BBC Shows: Trouble at' mill

 It looks likely there be some holes in the festive television schedule this CatMas/Christmas with the cancellation of the Christmas editions of the tv show Masterchief which based on people cooking a complete meal in predetermined time and being judged upon the quality of it.

It was a show I first started to watch in the late 1980's when Lloyd Grossman presented it and have kept up with it in its altered formats such as introducing a celebratory version over the decades.

These days it is mainly fronted by Gregg Wallace who used to be a Fruit and Veg storeholder who has also presented a series looking at how foodstuffs are prepared and made which was rather interesting.

Unfortunately, it appears there have been many complaints regarding highly sexual remarks been made by him during and immediately before making the shows, allegations around sexual assault in addition to less than professional behaviour for which they had be cautioned about in the past.

Two things into this: Where accusations were made but not followed up why is just now, this minute they have surfaced and given the history of this, is it not the case that again the idea the Presenter is so important they should be kept on regardless of accusations to the point of dismissing them persistently rather than being focussed on the well-being of those on set and beyond won out? 

Then there was Ms Huq, a Labour M.P. who suggested the show be pulled in case it triggered women.

Women would be very aware and no doubt have strong feelings on what Gregg has been accused of but if they found it in any way triggering, then surely they'd just not watch the show and what of contestants whose friends might wish to see how they did?

To me it looks another celebratory mess at the BBC which could of been avoided by immediate action from the floor.

We call colleagues out for inappropriate comments sexual harassment and assault to the point we support them registering their complaints to Personnel and being prepared to give evidence ourselves.

Those who work on the studio set need to be prepared to do the same.