His audience on this occasion, however, was a courtroom.

The BBCs board has pledged to examine potential power imbalances that exist within its workforce.

This has not gone unnoticed among insiders.

Huw Edwards

Huw EdwardsGetty

It is completely rife.

Not just sexual harassment, but bullying and bad behavior, said a BBC employee close to complaints processes.

Elements of Roses findings read as if they could have been written yesterday.

Hannah Fry

Again, this finding has repeatedly reared its head in recent staff surveys.

Misconduct exists in virtually all big workforces and the BBC does think harder about these issues than most.