Pain postponed

A clearer December now for the management team at the BBC: Dame Janet Smith has once again postponed delivery of her report on "Savile" culture, this time til the New Year.

Witness interviews are continuing and, as a result, the Review will not be in a position to finalise its report before the end of January 2014.

The Review has been in contact with more than 720 people and continues to be grateful to the public for their support. In connection with the investigation into Jimmy Savile, the Review has had over 340 telephone conversations with witnesses (all of which have been noted) and approximately 140 witness interviews have taken place. In addition, in relation to the investigation into Stuart Hall, the Review has had over 102 noted telephone conversations with witnesses and a further 29 witness interviews have taken place.