The BBC have employed prestigious management consultancy McKinsey in order to identify cost-savings measures.

The move has attracted criticism from some within the BBC however with Robert Oxley, spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Alliance, saying: “The BBC can’t become reliant on costly consultants. Extensive use of them represents poor value for the licence fee.”

A BBC spokesman commented: “As specialists in analysing how large businesses operate, McKinsey are providing the BBC team with training in business analysis techniques together with project management skills so we can bring this in-house.”