to affect the bbc s sports output today. the controversy over the broadcaster and his tweets criticising the uk government s policy on asylum seekers shows no sign of abating. he d been told by the bbc to step back from presenting its flagship football show match of the day. on saturday, it led to widespread disruption of the corporation s football coverage, as fellow presenters and commentators pulled out in support of the former england international. in the coverage of the women s super league on sunday, there was no bbc in house commentary, and there were no pundits to talk about the game either. let s take a look at the background to this now, with our correspondent steffan powell. but here now is the best action from today s premier league matches. a match of the day like no other, not even a theme tune. just football and fan noise. i am going to walk my dog and i m going to do my shopping, so would you mind letting me do it on my own? but this disagreement between gary linek
got the programming. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this and we are working very hard to get that done. i would like to see gary lineker return on air on the bbc. so, amid a saga that s once again shown the extent to which football and politics now overlap, how did fans attending matches like these in leicester, feel about the lineker row? you should be allowed to have free speech. on his posts, he s not referenced match of the day or anything like that, you know what i mean? he said his opinion. the only reason the bbc are bothered is because he s got millions of viewers. i m disappointed with some of his comments, to be honest. i think he s let himself down. i do believe in freedom of speech, you should be allowed to say what you want to say, but i think you have to set things in context, and i don t think he s really done that. matches took place as normal today, bournemouth playing
i m listening hard. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this. we re working very hard to get that done and i would like to see gary lineker return on air on the bbc. now, with that, we have to listen. i think we think we have to do a bit of thinking about the balance between, you know, how you are delivering impartiality and also the ability for people to particularly freelancers, to say things online. fans attending the leicester game had strong views on gary lineker s expressions of his views. i support him. i m glad to see that all the players and the pundits are supporting him. so hopefully bbc get their finger out and we get it put to bed and we get him back on tv. i m disappointed with . some of his comments. to be honest, i think. he s let himself down. well, i think it s outrageous. he s just expressing an opinion, which happens to be at loggerheads
an edition of bargain hunt. results show final score also pulled from the schedules. and only this evening it was confirmed a much reduced match of the day would be shown, but cut to just 20 minutes, with no presentation, interviews or commentary ofany kind. i am sorry that audiences have been affected and they haven t got the programming. this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this and we are working very hard to get that done. i would like to see gary lineker return on air on the bbc. so, amid a saga that s once again shown the extent to which football and politics now overlap, how did fans attending matches like these in leicester, feel about the lineker row? you should be allowed to have free speech. on his posts, he s not referenced match of the day or anything like that, you know what i mean? he said his opinion. the only reason the bbc are bothered is because he s got millions of viewers.
this has been a tough time for the bbc and we care about our audiences. we want to get the right outcome for this. we re working very hard to get that done and i would like to see gary lineker return on air on the bbc. now, with that, we have to listen. i think we think we have to do a bit of thinking about the balance between, you know, how you are delivering impartiality and also the ability for people to particularly freelancers, to say things online. fans attending the leicester game had strong views on gary lineker s expressions of his views. i support him. i m glad to see that all the players and the pundits are supporting him. so hopefully bbc get their finger out and we get it put to bed and we get him back on tv. i m disappointed with . some of his comments. to be honest, i think. he s let himself down. well, i think it s outrageous. he s just expressing an opinion, which happens to be at loggerheads with what the government have said.