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BBC programmes cancelled as staff strike
BBC journalists and other employees began a 24-hour strike over job cuts yesterday which seriously disrupted live programming on television and radio. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) and two other unions representing technical workers were striking to protest plans by BBC Director General Mark Thompson to cut about 20 percent of its workforce, or about 4,000 jobs. BBC One’s Breakfast programme was running with a basic service and one presenter.
Its flagship “Today” programme on Radio 4 was replaced by a pre-recorded programme on music and BBC 2’s“Newsnight” was expected to be cancelled later yesterday. BBC News 24 and BBC World switched to recorded news bulletins after midnight although they later resumed some live news broadcasting. The NUJ said staff for the foreign language service of the World Service had also joined the picket line.
The broadcaster said it regretted the strike action and would do everything it could to produce the best possible service. “Industrial action will not remove the need for further consultation or the need for the BBC to implement changes which will enable us to put more money into improved programmes and services,” it said in a statement.
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