{"id":18596,"date":"2025-07-23T19:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/18596\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T19:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:33:09","slug":"bbc-to-air-latest-masterchef-uk-series-featuring-gregg-wallace-john-torode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/18596\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC to air latest Masterchef UK series featuring Gregg Wallace, John Torode"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BBC has decided to broadcast the latest season of Masterchef UK, despite it featuring sacked hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode.<\/p>\n

In a statement, a spokesperson for the broadcaster said it had made the decision to air the latest series on its flagship channel and streaming platform “after careful consideration and consultation with the contestants”.<\/p>\n

“This has not been an easy decision in the circumstances and we appreciate not everyone will agree with it.”<\/p>\n

Mr Wallace and MrTorode, who had presented the show since 2005, were sacked after a review into complaints made against Mr Wallace.<\/p>\n

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The BBC is once again facing questions about how it handles misconduct cases within the organisation. (Reuters: Luke MacGregor)<\/p>\n

The report upheld 45 of the 83 complaints against Mr Wallace, including that he had used inappropriate sexual language and humour, had been in a state of undress, and in one instance had made unwelcome physical contact.<\/p>\n

While he apologised for “inappropriate” humour and language, the prominent British television personality also said he had been cleared of the “the serious allegations” against him.<\/p>\n

The report also upheld a complaint against Mr Torode that he had made a racist comment while working on the program seven years ago.<\/p>\n

Mr Torode said he had “absolutely no recollection” of making the comment and added that he did “not believe it that it happened”.<\/p>\n

Decision ‘in no way diminishes’ findings<\/p>\n

The Masterchef saga has reignited debate around the BBC’s handling of misconduct cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In its statement on Wednesday local time, the public broadcaster’s spokesperson added that “broadcasting this series is the right thing to do” for the contestants.<\/p>\n

“We want them to be properly recognised and give the audience the choice to watch the series.”<\/p>\n

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The report, commissioned by Masterchef’s production company, substaniated 45 of the 83 complaints against Gregg Wallace. (AP: Yui Mok \/ PA)<\/p>\n

It added that no decision had been made on whether to air a Christmas special and celebrity series which were filmed earlier this year.<\/p>\n

“In showing the series, which was filmed last year, it in no way diminishes our view of the seriousness of the upheld findings against both presenters,” the BBC spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

“We have been very clear on the standards of behaviour that we expect of those who work at the BBC or on shows made for the BBC.”<\/p>\n

The amateur series will air from August 6 on the BBC’s primary domestic channel, BBC One, as well as its iPlayer service.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost importantly MasterChef is a brilliant, much-loved program which is bigger than any one individual,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

“There are many talented, dedicated and hard-working people who make the show what it is. It will continue to flourish on the BBC and we look forward to it returning stronger than ever in the future.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has decided to broadcast the latest season of Masterchef UK, despite it featuring sacked hosts Gregg…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[243,5254,96,646,11900,1782,647,11899,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-18596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-one","tag-entertainment","tag-gregg-wallace","tag-iplayer","tag-john-torode","tag-masterchef","tag-sacked","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}