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Jimmy Savile

Axegrinder: How Observer wrongly credited Panorama journalist with breaking Savile story; surprise county court exclusion; Thatcher memories

How Axegrinder broke Watergate Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre was landed in hot water by The Observer just before Christmas when…

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Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre: Newspapers have questions to answer over Savile silence

Panorama reporter Shelley Jofre believes newspapers have questions to answer for not exposing Jimmy Savile as a sex offender. Jofre,…

By William Turvill

Ceri Thomas appointed BBC news head of programmes: ‘It’s vital we don’t stop taking risks’

Today editor Ceri Thomas has been promoted to head of programmes for BBC News following the departure of Stephen Mitchell…

By Press Gazette

Paxman: ‘What was the BBC doing promoting this absurd and malign figure?’

Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman branded ex-editor Peter Rippon’s decision not to cover the story about the programme's own failure to…

By Andrew Pugh

Meirion Jones: The BBC knew Jimmy Savile was a paedophile and they ran the Christmas tributes

The BBC knew Jimmy Savile was a paedophile but still pressed ahead with Christmas tribute broadcasts to him in December…

By Dominic Ponsford

BBC to publish 3,000 pages on ‘seriously flawed’ decision to drop Savile doc

Thousands of pages of evidence gathered during an inquiry into Newsnight's decision to drop its investigation into Leeds-born Jimmy Savile…

By PA Mediapoint

Former Newsnight editor Peter Rippon takes on ‘significant challenge’ as BBC Online Archive editor

Former Newsnight editor Peter Rippon is take on the “significant challenge” of BBC Online Archive editor four months after he…

By Andrew Pugh

Double RTS win for Savile documentary-maker: ‘Recognition of the role media can play in exposing wrongdoing’

Jimmy Savile documenter Mark Williams-Thomas believes his two Royal Television Society awards are a “recognition of the role the media…

By William Turvill

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