BBC chiefs will be grilled in Parliament next week over the handling of the Huw Edwards scandal.
Peers will quiz them amid the furore over the host being paid his £479,999 salary despite them knowing of his child sex pics arrest.
PABBC chiefs will be grilled in Parliament next week over the handling of the Huw Edwards scandal[/caption]
GettyEdwards, 63, pleaded guilty in July to having 41 indecent images of children — seven in the most serious category[/caption]
They will discuss the Beeb’s approach to “wrongdoing involving high profile presenters” with director-general Tim Davie and chairman Dr Samir Shah.
The BBC’s plans for archive footage of Edwards — including the late Queen’s funeral in 2022 — will also be on the table.
Edwards, 63, pleaded guilty in July to having 41 indecent images of children — seven in the most serious category.
The victims were as young as seven.
The ex-News at Ten host is due to be sentenced this month.
It came after The Sun revealed claims that he had sent £35,000 to a teenager who supplied him with sexual pictures.
The BBC is seeking the return of £200,000 paid to Edwards, who resigned in April on medical advice, after he was first quizzed by police last November.
In Tuesday’s showdown with Mr Davie and Dr Shah, the Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee will examine the confidence licence fee-payers have in the BBC.
The pair will also be pushed on how to improve their offering to audiences, including working class viewers who are turning away from the Beeb.
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