Reports of BBC's handling of Gregg Wallace complaints 'deeply troubling', union says

Reports of the BBC's handling of complaints astir MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace are "deeply troubling", the caput of a TV workers' national has said.

Wallace has stepped backmost from presenting the BBC cooking amusement aft accusations helium made intersexual comments towards unit and personage guests connected a scope of programmes implicit 17 years.

The Bectu union, which represents much than 40,000 staff, declaration and freelance workers successful the media and amusement industries, says the mode successful which complaints person antecedently been handled by the broadcaster volition marque others disquieted astir speaking out.

"Misogyny, intimidation, ageism and intersexual harassment should person nary spot successful modern workplaces," said caput of Bectu Philippa Childs.

"Yet clip and again we spot that these issues proceed to tally rampant successful the originative industries - propped up by inadequate reporting mechanisms, a deficiency of accountability and an manufacture that enables utmost powerfulness dynamics and 'untouchable' talent.

"Reports that the BBC antecedently internally investigated complaints astir Wallace and concluded that aspects of his behaviour were unacceptable are profoundly troubling - is it immoderate wonderment that movie and TV freelancers, galore of them worrying astir their adjacent job, deliberation doubly astir sticking their caput supra the parapet?

"Unless the manufacture draws a enactment successful the soil and collectively takes meaningful action, we volition beryllium successful the aforesaid spot adjacent week, successful 6 months, a year's time. Historical allegations volition proceed to surface, alongside revelations that idiosyncratic knew, but complaints were inadequately dealt with astatine the time."

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