[1] Savile was a radio DJ and TV personality who presented the programmes Top of the Pops, Jim'll Fix It and Clunk Click, and was a well known charity fundraiser.
[1] Andrew O'Hagan, writing in the London Review of Books suggested that "paedophilia is an ethos and institutional disorder that's thrived in premier entertainment labyrinths.
It became clear that the claims were the result of mistaken identity; the BBC and the accuser both apologised, and the person concerned threatened to sue those reporting the allegations.
[16] The BBC was criticised in Parliament for its handling of the affair, with Harriet Harman stating that the allegations "cast a stain" on the corporation.
[17] George Entwistle offered to appear before the Parliamentary Culture, Media and Sport Committee to explain the BBC's position and actions.
Author Andrew O'Hagan wrote that there had long been rumours about McCulloch's activities, and those of his colleague Lionel Gamlin, while working at the BBC in the 1940s and 1950s.
Newsnight broadcast, on 2 November 2012, a report containing claims by a former resident of the Bryn Estyn children's home in Wrexham that a prominent Conservative politician had sexually abused him during the 1970s.
[25] The Director of BBC Scotland, Ken MacQuarrie, investigated the circumstances around the Newsnight programme, and concluded that there had been "a lack of clarity around the senior editorial chain of command" and that "some of the basic journalistic checks were not completed.