Mr Entwistle was accused on Panorama of misleading the public about his role in the scandal by playing down what he knew about the Savile programme before it was dropped late last year. One of the emails sent by Ms MacKean that did feature on Panorama made it clear Mr Rippon felt his superiors were not happy with his programme’s investigation. That email, also dated Nov 30, was sent as Mr Rippon had doubt whether the investigation should be broadcast.