BBC deemed Bob Vylan 'high risk' before Glastonbury

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Steven McIntosh

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PA Media Bob Vylan performing on the West Holts Stage, during the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset. Glastonbury Festival has said it is "appalled" by the statements made by Bobby Vylan, of punk duo Bob Vylan, during their set on Saturday PA Media

A live stream of Bob Vylan's set was available to watch on BBC iPlayer for more than four hours

The BBC deemed Bob Vylan "high risk" before their controversial Glastonbury set, director-general Tim Davie has said.

The punk duo led a chant of "death, death to the IDF [Israel Defence Forces]" during their set, which was available to watch via a live stream on iPlayer on Saturday.

Director-general Tim Davie has said the corporation is taking action to "ensure proper accountability" for those found to be responsible for the broadcast.

BBC News understands that a number of staff have been moved off their day-to-day duties from the music and live events team.

In a statement, Davie said he "deeply regrets that such offensive and deplorable behaviour appeared on the BBC and want to apologise to our viewers and listeners and in particular the Jewish community".

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