Clarkson forced to ‘kill off’ celebrities on The Grand Tour after BBC bans interviews
The ruthless tactic, which saw the Hollywood star mauled by a lion, is a cheeky response to the Beeb’s strict post-Top Gear legal conditions KILLJOY […]
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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 Lowlight 1: Beeb’s new big-budget drama… but it’s on Amazon pay-TV first
The publicity shots below are a first glimpse of a lavish new BBC costume drama, writes David Wigg. Set in Paris after the Second World […]
It’s time to privatise the BBC
Recent decades have seen a regular pantomime act whenever the BBC’s charter renewal comes around. “Time to abolish the licence fee,” many cry. “We cannot […]
BBC spends less than half its cash (YOUR CASH) on programmes
Critics demand inquiry into ‘staggering’ waste as it’s revealed £230,000 of licence fee money was spent on TEA. Just £2.4billion of BBC’s £5.1billion annual budget […]
BBC suspends Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson over ‘fracas’ with producer and scraps this weekend’s show
The BBC has suspended Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson following a ‘fracas’ with a producer, it was revealed today. He was put on a final […]
BBC accuses VPN users of being illegal downloaders
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC that markets its products around the world, has told Australia’s government that heavy users of “IP obfuscation […]
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 […]
I deserve my £330,000 BBC salary, say Champagne Socialist Yentob
With several lucrative BBC salaries to his name, he is known to envious colleagues as ‘Two-Jobs’. But it seems even fat cat Alan Yentob feels […]
BBC paid out £1.4MILLION more than it needed to in severance deals to senior managers
NAO reveals 22 pay outs were bigger than contracts dictated BBC accused of focusing on increasing deals not protecting the licence fee The BBC handed […]
BBC’s pension bill rises to £2 billion
The BBC’s pensions bill has soared to £2 billion, leaving licence fee payers having to stump up to meet the increasing costs that include six-figure […]
BBC ‘IS £3M BRUSSELS PROPAGANDA ARM’
THE BBC was accused yesterday of becoming the “propaganda arm” of the European Union after it admitted pocketing nearly £3million in grants from Brussels since […]
BBC OFFERS FREE TV TO FOREIGNERS
MILLIONS of TV viewers on the Continent will soon watch BBC TV content for free (Some have been for years anyway). While British residents pay […]
Revealed: BBC’s 20 stars on £500,000 as annual ‘talent’ bill is cut to a mere £212million
About 20 of the BBC’s TV and radio stars are earning salaries of £500,000 or more. The startling number, revealed today, is believed to include […]