B.B.C. staff accused
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—-Copyright) LONDON, March 25. Scotland Yard began an inquire today into an alleged “Sex-for-a-song” scandal in which producers and disc jockeys employed by the British Broadcasting Corporation have been-accused of taking bribes in return for playing certain records. A police team headed by Detective Chief - Inspector Richard Booker will interview 8.8. C. executives, broadcasters, and the recording industry’s song-pluggers and promotion Executives. The police are understood to have been called in after the Director of Public Prosecutions had received a letter from a former 8.8. C. producer named in an article in a popular Sunday newspaper. The bribes, according to the paper, included free Continental holidays, money, and “rave-up sex parties with hostesses provided.” The 8.8. C. is holding its own Inquiry, with an independent chairman, Mr Brian Neill, an expert on libel law. A Government inquiry Has also been urged by a Conservative member of Parliament.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32566, 27 March 1971, Page 4
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