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BBC trust and the 2014 referendum

Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins discuss what led to BBC director-general Tim Davie’s resignation.

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Tim Davie (pictured) has resigned as director-general of the BBC after a leaked memo criticised a Panorama programme about US President Donald Trump.

We ask the corporation’s former political editor Brian Taylor and Liz Lloyd, a former adviser to Nicola Sturgeon, whether perceptions of the BBC here are linked to its coverage of the 2014 independence referendum.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.

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