Disruption to sports programming continues into second day as pressure grows on BBC chairman Richard Sharp
The BBC has been forced to scale back a second day of sports programming amid a deepening row over the suspension ofThe corporation will air a shortened version of Match of the Day 2 without presenters or pundits after a mass walkout byGuy Mowbray, one of the BBC’s best-known commentators, said there would be “no normal” Match of the Day 2 on Sunday: “The scheduled commentary team are in full agreement with our BBC Sport colleagues. We hope that a resolution can be found ASAP.
The extraordinary walkout forced the BBC to drastically cut most of its weekend football coverage for the first time in recent memory. It came as: The National Union of Journalists said the “whirling chaos” was increasing concern among BBC staff and inflicting “profound damage” on the broadcaster. Viewing figures on Sunday revealed that the Match of the Day audience remained relatively unchanged from the previous weekend, at 2.6 million viewers. The BBC apologised for the truncated show.
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