmistakable but totally bogus message last week: that catastrophic storms such as Typhoon Haiyan are linked […]
Tape that shows BBC chief ‘did know of Savile probe’
A Tory MP last night sent a bombshell tape recording to the chairman of the BBC Trust which he says proves there was a ‘cover-up’ […]
BBC condemned for ‘outrageous’ drug broadcast, breaking it’s Royal Charter again
BBC facing criticism after letting a controversial academic appeal for investment in a drug which could prove addictive, according to one charity The BBC made […]
BBC lost £100m on travel guide flop
Corporation’s commercial arm accused of getting ‘carried away’ with ‘highly optimistic’ plans for Lonely Planet series The BBC lost £100million in a disastrous takeover of […]
‘Please let these ladies through’: Handwritten note reveals how Jimmy Savile used help from ‘BBC security friends’ to get girls to his dressing room
Jimmy Savile asked BBC security staff to allow girls and women free passage to his dressing room when the paedophile demanded, a letter revealed today. […]
I’m not greedy, they told me to take the money, says BBC’s £1m exec
Mark Byford, the BBC executive who accepted a £1m exit pay-off, says he had done nothing wrong because the sum was approved by his colleagues […]