Guests at Mr Witchell’s retirement party at Broadcasting House were taken aback when King Charles delivered a pre-recorded message joking about the pairs “ups and downs” during the journalist’s 25 years covering the Royal Family. One attendee, who asked not to be
The Beeb did not provide any reasoning for the glaring omissions on set as Scott broke down Saturday’s action alongside Stephen Warnock and Martin Keown. Lineker has been Match of the Day present since 1999, following Des Lynam’s 11-year tenure. He first
Guyanese President Irfaan Ali brilliantly dismantled a BBC journalist’s claims about climate change in an interview that has since gone viral across social media. The BBC’s Stephen Sackur, who hosts the interview programme HARDTalk, sat down with President Ali earlier this week.
The BBC has been accused of “abandoning Christianity” over the decision to not broadcast the traditional Easter service. The programme filmed in King’s College, Cambridge, has been dropped in favour of religious coverage on other BBC channels. Critics have said that the
The BBC has announced plans to make swathing cuts to its programming, with hundreds of hours worth of content to be ditched as part of its Annual Plan. The 2024/2025 Annual Plan will dispense with 100 hours of content, primarily drama and
A furious caller to Jeremy Vine on 5 has taken a swipe at Gary Lineker in a debate about whether richer people should pay more for a TV licence. Sarah from Surrey told the show she would scrap the fee, which she
Tory deputy chairman Jonathan Gullis has blasted the BBC licence fee as a “disgrace and abomination”. The MP said it is time for the public broadcaster to end the charge after the corporation’s boss mooted the possibility of means tested licence fee
While the promise of warmer weather sits tantalisingly on the horizon, a series of forecasts are predicting that Britain may be on the receiving end of some wet and windy weather before the calmer days of Spring and Summer. According to a
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg branded proposals for wealthier Britons to pay a higher BBC licence fee as “monstrous”. BBC director-general Tim Davie floated the idea of a more progressive model as part of reforms. But speaking on his GB News show, the Tory
A secret court has been fining pensioners for TV licence crimes behind closed doors it has been revealed. But now the Magistrates’ Association has ordered that prosecutions of TV licence-related offences must be held in public, with the “secretive” Single Justice Procedure