LONDON (AP) — Classified documents being made public Friday detail how now-disgraced BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile was comfortable at the heart of the British government during his heyday in the […]
LONDON (AP) — The late BBC entertainer Jimmy Savile is a suspect in 199 crimes recorded so far, including dozens of cases of rape, British police said Wednesday. They described […]
Tony Hall, currently chief executive of the Royal Opera House, was announced as the BBC’s new director-general on Thursday. Hall served as the BBC’s director of news for a decade before taking the Royal Opera post in 2001.
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s culture secretary says the government could order a full public inquiry into the British Broadcasting Corp.’s handling of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal. Maria Miller […]
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LONDON (AP) — The director general of the BBC is set to face a lawmaker committee to explain why the broadcaster pulled an expose unmasking one of its most popular […]
LONDON (AP) — The BBC faced growing fallout Monday over sexual abuse allegations against a popular children’s TV entertainer, as Prime Minister David Cameron accused the broadcaster of changing its […]
LONDON (AP) — The BBC is struggling to contain a crisis sparked by allegations of serial sexual abuse against the late Jimmy Savile, a longtime children’s television host.Dozens of women […]
LONDON (AP) – For decades, Jimmy Savile was a fixture on British television — an eccentric, aggressively jocular host of children’s shows and a tireless charity fundraiser. When he died […]
LONDON (AP) — Veteran British broadcaster Jimmy Savile, a famously eccentric culture figure, has died at his home in northern England. He was 84. Savile, known for his garish tracksuits, […]
