The BBC controversies faced by Tim Davie during his time in charge

Tim Davie stepping down arsenic director-general of the BBC comes aft respective controversies faced by the broadcaster successful caller years.

His resignation came astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic that of BBC News main enforcement Deborah Turness, astatine the extremity of a week successful which concerns astir impartiality were raised implicit however a code by US President Donald Trump was edited successful an occurrence of Panorama.

"While not being the lone reason, the existent statement astir BBC News has understandably contributed to my decision," Mr Davie wrote successful a enactment sent to staff.

"Overall, the BBC is delivering well, but determination person been immoderate mistakes made and arsenic director-general I person to instrumentality eventual responsibility."

Mr Davie has been successful the relation for 5 years and astatine the BBC for 20 successful total, having antecedently worked arsenic manager of marketing, manager of audio and music, and main enforcement of BBC Studios.

Here are the controversies the broadcaster has faced successful caller years.

The Trump documentary edit

A memo sent successful the summertime by a erstwhile outer advisor to the BBC's editorial standards committee, highlighting the edit of a Donald Trump code arsenic good arsenic different concerns astir impartiality, was archetypal reported by The Daily Telegraph connected Tuesday.

The concerns respect clips spliced unneurotic from sections of a code made by the US president connected 6 January 2021, featured successful the Panorama programme Trump: A Second Chance?

It made it look that Mr Trump told supporters helium was going to locomotion to the US Capitol with them to "fight similar hell", though the quotes were made during abstracted parts of the speech. The occurrence was broadcast by the BBC the week earlier past year's US election.

Bob Vylan astatine Glastonbury

In July, punk-rap duo Bob Vylan led chants of "death to the IDF" portion connected signifier astatine Glastonbury, a show which was live-streamed arsenic portion of the BBC's sum of the festival.

Afterwards, the broadcaster said it would no longer unrecorded broadcast "high risk" performances, and suggested disciplinary enactment could beryllium taken against unit who failed to halt the stream.

The BBC's Executive Complaints Unit received 4 complaints astir the show relating to incitement to violence, coercion oregon taste cleansing, hatred code and expressions of antisemitism.

In a ruling fixed successful September, it recovered the watercourse of the show had breached its editorial standards.

Following the backlash implicit the Glastonbury gig, Bob Vylan said successful a post connected Instagram that "we are not for the decease of Jews, Arabs oregon immoderate different contention oregon radical of people".

MasterChef

In the aforesaid month, presenter Gregg Wallace was sacked from cooking amusement MasterChef aft an probe into humanities allegations of misconduct upheld aggregate accusations against him. These archetypal emerged towards the extremity of 2024.

Wallace, who co-presented the amusement for astir 20 years, said helium was "deeply atrocious for immoderate distress caused" and that helium "never acceptable retired to harm oregon humiliate", but besides said successful a connection released up of the work of a summary of the study that helium had been "cleared of the astir superior and sensational accusations" made against him.

His co-presenter John Torode near the amusement the pursuing week aft an allegation helium utilized an "extremely violative racist term" was upheld, the BBC said.

In October, Wallace announced helium was suing the broadcaster for "distress and harassment".

Gary Lineker

No alien to contention during his past fewer years astatine the BBC, Gary Lineker stepped down from hosting Match Of The Day and World Cup sum successful May.

It came aft helium apologised unreservedly for sharing a societal media post from the Palestine Lobby radical that had been illustrated with a rat - which has been utilized to correspond Jewish radical successful antisemitic propaganda, including Nazi Germany.

He said helium had not known astir the rat's symbolism.

"I would ne'er consciously repost thing antisemitic - it goes against everything I basal for," Lineker said successful a connection arsenic helium confirmed his resignation. "However, I recognise the mistake and upset that I caused, and reiterate however atrocious I am. Stepping backmost present feels similar the liable people of action."

The erstwhile England prima had antecedently been temporarily suspended from the BBC successful March 2023, aft an impartiality row implicit comments helium made criticising the past Conservative government's asylum policy.

His impermanent suspension led pundits Ian Wright and Alan Shearer to some denote they would not look connected Match of the Day, and a shortened amusement went up without commentary, pundit analysis, oregon post-match interviews.

The incidental sparked a report, which decided that high-profile BBC presenters extracurricular of its quality sum should beryllium capable to explicit their views connected governmental issues arsenic agelong arsenic they halt abbreviated of campaigning.

Gaza documentary

Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone was pulled from BBC iPlayer successful February aft it emerged that the 13-year-old lad narrating the programme was the lad of a lawman curate successful the Hamas-run government.

The documentary was made by autarkic accumulation institution Hoyo Films.

A BBC reappraisal into the arguable programme said 3 members of the autarkic accumulation institution knew astir the relation of the boy's begetter - but nary 1 wrong the corp was aware.

In July, the BBC said it had breached its ain editorial guidelines by failing to disclose the afloat individuality of the kid narrator's begetter - Ayman Alyazouri, who has worked arsenic Hamas's lawman curate of agriculture.

In October, an Ofcom probe recovered the documentary had breached the broadcasting code.

Huw Edwards

In April 2024, seasoned quality presenter Huw Edwards resigned from the BBC, 9 months aft coming disconnected aerial pursuing accusations of paying a teen thousands of pounds for sexually explicit pictures.

Just a fewer months later, it emerged helium had remained 1 of the broadcaster's highest-paid stars of the year, contempt his suspension.

Days later, caller allegations emerged - and helium was charged and pleaded blameworthy successful tribunal to 3 counts of "making" indecent images of children, aft receiving the amerciable images arsenic portion of a WhatsApp conversation.

The tribunal heard however helium paid up to £1,500 to a paedophile who sent him 41 amerciable images betwixt December 2020 and August 2021, 7 of which were of the astir superior type.

The disgraced broadcaster avoided jail, but was fixed a six-month suspended sentence.

Strictly Come Dancing

Ahead of the 2024 bid of BBC favourite Strictly Come Dancing, producers said they would present unit chaperones into each aboriginal rehearsals.

It followed the departure of 2 nonrecreational dancers pursuing complaints astir their behaviour.

Following an investigation, the BBC upheld "some, but not all" of the allegations made against Giovanni Pernice by his 2023 creation spouse Amanda Abbington.

Abbington described an apology from the corporation arsenic vindication, portion Pernice denied displaying "abusive oregon threatening behaviour" and said the bulk of the complaints had not been upheld.

Another nonrecreational dancer, Graziano Di Prima, besides near the amusement amid reports of alleged misconduct.

Apology implicit Diana interview

In 2021, a study into Martin Bashir's bombshell 1995 programme with Princess Diana recovered the writer had "deceived and induced" her member to unafraid the interview.

By utilizing fake slope statements, Mr Bashir made a "serious breach" of BBC guidelines connected straight-dealing, the Lord Dyson study concluded.

Mr Davie, who was not astatine the BBC astatine the clip the programme was made, issued a "full and unconditional" apology aft the findings were released, and the corp sent written apologies to Prince William and Prince Harry, arsenic good arsenic to Prince Charles and Earl Spencer.

Mr Bashir besides apologised and said the faking of slope statements was a "stupid happening to do" and "an enactment I profoundly regret", but added helium felt it had "no bearing whatsoever connected the idiosyncratic prime by Princess Diana to instrumentality portion successful the interview".

Former director-general Lord Hall, who was the BBC's manager of quality and existent affairs erstwhile the Diana interrogation was screened, said helium accepted the corporation's 1996 enquiry into however the sit-down was secured "fell good abbreviated of what was required".