Angry staff questioned whether the licence fee would be worth paying after the BBC axed Radio 4 news shows and warned that channels could close in a rolling series of brutal cuts.
Star news presenters will undergo a “value for money” assessment under the cost-saving plans set out by new Director-General Matt Brittin designed to close a £500m funding gap as more people stop paying the £180 licence fee.
Radio 4 programmes including The World Tonight, the 10pm show which has run for 56 years delivering “in-depth reporting, intelligent analysis and major breaking news from a global perspective”, will be axed.
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The departing Amol Rajan will not be replaced on the Today programme, which will have four permanent presenters instead of five. Suggestions that the format will change to a magazine-style discussion with a single host on Saturdays was pure speculation, the BBC said.
