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BBC 'paid Peter Fincham £500,000' after he quit over Crowngate BBC 'paid Peter Fincham £500,000' after he quit over Crowngate
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BBC executives are facing further criticism from MPs after it emerged that the corporation reportedly handed a £500,000 payoff to a former BBC1 controller who resigned over the so-called "Crowngate" affair.BBC executives are facing further criticism from MPs after it emerged that the corporation reportedly handed a £500,000 payoff to a former BBC1 controller who resigned over the so-called "Crowngate" affair.
Peter Fincham, was awarded the six-figure payout after resigning in October 2007 over a documentary trailer that misrepresented the Queen, according to the Times.Peter Fincham, was awarded the six-figure payout after resigning in October 2007 over a documentary trailer that misrepresented the Queen, according to the Times.
Fincham, who is now ITV's director of television, wrongly told the press at a screening that the Queen walked out of a photoshoot featured in the documentary "in a huff". It later emerged that the promotional trailer had been misleadingly edited and that this was not the case.Fincham, who is now ITV's director of television, wrongly told the press at a screening that the Queen walked out of a photoshoot featured in the documentary "in a huff". It later emerged that the promotional trailer had been misleadingly edited and that this was not the case.
He was one of a number of BBC managers criticised in a report into the saga that blamed "misjudgments, poor practice and ineffective systems" for the error.He was one of a number of BBC managers criticised in a report into the saga that blamed "misjudgments, poor practice and ineffective systems" for the error.
MPs on the Commons public accounts select committee are likely to quiz Mark Thompson, the former BBC director general, about Fincham's payoff when he is questioned alongside other current and former corporation executives on 9 September.MPs on the Commons public accounts select committee are likely to quiz Mark Thompson, the former BBC director general, about Fincham's payoff when he is questioned alongside other current and former corporation executives on 9 September.
The disclosure is also likely to renew MPs' determination to force the BBC to divulge the names of 150 senior managers who received severance payments in the three years to December 2012. The corporation refused a parliamentary order to release the details citing data protection and the broadcaster's independence from parliament – however, the BBC has agreed to name the executives who authorised the payoffs.The disclosure is also likely to renew MPs' determination to force the BBC to divulge the names of 150 senior managers who received severance payments in the three years to December 2012. The corporation refused a parliamentary order to release the details citing data protection and the broadcaster's independence from parliament – however, the BBC has agreed to name the executives who authorised the payoffs.
Labour MP Margaret Hodge, the chair of the PAC, has said she will seek to question BBC executives past and present together about who was responsible for the "outrageous waste of licence fee payers' money".Labour MP Margaret Hodge, the chair of the PAC, has said she will seek to question BBC executives past and present together about who was responsible for the "outrageous waste of licence fee payers' money".
"I don't want scalps. What I want is to get at the truth, and I'm fed up with them all blaming each other," she told the Observer on Sunday."I don't want scalps. What I want is to get at the truth, and I'm fed up with them all blaming each other," she told the Observer on Sunday.
"I'm going to get them all in front of the committee together because I can't think of any other way of successfully finding out who was responsible for making those crass decisions. Then those responsible will have to think about their positions.""I'm going to get them all in front of the committee together because I can't think of any other way of successfully finding out who was responsible for making those crass decisions. Then those responsible will have to think about their positions."
A spokesman for the PAC said the committee was considering its response to the BBC's refusal to give details of the 150 severance payments.A spokesman for the PAC said the committee was considering its response to the BBC's refusal to give details of the 150 severance payments.
The BBC declined to comment on Fincham's payout, saying only: "The BBC does not discuss individual contracts for reasons of data protection."The BBC declined to comment on Fincham's payout, saying only: "The BBC does not discuss individual contracts for reasons of data protection."
A spokesman for Fincham said: "He is not in a position to comment."A spokesman for Fincham said: "He is not in a position to comment."
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