Selina Scott has claimed that she experienced sexual harassment while working as a presenter on BBC Breakfast in the Eighties.
Scott, who was one of the first co-hosts of BBC Breakfast Time in 1983, explained why she declined to be a guest on the BBC Breakfast show this week as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations.
She said it would be “dishonest” to appear on the show following her experiences on the show, which she claimed included being forced to deal with being kissed by co-presenter Frank Bough.
Scott also spoke about feeling forced to kiss Jimmy Savile when he appeared on the show as a guest, and said she felt women were placed on air for “decoration”.
The presenter told Daily Mail on Friday (20 January) that she was warned about the “snake-pit atmosphere” of the broadcasting house before she began her role.
“Boy, were they right,” she wrote, alleging that...
Scott, who was one of the first co-hosts of BBC Breakfast Time in 1983, explained why she declined to be a guest on the BBC Breakfast show this week as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations.
She said it would be “dishonest” to appear on the show following her experiences on the show, which she claimed included being forced to deal with being kissed by co-presenter Frank Bough.
Scott also spoke about feeling forced to kiss Jimmy Savile when he appeared on the show as a guest, and said she felt women were placed on air for “decoration”.
The presenter told Daily Mail on Friday (20 January) that she was warned about the “snake-pit atmosphere” of the broadcasting house before she began her role.
“Boy, were they right,” she wrote, alleging that...
- 1/20/2023
- by Ellie Muir
- The Independent - TV
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As it’s still morning, and I’m struggling to type words that will make me any money, here’s a nice YouTube distraction. From 1983, an interview with Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton about Doctor Who‘s 20th anniversary on BBC One’s first breakfast TV show, Breakfast Time, with Frank Bough and an extremely flirtatious Selina Scott. Despite...
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As it’s still morning, and I’m struggling to type words that will make me any money, here’s a nice YouTube distraction. From 1983, an interview with Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton about Doctor Who‘s 20th anniversary on BBC One’s first breakfast TV show, Breakfast Time, with Frank Bough and an extremely flirtatious Selina Scott. Despite...
The post Archive Interview: Peter Davison & Patrick Troughton On Breakfast TV, 1983 appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 1/16/2015
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
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