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🗓️ 14 July 2025
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The self-styled "cheeky greengrocer" and MasterChef host has been sacked by the BBC after an inquiry substantiated dozens of complaints. So how did we get here and why is the BBC in this position again?
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Guest: Alex Farber, Media Correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producer: Olivia Case.
Further reading: Gregg Wallace: I never set out to harm or humiliate.
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0:00.0 | Fancy a fever tree and vodka. |
0:03.8 | Yes, vodka, not gin. |
0:06.7 | Because this is fever tree Mexican lime soda. |
0:10.0 | Yes, soda, not tonic. |
0:13.0 | With Mexican lime and Japanese yuzu for a zesty, refreshing lime soda that's just sweet enough. |
0:19.6 | Delicious with vodka or on its own. Fever tree, Mexican lime soda that's just sweet enough. Delicious with vodka or on its own. |
0:23.1 | Fever Tree Mexican lime soda mix with the best. |
0:27.7 | Hmm, now that hits the spot. |
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1:03.7 | From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story. I'm Manvine Rana. |
1:13.1 | Looking back, perhaps none of this should have come as a huge surprise. |
1:18.4 | After all, Greg Wallace is a man who's built a career on being inappropriate. |
1:25.3 | Left to my own devices, I'll probably munch the living daylights out of your little tart. |
1:29.9 | Very, very nice. |
1:31.0 | Excuse me? |
1:33.8 | But when his brash, cheeky-chappy on-screen persona was eclipsed by a torrent of allegations about his behaviour off- air, the BBC finally had to act. |
1:47.6 | It's the system. Certain people are indulged for decades, and we're just getting to grips with it now. |
1:54.7 | And I think that's unacceptable. You know, I've worked at the BBC for 20 years. This is not good enough. It's just not good enough. |
2:02.1 | Now, a damning new report has upheld 45 complaints against Greg Wallace over a 19-year period, |
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