No more quizzes or contests for the BBC
The British Broadcasting Corp. said Wednesday that it was suspending all phone-in contests and interactive quizzes after an investigation exposed several rigged competitions.
The BBC, which has been battered by revelations about bogus contests and doctored footage, said an internal inquiry found that “a small number of production staff ... have passed themselves off as viewers and listeners.”
The BBC said a review of about a million hours of output had found that since 2005 several high-profile shows, including the Children in Need and Comic Relief charity telethons, had used fictitious contest winners or members of the staff posing as viewers and listeners.
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