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Gary Lineker Crisis: BBC Director General’s Diary Details Timeline Of Impartiality Meltdown

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The BBC’s highest-paid presenter Gary Lineker was suspended and swiftly reinstated in March during an impartiality meltdown that rocked the British broadcaster.

Deadline has obtained documents under a Freedom of Information Act request that provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how Director General Tim Davie responded to the crisis.

Diary extracts and emails reveal that Davie was in contact with a senior government official on the day of Lineker’s suspension.

The papers also reveal the frantic weekend meetings that took place to reinstate Lineker after his suspension wreaked havoc on the BBC’s Premier League coverage.

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