Five female BBC news presenters have been off the air, on full pay, since March 2023, when BBC News Channel merged with BBC World News and dozens of roles were axed.
Since then, the broadcaster has struggled to find new roles for the five, while the axing of the presenters, all female and experienced, has become something of a PR disaster.
Now The Times reports that the broadcaster plans to give all five presenters on-screen roles again in the coming months. The five women are Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh – they are currently employed without job titles.
The Times quotes one insider predicting that “the BBC would perform a ‘reverse ferret’ to avoid any legal trouble with the women, who have more than 100 years of experience at the corporation between them.
Read more on deadline.com
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