The BBC’s director general has said the corporation is not trying to “game a number” on the amount of production spending in Scotland, as he was quizzed by MSPs about the hit show The Traitors.

Tim Davie said the BBC has a “great story” to tell in increasing its production spending north of the border, with 99.6% of Scottish licence fee income now spent in Scotland – up from 77% two years ...

Mr Davie spoke to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture Committee on Thursday, alongside BBC Scotland director Hayley Valentine and finance director Rhona Burns. Labour MSP Neil Bibby asked Mr Davie ...

Tim Davie’s comments came as he was pushed on the BBC’s commissioning criteria by MSPs on Holyrood’s Culture Committee on Thursday morning. It follows an intervention from director Peter Strachan, a ...

BBC Director General Tim Davie has told MSPs he wants more Scots working on hit show The Traitors. The corporation counts the Claudia Winkelman fronted reality show as Scottish as part of its ...