BBC axes RuPaul's Drag Race UK and Live at the Apollo as the £500m cost-cutting cull spreads to shows
Ben Henley-Washford presenting The Catch Up, the short-form bulletin launched in 2022 to win back 16- to 24-year-olds, which the BBC is now axing as it hunts £500m of savings by 2028.
Celebrity Mastermind is also on the chopping block, alongside The Catch Up, a nightly news bulletin aimed at 16 to 24-year-olds. On Tuesday, presenter Ben Henley-Washford reported BBC Three's closure on air without mentioning his own programme was finished. The BBC says licence fee income has dropped by a quarter in a decade. It must find £500m in savings by 2028.
Director-General Matt Brittin admitted the cuts mean 'tough choices'.
Bectu's Phillipa Childs warned of 'irreparable damage' to the BBC and staff morale.
Debate Night host Stephen Jardine defended axing the BBC Scotland channel.
