BBC DIRECTOR General Tim Davie has broken his silence on the scandals engulfing the BBC, including Huw Edwards, the Strictly Come Dancing probe and Jermaine Jenas’ sacking.
said the recent news stories were “shocking” and said there were “lessons we can learn” to make the “strongest possible workplace culture”.He wrote: “Aside from the challenges of delivering such brilliant output, I want to acknowledge that this has been a demanding period for the BBC and everyone who works within it.Jenas named ‘Ally of the Year’ at Women’s Football Awards weeks before sacking
Mr Davie went on to thank staff for how they supported the BBC as they “navigated a tough situation”.Mr Davie added: “Personally, on my watch, building a positive culture and making the BBC a great place to work is a critical priority. Thanking staff for their hard work, he said he was going to continue overseeing “plans to transform the organisation and grow it for the future.”being sent a string of child sex imagesHe said: “We knew it was serious, we knew no specifics, apart from the category of the potential offences.”Mr Davie said the BBC was “not sitting on anything that I think we need to share with the police, or is of a serious nature that would make me feel that we hadn’t followed up properly”.
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