BREAKING BBC pulls episodes from ANOTHER show over Gregg Wallace scandal

The BBC has confirmed that 3 episodes of Inside the Factory - which are repeats - person been pulled from the docket amid the contention involving big Gregg Wallace

The BBC has confirmed that it's pulling 3 repetition episodes of Inside The Factory pursuing the quality that Gregg Wallace has been accused of making inappropriate intersexual comments.

The 3 occurrence of BBC Two's Inside the Factory, which are repeats, are besides coming retired of the schedule, it's been revealed. The BBC announced the quality today, moments aft it was revealed 2 MasterChef personage Christmas specials have been pulled from the BBC's docket aft Gregg Wallace stepped distant from hosting the cooking show.

A BBC spokesperson said: "As we person said, MasterChef is an astonishing contention which is life-changing for the chefs taking portion and the existent bid of MasterChef: The Professionals is continuing arsenic planned. The personage Christmas specials are evidently a antithetic benignant of amusement and successful the existent circumstances we person decided not to broadcast them."

It was announced past week that Gregg, 60, has stepped distant from his role connected MasterChef whilst accumulation institution Banijay UK reappraisal evident humanities misconduct complaints. As reported by BBC News, his lawyers said it was 'entirely mendacious that helium engages successful behaviour of a sexually harassing nature' and Gregg has since spoken retired himself.

Gregg said successful a video connection connected the weekend: "I person been doing MasterChef for 20 years - amateur, personage and nonrecreational MasterChef - and I deliberation successful that clip I person worked with implicit 4,000 contestants of each antithetic ages, each antithetic backgrounds [and] each walks of life. And seemingly present I americium speechmaking successful the insubstantial there's been 13 complaints successful that time. Now successful the paper I tin spot the complaints coming from a fistful of middle-class women of a definite property conscionable from Celebrity Masterchef. This isn't right." He continued: "In implicit 20 years of television, tin you ideate however galore women, pistillate contestants, connected MasterChef person made intersexual remarks oregon intersexual innuendo. Can you imagine?"

He has nevertheless since apologised for "any offence" caused, saying successful a consequent message: "I privation to apologise for immoderate offence that I caused with my station yesterday and immoderate upset I whitethorn person caused to a batch of people. I wasn't successful a bully headspace erstwhile I posted it, I've been nether a immense magnitude of stress, a batch of emotion, I felt precise alone, nether siege yesterday erstwhile I posted it. It's evident to maine I request to instrumentality immoderate clip out, now, portion this probe is nether mode I anticipation you recognize and I bash anticipation you volition judge this apology."

Last week, Banijay UK said successful a statement: "This week the BBC received complaints from individuals successful narration to humanities allegations of misconduct portion moving with presenter Gregg Wallace connected 1 of our shows. Whilst these complainants person not raised the allegations straight with our amusement producers oregon genitor institution Banijay UK, we consciousness that it is due to behaviour an immediate, outer reappraisal to afloat and impartially investigate.

"While this reappraisal is nether way, Gregg Wallace volition beryllium stepping distant from his relation connected MasterChef and is committed to afloat co-operating passim the process. Banijay UK's work of attraction to unit is ever a precedence and our expectations regarding behaviour are made wide to some formed and unit connected each productions, with aggregate ways of raising concerns, including anonymously, intelligibly promoted connected set."

A BBC spokesperson said: "We instrumentality immoderate issues that are raised with america earnestly and we person robust processes successful spot to woody with them. We are ever wide that immoderate behaviour which falls beneath the standards expected by the BBC volition not beryllium tolerated. Where an idiosyncratic is contracted straight by an outer accumulation institution we stock immoderate complaints oregon concerns with that institution and we volition ever enactment them erstwhile addressing them."

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