jonathan shalit, obe professor shalit , no professor jonathan shalit, no less, one of the country's toprs and agents. fascinating stuff. frank boff, do you remember him? what a talent . i tell you talent. well, i can tell you what he up was what he got up to. it was cocaine, and cocaine, prostitutes and irradiator. he was a man of appetites . now, listen. let's appetites. now, listen. let's get response from the bbc, our get a response from the bbc, our national broadcaster . they've national broadcaster. they've said the bbc takes any any allegation seriously. and we have internal processes have robust internal processes in place to proactively deal with such allegations . this is a with such allegations. this is a complex and fast moving set of circumstances. important circumstances. it's important that these matters are handled fairly and with care. well, we'll talk about the future of the bbc very shortly . but next the bbc very shortly. but next up, the pundits as he faces up, with the pundits as he faces by—election wipe—out has rishi sunak mojo or has he sunak lost his mojo or ha

but this hour, we will speak to jonathan shalit, top showbiz agent .s the career of this unnamed star effectively over ? will that person go to over? will that person go to jail? what is the reputational damage to the bbc? the licence fee? so many issues, lots to get through. but in two minutes time i'll be dealing with just stop oil. lots to get through . first, oil. lots to get through. first, the headlines with tatiana sanchez. the headlines with tatiana sanchez . she's . mark. sanchez. she's. mark. >> thank you very much. and good evening. this is the latest from the newsroom . the met police has the newsroom. the met police has confirmed received initial confirmed it's received initial contact from the bbc over claims a male presenter paid a teenager for sexually exploit kit images, but that no formal referral or allegation has been made. it's also said we will require additional information before determining what further action should follow . the young should follow. the young person's mother told the sun she saw a photo of the man in his under

on twitter, the legendary showbiz agent and friend of the show , agent and friend of the show, jonathan shalitmes being speculated and are not the culprits when the name is revealed. all will be surprised. there are valid reasons why it's not been revealed yet. it is not an entertainment or sports presenter, so there are many suggested should not not be sullied in this way. how about that though? covid when the name is revealed, all will be surprised. well it seems like we're in for a bit of a shock, but also, you know, we're obviously seeing this coming hard on the heels of the phillip schofield scandal at itv and we all know, look, power corrupts . all know, look, power corrupts. >> absolute power corrupts absolutely . we're seeing an absolutely. we're seeing an imbalance. the real issue in these things that we've seen is these things that we've seen is these household names, potentially household names, and the influence that they're having, particularly over young people . and it's worrying. it's people. and it's worrying. it's worrying for all of us because we like to trust the people tha

that's professor jonathan shalit, manager. when shalit, the talent manager.i read the evidence of elton john, david furnish, i thought, he's okay. >> he's okay. yeah no, absolutely. was that because absolutely. but was that because the evidence was actually quite compelling, actual compelling, you know, the actual facts the evidence or was it facts of the evidence or was it because it was elton john? because it was sir elton john? >> very popular. make the point. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> the biggest rose rouse in britain. skunk and the universe is to debate. we've been talking about this all morning. we'll get to the bottom of those big dividing points in just a moment i >> -- >> good morning. i'm rory smith in the gb newsroom. a high court judge rules that the duke of sussex can bring a claim of unlawful information gathering to trial against the publisher of the sun, but not a claim of phone hacking. prince harry alleges he was targeted by journalist and private investigators working for the news group. newspapers the sun publisher says the judge'