The BBC is an establishment, funded by the paying public, which brings information and leisure to the world over.
Here we take a look at all the scandals the BBC has had to respond in recent months:
Gregg Wallace was fired from the show after a series of sexual misconduct allegations, including one accusation of unwanted touching with 45 out of 83 claims against him upheld.
John Torode was sacked after an allegation related to a severely offensive racist term allegedly used on the set of MasterChef in 2018. He has apologised to anyone he caused offence to.
The BBC was left with a conundrum about whether to air the cooking series, and decided it was the “right thing to do” for the amateur chefs who had taken part competing.
But it faced a backlash from some women who came forward, while former Celebrity MasterChef contestant Kirsty Wark suggested the BBC could have refilmed the series without the two co-hosts.
The first three episodes were released on iPlayer on Wednesday (August 6).
The BBC announced that Wallace will be replaced by Irish chef Anna Haugh in the final episodes of the series, because the allegations against him first emerged during filming in November.
Naga Munchetty & Richard Frediani
It has been reported that an HR adviser from consultancy agency PwC was earlier this 12 months employed in as exterior assist to evaluate the “tradition” of the BBC One morning present BBC Breakfast.
The programme was hit with bullying allegations in opposition to Naga Munchetty, 50, and editor of the present, Richard Frediani.
Frediani took a interval of prolonged depart from the programme, which he has headed up from Salford since 2019, amid the bullying allegations however got here again a month later after an exterior session.
The BBC Breakfast editor had been accused of shouting, swearing and creating an intimidating ambiance, sources instructed Deadline.
A supply instructed The Instances: “Fredi has no relationship with Charlie [Strayt] and Naga, which is bizarre when they’re half of his frontline presenting roster.
“It seems he does not like them and so they do not like him — for no matter cause, they do not discuss to one another”.
Naga Munchetty additionally got here below hearth for allegedly bullying a junior staffer, with scrutiny rising over the inner tradition of the broadcasting home.
She then additionally got here below hearth herself for 2 incidents that allegedly occurred over a three-year interval.
In 2022, Munchetty, 50, is claimed to have used a crude phrase for a intercourse act and requested a colleague if they’d completed it. Though the precise remark hasn’t been reported, one supply instructed The Solar that it was “Crass, inappropriate and wildly unprofessional. The particular person felt embarrassed”.
Munchetty was additionally accused of bullying a girl final 12 months, with The Solar claiming she allegedly accused a youthful staffer of stealing, with out presenting proof.
The supply instructed The Solar: “It was humiliating. There was no proof, no apology. The girl left not lengthy after, fully demoralised”.
The Normal has approached Munchetty’s representatives for feedback relating to the incidents, however the tv presenter has seemingly but to publicly handle the allegations.
The 63 12 months previous is now reportedly additionally ‘below evaluate’ alongside Munchetty and it has been claimed the co-hosts will now face a proper investigation on the Beeb, albeit individually.
A supply instructed The Sun: “Various individuals have come ahead to share their experiences with Charlie, so the BBC has formally moved to position the complaints below evaluate.’’
In a press release, a BBC spokesperson stated: ‘Whereas we don’t touch upon particular person circumstances, we take all complaints about conduct at work extraordinarily significantly and won’t tolerate behaviour that’s not consistent with our values.”
Feminine presenter exhibiting lewd pics to a junior member of workers
A seasoned feminine BBC presenter, who has not but been publicly named, was the topic of a grievance after allegedly exhibiting a junior colleague an undesirable intimate picture of an unknown man.
The Sun reported that the star, who is claimed to be a family title who options among the many BBC’s highest-paid presenters, was instructed by bosses to apologise to her co-worker after exhibiting them an image.
It’s reported that the junior feminine member of workers was “horrified” and tearful after being proven the NSFW picture, stated to be of a person’s genitals.
In August 2024, former newsreader Huw Edwards admitted having 41 indecent photographs, which had been despatched to him by one other man on WhatsApp. They included seven class A photographs – essentially the most critical classification. Two concerned a toddler aged about seven to 9.
Edwards, 63, was sentenced to a six-month jail sentence suspended for 2 years at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom
