BBC is on ‘final warning' after being rocked by a triple whammy of scandals
The public-funded broadcaster faces tougher regulation by MPs unless it turns itself around, The Sun on Sunday understands.
The Beeb is in crisis after Masterchef presenters Greg Wallace and John Torode were sacked over allegations of inappropriate and racist language.
It is also facing massive questions over its Glastonbury coverage, which streamed crowds chanting 'Death of the IDF" led by punk duo Bob Vylan.
And earlier this week, the BBC was found to have breached its own guidelines by airing a Gaza documentary narrated by the son of a Hamas official.
Hamas is a banned terror group in Britain.
But despite this, BBC head of news Deborah Turness sparked fresh fury by telling staff the Hamas government of Gaza is 'different' to its military wing - who slaughtered Jews in the October 7 terror attack.
A government source said: 'This is the BBC's final warning. The public expects better - and so do we.
'When you are funded by taxpayers' hard-earned cash, there's no excuse for these kinds of failures.
'The BBC needs to get a grip or risk losing trust for good.'
Bosses at the BBC are being hauled into parliament to be quizzed by MPs on the scandals after the summer.
The government is currently undertaking a full warts and all review of the BBC's Charter - which sets out how it will be funded and how it answers to the government.
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It is considering giving ministers more powers to hold BBC execs to account.
Ian Austin - a former Labour MP who now sits as a peer - today blasts the BBC over the shameful failures.
Writing in The Sun on Sunday, he said: 'I spent decades defending the BBC. Not any more.
'It has gone from the world's best broadcaster to a national embarrassment.
'That is why even long-time supporters like me are beginning to ask why we should have to pay for it.
'You might as well replace BBC bosses with the cast of the Muppet Show.'
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