But at least it isn't the staff this time

THE scandal-hit BBC is cracking down on four and six-legged pests as well as the two-legged variety.

- BY MATTHEW DAVIS

As sources revealed on-air staff will be spoken to about expected behaviour, it emerged there have been nearly 50 complaints about vermin and bugs at the BBC's London studios.

The corporation's get-tough approach with staff follows a damning review in the wake of news host Huw Edwards’ suspended jail sentence last year for making indecent images of children.

It has also been rocked by the alleged behaviour of and complaints about MasterChef’s Gregg Wallace, One Show and Match of the Day regular Jermaine Jenas and Strictly’s Giovanni Pernice.