Bbc Presenter Jimmy Savile

• Former BBC presenter Dave Lee Travis 'assaulted girls on air', court hears

  Veteran British presenter Dave Lee Travis sexually assaulted young women while live on television and in his radio studio, prosecutors told his trial on Tuesday.

• BBC radio presenter arrested in sex abuse inquiry

  Radio presenter Paul Gambaccini was arrested on Tuesday as part of a wider inquiry into alleged child sexual exploitation, his spokesman told the British Broadcasing Corporation (BBC) on Friday.

• BBC's Jimmy Savile's ex-flatmate charged with rape in Britain

  The former flatmate and chauffeur of late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile appeared in court on Saturday charged with a series of sexual assaults against young girls, including rape.

• UK police charge Jimmy Savile's ex-flatmate with rapes

  The former flatmate of late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile was to appear in court Saturday having been charged with a series of sexual offences against young girls.

• BBC veteran broadcaster Stuart Hall jailed for sex assaults

  Veteran British television and radio presenter Stuart Hall was jailed for 15 months on Monday after admitting to 14 charges of indecently assaulting girls as young as nine.

• Jimmy Savile's victims launch legal action in Britain: lawyer

  Lawyers for 31 alleged victims of sex abuse by late television presenter Jimmy Savile said on Wednesday they have launched legal action against the star's estate and the BBC.

• Review slams BBC over Jimmy Savile report but says no cover-up

  An official report on Wednesday strongly criticised the BBC's handling of allegations of child sex abuse against late presenter Jimmy Savile, but cleared the world's biggest broadcaster of a cover-up.

• Police make arrest in connection to Britain's alleged child abuse

  Police investigating alleged child abuse centering on former BBC presenter Jimmy Savile said on Wednesday they have arrested a man in his 70s.

• Report into BBC child-sex probe due

  The BBC on Wednesday intends to publish a key report into its handling of the child-sex abuse claims against late presenter Jimmy Savile that plunged the broadcaster into crisis.

• Two more BBC executives hit by child sex-abuse scandal

  BBC director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell "stepped aside" amid the crisis over a report wrongly accusing a British politician of child abuse and similar allegations against late BBC presenter Jimmy Savile, media reports said.

• BBC editor steps aside over Jimmy Savile scandal

  The editor of the BBC's flagship TV news show stepped aside on Monday after the publicly funded broadcaster said his explanation for pulling an expose into alleged sexual abuse by one of its former presenters was "inaccurate or incomplete".

• UK opens criminal inquiry over BBC star's alleged child abuse

  British police investigating alleged sexual abuse by BBC presenter Jimmy Savile launched a criminal inquiry on Friday, saying more than 200 potential victims had come forward since accusations he had preyed on children for decades.

• British TV star's gravestone removed amid sex abuse claims

  The gravestone of Jimmy Savile, one of Britain's biggest TV stars in the 1970s and 1980s, was removed overnight Tuesday-Wednesday and will be sent to a landfill site as police probe a string of sex abuse allegations.

• BBC star may have abused girls over four decades

  Jimmy Savile, the late BBC TV star at the centre of a child sex scandal that has shaken Britain's state-funded broadcaster, may have abused up to 25 victims some as young as 13 over four decades, police said on Tuesday.