This sentence, from BBC non-executive Sir Nicholas Serota, could be the prising open of a lid on Tim Westwood's time as a BBC dj.
"In light of the BBC’s internal review, I believe that there may have been occasions in the past when the BBC should have further explored issues that were being raised."
You get the feeling the restrained knight does more than 'believe'.
Maybe it's time to re-read the Dame Jane Smith Review, published February 2016.
"I think it reasonable to say that if a Head of Department was aware of Savile’s deviancy, the BBC was aware....I do so because it seems to me that a Head of Department has management responsibility for an identifiable part of the BBC and also has ready access to people who would sit on one of the important
management committees such as the Board of Management. I do realise that there is an element of unreality about this decision because, if a Head of Department was aware of Savile’s deviancy and deliberately decided to keep that information to himself, the BBC as a body would never have had the
opportunity to do anything about the situation. However, arbitrary though it may be, I am saying that, if a Head of Department knew, the BBC, as a whole, knew.
management committees such as the Board of Management. I do realise that there is an element of unreality about this decision because, if a Head of Department was aware of Savile’s deviancy and deliberately decided to keep that information to himself, the BBC as a body would never have had the
opportunity to do anything about the situation. However, arbitrary though it may be, I am saying that, if a Head of Department knew, the BBC, as a whole, knew.
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