BBC’s top earners revealed
Huw Edwards was third highest paid star last year on £479,999 despite being off air for nine months following sex pics scandal – as Gary […]
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Bloated BBC under pressure as broadcaster forced to slash hundreds of World Service jobs
Job losses at looming at the BBC as the corporation moves to tighten its belt. BBC director-general Tim Davey is wielding the axe at the […]
BBC: It WAS right to reprimand Emily Maitlis for her Barnard Castle Newsnight monologue & director general says Gary Lineker’s impartiality on social media has ‘massively improved’ in recent years🤪
BBC director-general Tim Davie said it was ‘absolutely the right decision’ to apologise for Emily Maitlis’s Newsnight speech on Dominic Cummings’s lockdown trip after she […]
BBC to give majority of staff five per cent pay rise by end of year
The BBC has struck a pay deal that will see the majority of employees given a 4.2 per cent pay rise in August followed by […]
BBC doesn’t need to axe channels to save money and can make economies in other areas, spending watchdog says
The BBC can make more efficiency savings rather than relying on cuts to shows, the head of the public spending watchdog has suggested. The director-general […]
‘Predatory’ ex-BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood, 64, steps down from his Capital Xtra show after being accused of groping women and pressuring them into unwanted sex as his bank holiday gigs are cancelled
Tim Westwood has stepped down from his Capital Xtra show after nine years following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct. Tim Westwood steps down from Capital […]
BBC spending on new shows hits record low
The BBC is spending a smaller proportion of its licence fee income on original television programmes than at any time in its history, according to […]
Would YOU pay £400 a year for the BBC? – Viewers call director-general Tim Davie’s bluff and tell him to ‘drop licence fee and offer annual subscription’ after he claimed content would cost three times as much if it operated like Netflix
Social media users today called Tim Davie’s bluff and told him to ‘drop the licence fee and offer an annual subscription’ after the BBC director-general […]
White men must not be allowed to control the BBC’s news output, says corporation journalist
A BBC executive has urged the broadcaster to diversify its senior news staff because editorial meetings should not be ‘dominated by what white people think’. […]
Alex Scott is CONFIRMED as Sue Barker’s replacement on A Question Of Sport as Gary Lineker is accused of ‘race-baiting’ after saying anyone who doesn’t agree is ‘part of the problem’
Alex Scott has been confirmed as Sue Barker’s A Question Of Sport replacement after impressing bosses during previous appearances on the show. Alex, 35, previously […]
Gary Lineker mocks Tim Davie’s BBC social media crackdown: Outspoken MOTD host says he’s not terrified of director general’s warning after continuing to send highly political tweets to his 7.6m followers
Gary Lineker has appeared to shrug off the new BBC director-general’s warning to employees to cut out political tweeting. Vocal MOTD presenter suggested he was […]
BBC Director General Lord Hall hints cutting of free licence fee for over-75s could be extended beyond August 1 as elderly face staying indoors for up to four months due to coronavirus
BBC Director-General Lord Hall has not ruled out a further delay to the end of the free licence fee for over-75s. Benefit was due to […]
BBC to challenge Netflix as new wave of services vies for viewers using public money, says Director-General Lord Tony Hall
Lord Tony Hall said the television industry is about to enter ‘a second wave of disruption’ because of new entrants in the streaming market. Commentators […]
An end to the BBC’s golden goodbyes?: Executives will no longer be able to walk away with six-figure pay-offs under new rules
BBC executives will no longer be able to walk away with six-figure ‘golden goodbyes’ under a new blitz on fat cat pay-offs. The Corporation has […]
BBC will be forced to reveal salaries of 100 top stars as government bids for greater transparency over how it spends £3.7 billion TV licence fee income
The BBC will be publishing the salaries of its 120 employees who earn more than £150,000 a year. Earning £2.5m a year, Graham Norton could […]
Treasonous Tory’s Tell The BBC Its TV Licence Is Safe!
BBC director-general told earlier this week that the BBC licence fee will begin to rise by inflation, and that the corporation is safe from further […]
Jeremy Clarkson sacking killed £500m BBC cash cow, guess who’ll pick up the tab?
THE BBC’S sacking of Jeremy Clarkson was savaged today after an investigation showed the corporation had killed off a £500 million moneyspinner basically because two […]
Only half of young people watch ‘live TV’ so the other half doesn’t need to fund the BBC
Young people spend just half of their viewing time watching live TV, research by Ofcom has found, as the BBC announced it is to cut […]