A statement from BBC Chair Samir Shah regarding Bob Vylan’s live appearance at Glastonbury on the BBC

“I’d like first of all to apologise to all our viewers and listeners and particularly the Jewish community for allowing the “artist” Bob Vylan to express unconscionable antisemitic views live on the BBC.

“This was unquestionably an error of judgement. I was very pleased to note that as soon as this came to the notice of Tim Davie - who was on the Glastonbury site at the time visiting BBC staff - he took immediate action and instructed the team to withdraw the performance from on demand coverage.

“The BBC Board met on Tuesday to hear what actions will now be taken. The Executive have agreed to put in place a set of strengthened editorial practices and policies for live music programming. These will be important measures to safeguard future live broadcasts from a failure such as this.

“I am satisfied that the Executive is initiating a process to ensure proper accountability for those found to be responsible for the failings in this incident. While it is important that the process is carried out fairly and correctly, it is equally important that the Executive takes decisive action.

“The Board fully supports the Director-General and the swift actions taken by him and his team to identify these errors and address them.”