This post-Huw Edwards BBC shakeup feels awfully familiar – and insiders aren’t impressed | Jane Martinson
There’s an air of Groundhog Day to this latest review, and little faith among employees that it will mean real changeA detailed review into workplace bullying and harassment at the BBC found stars behaving badly, untouchable and unchallenged, with staff too fearful to speak out. Called Respect at Work, the review into the culture that incubated Jimmy Savile was published in 2013.Since then, the Huw Edwards scandal – along with allegations about other stars including Gregg Wallace (which he has said were “not all true”) – has led to another BBC review into its own culture. Given it has exactly the same name and was written by the same consultancy, it seems fair to ask: what exactly has changed?Jane Martinson is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
There’s an air of Groundhog Day to this latest review, and little faith among employees that it will mean real change
A detailed review into workplace bullying and harassment at the BBC found stars behaving badly, untouchable and unchallenged, with staff too fearful to speak out. Called Respect at Work, the review into the culture that incubated Jimmy Savile was published in 2013.
Since then, the Huw Edwards scandal – along with allegations about other stars including Gregg Wallace (which he has said were “not all true”) – has led to another BBC review into its own culture. Given it has exactly the same name and was written by the same consultancy, it seems fair to ask: what exactly has changed?
Jane Martinson is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
