Wider ?

So far, the inquiry into the behaviour of Gregg Wallace is being conducted by lawyers Lewis Silkin on behalf of Banijay, the producers of Masterchef.  Longstanding executives David Ambler and Katie Attwood will have say whether they never heard the off-colour stuff, or it was never reported to them, or it was tolerated. Widely-read industry-gossip sheet Popbitch has carried 14 stories about Gregg and his humour since 2014. 

One presumes DG Tim Davie will also be making enquiries of the BBC commissioners of the programme; radio presenter Aasmah Mir has revealed she wrote a complaint to Kate Phillips in 2017, after her appearance on Celebrity Masterchef.  Kate is now pretty much No 2 to Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore. And only in February 2022, Tim himself fronted the announcement of a six year deal with Banijay to move the whole Masterchef franchise to Digbeth.