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From constant scandals to its best shows ending – how 2024 turned into the BBC’s annus horribilis

With star names such as Gary Lineker, Kirsty Wark and Mishal Husain leaving, a slew of others embroiled in legal troubles and a sharp drop in income, this has been a dreadful 12 months for the broadcaster. But could it get worse?

The Guardian - UK

Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 2024: release date, new format, location, celebs and everything we know

Kirstie's Handmade Christmas 2024 — crafting Queen Kirstie Allsopp reveals the new location, celebrities and her favourite magical makes in a brand new festive series.

WhatToWatch

OPINION - As Gregg Wallace’s career burns, I’m certain we will ignore the deeper lesson

Each day, like credulous children, we rediscover misogyny anew as if putting our hands in the earth and pulling out something astonishing. What is this strange thing? What is its nature?

Evening Standard

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The Guardian view on Gregg Wallace and the BBC: exposing poor conduct is in the public interest

Editorial: By drawing attention to the troubling behaviour of a male celebrity, Kirsty Wark recalls the spirit of #MeToo

The Guardian - UK

Gregg Wallace’s response to claims shows he has ‘no insight of how he behaves’

The MasterChef presenter said the accusations have come from ‘a handful of middle-class women of a certain age’.

Evening Standard

What are the allegations against MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace?

A slew of accusations have emerged of inappropriate remarks and behaviour dating back as far as 19 years

The Guardian - UK

All the allegations against Gregg Wallace as latest BBC presenter storm grows

MasterChef star facing a string of allegations of ‘inappropriate’ behaviour - including ‘talking openly about his sex life’ and telling a junior female colleague he was ‘not wearing any boxer shorts’

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Penny Lancaster prepared to speak to authorities over MasterChef star Gregg Wallace misconduct claims

Lancaster was left in tears after Wallace, 60, refused to taste her food during her 2021 appearance on Celebrity Masterchef

Evening Standard

Gregg Wallace and Kirsty Wark clash in MasterChef kitchen in resurfaced clip

Gregg Wallace and former BBC Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark clash in the MasterChef kitchen in a resurfaced clip.

The Independent UK

Gregg Wallace accused of making ‘lesbian jokes’ and ‘inappropriate’ comments

The TV star has been fronting BBC’s MasterChef since 2005.

Evening Standard

Gregg Wallace thanks followers for ‘showing support’ amid misconduct complaints

The presenter has fronted cooking show Masterchef since 2005, but has stepped back while the complaints are investigated

Evening Standard

Gregg Wallace stepping away from MasterChef amid external review

The presenter has fronted the cooking show since 2005.

The Independent UK

Gregg Wallace steps away from MasterChef after allegations by Kirsty Wark

Presenter faces allegations of inappropriate sexual comments from 13 people – and Rod Stewart calls him an ‘ill-mannered bully’

The Guardian - UK

Alan Cumming to interview Val McDermid as part of literature festival

ALAN Cumming will interview Scottish author Val McDermid as part of this year’s Winter Words Festival...

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The Independent UK

BBC pulls Miriam Margoyles Dickens comment from radio: ‘It should have been challenged at the time’

The actor made the remark during a live recording of Radio 4’s Front Row

The Guardian - UK

Martha Kearney steps down from presenting Radio 4’s Today programme

Tributes paid to BBC presenter who says she will enjoy lie-ins after six years of 3am starts

The Guardian - UK

Farewell, with regret … Kirsty Wark, Newsnight’s smiling assassin in stripes

A vanishingly small number of presenters, on the BBC or anywhere, are able to deploy tenacity and flintiness with a certain kind of warmth as she does

The Independent UK

Tributes pour in for Kirsty Wark after she presents BBC Newsnight for the last time

Host is longest-serving presenter of the current affairs programme in BBC history

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The Guardian - UK

Kirsty Wark bids farewell to Newsnight after 30 years on show

Former colleagues and interviewees of presenter invited on to programme to commemorate her news career

The National (Scotland)

'Let it go': Alan Cumming urges Joe Biden to pull out of US presidential race

ALAN Cumming has said Joe Biden should no longer be US President as the Scottish actor became the latest high-profile Democratic party supporter to…

Evening Standard

Newsnight shortened to half an hour as BBC makes £500 million budget cuts

The long-running nightly current affairs show on BBC Two will continue to air on weeknights but more than half of jobs will go

The Independent UK

Newsnight to be cut to 30-minute show as part of BBC’s £500m savings plan

The long-running nightly current affairs show on BBC Two will continue to air every weeknight.

Al Jazeera

As Israel pounds Gaza, BBC journalists accuse broadcaster of bias

In the latest newsroom fallout over the war, BBC journalists say the corporation is failing to humanise Palestinians.

The Guardian - UK

From flagship to flagging: cuts that place Newsnight in jeopardy

Faced with falling figures, Kirsty Wark’s departure and new ways we consume news, a show that once set the agenda is in deep trouble

Evening Standard

Kirsty Wark says she was bullied by another woman early in her career

Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has revealed that she was bullied by a female colleague while working in Scotland.

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