Overview

• The BBC terminated Wallace’s role on MasterChef and imposed a ban on future assignments after more than 50 individuals reported fresh claims of groping, exposure and inappropriate comments.
• Banijay UK’s independent six-month investigation by law firm Lewis Silkin cleared Wallace of the most serious accusations but found instances of coarse language and conduct between 2005 and 2018.
• Wallace insists he has been exonerated of sensationalised allegations, apologises for any inappropriate language and highlights his formal autism diagnosis as having been ignored.
• A dismissal letter cited learned behaviour, insufficient confidence in his ability to change and the BBC’s duty of care to colleagues and contributors as reasons for the ban.
• The full 200-page Silkin report remains unpublished, with the Corporation set to release only a concise executive summary later this week.