that. let s speak to him now. tim davie, director that. let s speak to him now. tim davie, director general that. let s speak to him now. tim davie, director general of - that. let s speak to him now. tim davie, director general of the - that. let s speak to him now. tim| davie, director general of the bbc is sitting here in the studio. good afternoon. things did suddenly pick up afternoon. things did suddenly pick up a kick in from last thursday when the sun reported it. when you look back critically at the timeline, the question one asks, and partly because the bbc said the sun s reporting that we continue allegation, what was the initial complaint? allegation, what was the initial comlaint? ~ , ., complaint? well, in terms of the situation we complaint? well, in terms of the situation we have complaint? well, in terms of the situation we have gotten - complaint? well, in terms of the situation we have gotten our- complaint? well, in terms of the l situation we have gotten o
team, passed by audience services, and they assessed it, exactly as you say. and they assessed it, exactly as you sa . , . , say. and in the summary, the information say. and in the summary, the information bbc say. and in the summary, the information bbc became - say. and in the summary, the | information bbc became aware say. and in the summary, the - information bbc became aware of other stage, was a clear as the family have suggested that there were contacts made and dated back three years from when the child was 20? t three years from when the child was 20? .. ., ., three years from when the child was 20? ., ., 20? i cannot get into specifics, what i 20? i cannot get into specifics, what i can 20? i cannot get into specifics, what i can say 20? i cannot get into specifics, what i can say is 20? i cannot get into specifics, what i can say is it 20? i cannot get into specifics, what i can say is it was - 20? i cannot get into specifics, what i can say is it was clearly
this point the bbc says an assessment was made that the complaint did not include an allegation of criminality. the bbc says the bbc e mailed the family for more information, but there was no response. then there was a gap of 18 days until the bbc tried to call the family, but it did not connect. from the 6th ofjune, there was no other attempt to make contact with the family until the 6th ofjuly. that s when the sun newspaper told the bbc about allegations. the corporation says this was different from the original complaint. it was not until the 7th ofjuly the bbc made contact with the family. this was the first time the bbc s executive general was made aware. the allegations are that a bbc presenter paid thousands of
whole process with metropolitan police plays out, the bbc feels it can do very little. what it can do, it says it can look more generically at how it procedures on a potentially serious matter or red flagged, because according to the timeline given to us here, the initial complaint was made to the bbc on the 19th of may, many weeks later on the 6th ofjuly was the first time that the bbc spoke to the present in question. you say it was because the sun newspaper had come to them with different allegations and more serious allegations that had been presented to them in the initial complaint in may, but they still think there may be lessons learnt. , ., ~ , , ., learnt. there is a key question about the learnt. there is a key question about the timing learnt. there is a key question about the timing and - learnt. there is a key question about the timing and whetherl learnt. there is a key question i about the timing and whether or learnt. there is a key question - about the timing and
deliberate can turn. how they were plastered to the corporate investigations team in the bbc, and with out looking at detail of what was said, it s hard to see from the information we have whether they reacted appropriately or not, and talking in the wider sense. t eeiiiii talking in the wider sense. i will ust talking in the wider sense. i will just interrupt talking in the wider sense. i will just interrupt you, talking in the wider sense. i will just interrupt you, the talking in the wider sense. i will just interrupt you, the radio four presenter is about to interview the director general, tim davie. the focus to date has been on one story, whether an as yet still unnamed bbc star paid a young person, possibly at one point underage, for explicit photographs. the more we learn, the more complicated and in some ways uncertain it becomes. it s notjust a bbc being asked about it, so was