it's asma mir.georgia harding in the front, on the front of the sunday telegraph. so my question is, why is it the women speaking out? why don't the men come forward as well? and i think that's a question we need to ask men in the building. it is about the power structure in big companies. if you are a junior member of staff, on a three week or three month contract dealing with a broadcasting behemoth of 20 years standing, there is a power imbalance, and we could say that the broadcasting behemoth can be innocent. we are not saying at the moment there has been a verdict about this, we are just saying it's difficult to come forward if you are a junior member of staff and that is well documented. and one of the reasons, asma mir said, she sent her email at the time that she did is because she she didn't, as she put it, she didn't want in the future someone to be saying, well, why did no one speak up about this? like she's seen it happen before? people feel afraid or have multiple reasons for not speak

asma mir wrote an email to bbc bosses in 2017 alerting them - to what was going on.about the allegations - being made by, quote, i a handful of middle—class women of a certain age. i mean, i'm slightly speechless hearing that, to be honest, - but it is true that it's the - women speaking up, isn't it? it's asma mir, it's - kirsty wark, producer georgia harding in the front, on the front of the sunday i telegraph. so my question is, why is it the women speaking out? i why don't the men - come forward as well? and i think that's- a question we need to ask men in the building. it is about the power structure in big companies. if you are a junior member of staff, on a three—week or three—month contract dealing with a broadcasting behemoth of 20 years standing, there is a power imbalance, and we could say that the broadcasting behemoth can be innocent. we are not saying at the moment there has been a verdict about this, we are just saying it's difficult to come forward if you are a junior member of staff and that is well documented. and one of the reasons, asma mir said,