You don't have an understanding of what's appropriate

BBC LETTER TO WALLACE:

- BY NICOLA METHVEN TV Editor and MARK JEFFERIES Showbiz Editor

GREGG Wallace struggles to grasp the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour in the workplace, BBC bosses claim.

And in a letter sacking him from his MasterChef job, the corporation insisted he is unlikely to change amid accusations that include groping, flashing and making sexual comments that go back years.

While the 60-year-old has admitted using inappropriate language at times, he denies the more serious allegations and has now hired an “aggressive” lawyer who may challenge his axing.

In the letter from the BBC to Wallace, extracts of which have been seen by the Mirror, compliance boss Claire Powell refers to the findings of a law firm's probe into his behaviour - which are yet to be released.

She said: “I do not have the confidence that you can change what seems to be learned behaviour for you to make what you perceive to be jokes in the work environment, without understanding the boundaries of what is appropriate.