Ex-UK official: BBC chief must take action

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00:00OK, so you're saying they should have stopped their live stream.

00:03And of course, there have been lots of complaints over this coverage of that event.

00:09The media watchdog Ofcom in the UK says it's very concerned.

00:12It says that the BBC has questions to answer.

00:14Do you think heads should be rolling at the BBC?

00:18I think you've got to, they have got to ask, Tim Davie, the Director General,

00:24has got to ask his team how on earth this was able to happen.

00:32And if he is not satisfied and ultimately cannot satisfy Ofcom and others,

00:38that there is proper systems and proper levels of judgment in place,

00:43then yes, people are clearly going to have to go.

00:45And I have to say that this falls squarely in the lap of the Director General himself.

00:52And eyes are on him now to show that he can get a grip of this crisis.

00:58And if he doesn't, then he is going to face calls to step down himself.