to work in solidarity. sports programmes on the bbc at the weekend were massively disrupted. as well as lifting gary lineker s suspension, the bbc says there will be a review led by an independent expert who s yet to be decided. it ll look at social media guidance and focus on freelancers outside news and current affairs, like gary lineker. the bbc, says mr lineker, is in favour of such a review. the director general was accused of bowing to political pressure when he suspended gary lineker an accusation tim davie denies. i can tell you, anyone who knows me knows that, yes, 30 years ago, some political involvement, but absolutely not affected by pressure from one party or the other, that is not how we work, editorially, in the bbc. it is a convenient narrative, it is not true. and the impartiality guidelines would be equally applied in terms
to present match of the day. this will be a huge relief to many after the disruption to the football coverage at the weekend. lineker was taken off airfrom coverage at the weekend. lineker was taken off air from criticising government asylum plans, tweeting about the bill, saying the language was not dissimilar to that used by germany in the 30s. the corporation s director general felt that message tweeted to a 20 million followers did breach bbc impartiality guidelines. it was what followed that was unprecedented. all pulled out of bbc football coverage on television and radio in support of lineker, and that left the corporation in a very difficult situation with an obligation to provide sports coverage with very few available to do so. it does appear that a resolution has been
in which he criticised government policy. the corporation says it will now hold an independent review of its impartiality guidelines, and in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. in a statement, the broadcaster s director general, tim davie, apologised for the disruption caused when other bbc presenters refused to present the weekend football coverage. mr lineker said he was delighted to get back to presenting, and thanked his colleagues at bbc sport for backing him. helena wilkinson has the latest. good morning, gary! how do you feel about being reinstated? gary lineker leaving his home this morning after the bbc said he be morning after the bbc said he d be returning to match of the day, after days of chaos at the corporation, with sports programmes at the weekend disrupted, a resolution announced by the bbc s director general. asking gary to step back off air was, i think, a significant thing, and now we look forward with this agreement, moving forward, to
to step back from presenting because of a tweet in which he criticised uk government policy. the corporation says it will now hold an independent review of its impartiality guidelines, and in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. in a statement, the broadcaster s director general, tim davie, apologised for the disruption caused when other bbc presenters refused to present the weekend football coverage. mr lineker said he was delighted to get back to presenting, and thanked his colleagues at bbc sport for backing him. helena wilkinson has the latest. good morning, gary! good morning, mr lineker. good morning, gary. how do you feel about being reinstated? i gary lineker leaving his home this morning after the bbc said he d be returning to match of the day. after days of chaos at the corporation, with sports programmes at the weekend disrupted, a resolution announced by the bbc s director general.
the bbc has announced that gary lineker, one its best known presenters, will be allowed back on air. three days ago he was told to step back from presenting because of a tweet in which he criticised uk government policy. the corporation says it will now hold a review of its impartiality guidelines. in the meantime, the presenter would abide by its current rules. mr lineker said he was delighted to get back to presenting, and thanked his colleagues at bbc sport for backing him. here s our media correspondent david sillito. morning, gary. morning, mr lineker. how do you feel about being reinstated? as gary lineker left home this morning, the weekend s dramas that saw him taken off air, chaos brought to the bbc s sporting output, looked to have been resolved. this was match of the day 2 yesterday, after presenters, pundits and commentators downed microphones in protest at his treatment. but the bbc says there was good reason for its actions, he had broken guidelines with tweets in which