£45,000 Merlin party

The BBC spent £45,000 of licence payers' money for a party at London's Oxo Tower to promote a children's TV series called Merlin.

David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party, has signalled it is time to end the excesses at the BBC.

Roly Keating, controller of BBC Two, will leave the channel

BBC boss Mark Thompson has appointed an ex-Pepsi salesman, Tim Davie, as Director of BBC Audio & Music.

Well - will the BBC appoint Stephanie Flanders as their next economics editor?

Tony Blair becomes a Catholic

Evan Davis is to became a full-time presenter on Radio 4's Today programme. He replaces Carolyn Quinn, who is leaving the show.

More strikes are threatened at the BBC as staff are told that 1,800 will face redundancy and 700 will be redeployed into other jobs.

Phone-in contests also suspended

In a shock move this evening, Michael Grade has quit the BBC to become executive chairman of ITV. Sir Peter Burt will quit as ITV's chairman to make way for him.

ITV has been rudderless since August when CEO Charles Allen left after news that ratings at ITV1 had continued to decline.