MasterChef is 'bigger than individuals' and 'can survive', BBC says

BBC director-general Tim Davie has said MasterChef tin past its existent ungraded arsenic it is "much bigger than individuals" - but the corp indispensable "make definite we're successful the close spot successful presumption of the civilization of the show".

On Monday, it was revealed an independent reappraisal into "inappropriate behaviour" by MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace had upheld much than fractional of the allegations against him.

A fewer hours later, Wallace's erstwhile MasterChef co-presenter, John Torode, said an allegation helium utilized "racial language" was upheld successful the study arsenic portion of a review.

After the study was published, Wallace says helium was "deeply sorry" for causing immoderate distress, and ne'er acceptable retired to "harm oregon humiliate".

Torode said helium had "no recollection of the incident" and said helium "did not judge that it happened," and said helium was "shocked and saddened by the allegation".

Mr Davie said the BBC's enactment squad would not "tolerate behaviour that is not successful enactment with our values".

In his instauration to the report, BBC seat Samir Shah noted determination were inactive pockets wrong the broadcaster wherever "powerful individuals" tin inactive "make beingness for their colleagues unbearable".

News of the findings successful the Gregg Wallace study came conscionable hours earlier the BBC was deemed to person breached its editorial guidelines by failing to disclose that the kid narrator of a Gaza documentary was the lad of a Hamas official.

Media watchdog Ofcom subsequently launched its ain probe into the programme.

Speaking astir Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, Mr Davie admitted, "Gaza has been the astir challenging editorial contented I've had to woody with".

He went on: "The value of just equilibrium reporting, the request for high-quality homegrown programming successful the look of monolithic pressure, I deliberation has never, ever been greater. And I judge my enactment and the squad I've assembled tin truly assistance the BBC thrive successful that situation and precise competitory environment."

Meanwhile, the broadcaster announced "several radical person been dismissed" successful the past 3 months, pursuing an autarkic reappraisal into workplace culture, and the instauration of measures to telephone retired inappropriate behaviour.

While the 2024-25 yearly study showed a tiny emergence successful spot wide for the corporation, BBC director-general Tim Davie acknowledged it had been a twelvemonth "which saw the estimation of the BBC damaged by superior failings successful the making of the programme: Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone".

Mr Davie said: "It was important that the BBC took afloat work for those failings and apologised for them."

Recent yearly reviews person been overshadowed by the Huw Edwards ungraded and allegations of a toxic situation astir flagship amusement Strictly Come Dancing.

The study besides revealed its apical earners, which saw erstwhile Match Of The Day big Gary Lineker apical the illustration erstwhile again.

Meanwhile, Australian children's cartoon Bluey proved a boon for the broadcaster, and was the astir watched amusement successful the US crossed each genres - with 55 cardinal minutes viewed.

The apical 10 shows watched implicit Christmas 2024 were besides each from the BBC.

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