BBC Boss Dismissed Over Sexual Harassment Charges

Mark Sandell

A senior BBC editor and partner of BBC  radio presenter Victoria Derbyshire has been sacked following claims of bullying and sexual harassment and an investigation into his expenses, according to the Daily Mail.

Mark Sandell, editor of BBC radio’s World Have Your Say (WHYS), becomes the first executive to be dismissed in the wake of damaging bullying allegations revealed by The Mail on Sunday that have dogged the broadcaster for the past two years.

Mr Sandell left his wife of two years Fi Glover, a top BBC radio presenter, for Miss Derbyshire, also one of the Corporation’s stars, in 2002. The couple have two children.

He is appealing against the BBC decision, after a disciplinary panel recommended he be dismissed.

Bosses began an investigation into 53-year-old Mr Sandell, who has worked at the Corporation for 25 years, more than a year ago after claims he bullied and sexually harassed a member of staff. Separately, he was investigated over expenses.

It is understood he was told he was being dismissed earlier this month, days before the BBC announced it was axeing WHYS, one of its flagship shows abroad.

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