The BBC has censored some of the evidence given by its chairman during the inquiry into the corporation’s handling of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Transcripts of testimony from Lord Patten of Barnes, chairman of the BBC Trust, and 18 other corporation journalists, presenters and executives are due to be published by the BBC today.
However, hundreds of lines of the most explosive comments have been redacted by the BBC, including criticisms that Jeremy Paxman made of senior BBC management.
The BBC is expected to argue that changes were necessary because what was said was potentially defamatory. But some BBC staff