BBC sacks several people over ‘abusive behaviour’

The BBC confirmed that several personnel members were dismissed after the latest examination of the company culture.

However, BBC President Samir Shah admitted that some strong individuals still make life “unbearable” for their colleagues.

His comments arrived because MasterChef dived into the crisis, on Monday, 45 allegations about the behavior of Gregg Wallace in the BBC show on Monday, and a report on using the racist language against the host John Torode against another.

On Tuesday, the company published its annual report, which revealed that Gary Lineker, the former match host of the day, was the best paid server of the BBC for the eighth year.

Lineker won between £ 1,350,000 – £ 1,354,99 in the last financial year, and the former Radio 2 breakfast server Zoe Ball 515,000 £ – 519,999 £.

Speaking when the report was published, Shah acknowledged that there was a “revelation series” about the abuse of ruling power in the BBC last year.

“Our staff are dedicated, hardworking and respectful to each other,” he said.

“However, there are pockets in which the situation is not like this.

BBC General Manager Tim Davie, who addressed the MasterChef debate, insisted on “absolutely” food show and added that it was “much larger than individuals”.

However, last year, he refused to tell you what would happen to the invisible series with both Wallace and Taurode. Wallace was thrown out of the show.

Davie also did not comment on whether Torode would now be dismissed, saying that the production company Banijay has pioneered the process.

“BBC, in some respects, we are quite simple in this matter, so if someone is found to not comply with the values, then the independent company Banijay will take action and expect us to report to us.

“These are not BBC employees, but we are definitely waiting for the action to be done.”

Wallace, while apologizing after the investigation reported on Monday, Torode said that the alleged incident was not “remembered”: “I don’t believe it is.”

As usual, the BBC’s annual report does not take a picture of what the star presentation of the BBC won.

Numerous are not listed because the company’s commercial arm does not have to explain the salaries of the stars paid through BBC studios or through independent production companies.

Obviously, the numbers described as part of the annual report are not “salary” – rather, the payment of individuals during the financial year.

Lineker, 26 years later in the hot seat in May signed the last pressure of the match of the day. The Men’s FA Cup and the World Cup would remain with the BBC with the front scope, but in the end, It completely left the company After re -publishing a social media post on Zionism, which contains an an anti -Semitic illustration, apologized.

While his salary remained the same as last year’s, Zoe Ball’s fell from £ 950,000 to £ 950,000 of the previous year, and the Radio 2 breakfast show at the station to take a new role on Saturday afternoon.

Lineker’s salary is still new to the latest annual report of the BBC because it is still new, but next year it will no longer be listed.

Zoe Ball hosted the last radio 2 breakfast show in December after six years and played the role of the new Saturday afternoon in May.

Elsewhere, General Manager Tim Davie’s salary increased by £ 20,000 from last year (£ 527 thousand) and represented a 3.8% increase.

The license fee of the BBC is determined by the Culture Secretary.

This year, with the license fee, it rose from £ 3.7 to £ 3.8 billion after inflation.

In the report, the number of household payments for the license fee fell from 23.131,000 to 22,772,000 in 2024 – 359,000 decreased.

This represents a 1.56%decrease compared to last year’s decrease of 1.26%.

This number stands quite well and is less rapidly decreasing than expected, given the competition from flow services.

The report also showed that 50% of the UK adults think that BBC was effective in providing impartial news and current jobs, and a 5% increase in 45% of the last year’s survey participants.

63% of the UK adults think that BBC is effective in providing correct news and current jobs compared to 59% of last year.

Last year, the number of adults using weekly BBC services fell from 75% to 74%, but 70% under 16 years of age uses BBC services including TV, İplayer, Radio and online content.

The iplayer from these platforms is the fastest growing platform for long -shaped content.

The report also showed that 10 out of 10 out of 10 of the Christmas on Christmas is from BBC – but this includes King’s speech on other channels.

The BBC’s annual report comes after a series of discussions faced by the company. In addition to MasterChef, it includes Glastonbury and the decision to publish. Bob Vylan’s to arrange.

Earlier this year, a documentary, Gaza: How to remove a Warzone in life, the 13 -year -old narrator Hamas officials appeared as the son of the author of the Iplayer.

On Monday, a report violated editorial instructions on accuracy of the documentary.

In the first stages of the project, the BBC said that there are “some responsibilities” for “not being proactive” and “unanswered or partially answered questions for the lack of critical supervision”