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The Daily T Investigates: 'He paraded me around the BBC - then abused me'
Welcome to The Daily T Investigates, a new series bringing you the best of The Telegraph’s investigative journalism from the heart of the newsroom.
From Jimmy Savile to Huw Edwards, the BBC has in recent years been associated with a number of high-profile cases of paedophilia. But there have also been other cases of child abuse linked to the BBC, and now the organisation is facing fresh questions about whether it has done enough to protect children by properly vetting people coming into its offices or working on its behalf.
In this special episode of The Daily T hosted by head of investigations Claire Newell, we reveal a previously untold story of child sexual abuse at the hands of someone working for the organisation and expose how the BBC contracted a convicted paedophile as a chauffeur for 30 years. A warning that some listeners may find some of the reporting upsetting.
Read: BBC paid millions to paedophile chauffeur
Reporting: Claire Newell and Daniel Foggo
Producer: Lilian Fawcett
Senior Producer: John Cadigan
Executive Producer: Louisa Wells
Sound Design: Jack Boswell
Script Editor: Venetia Rainey
Studio Operators: Meghan Searle and Andy Watson
Video Editor: Luke Goodsall
Social Media Producer: Ji-Min Lee
Original music by Goss Studio
Some of the documents mentioned in this episode were originally unearthed by blogger Cathy Fox
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