It has emerged the head of BBC Northern Ireland had a role in the Newsnight programme that wrongly implicated a senior Conservative politician in a child abuse scandal.
Peter Johnston, the director of BBC NI, had some involvement with the programme prior to it being broadcast.
It is not yet known exactly what that involvement was. He is on the BBC's management board at national level.
The 46-year-old from Ballymena has a background in marketing.
His previous employers included Shell and Coopers & Lybrand.
He joined BBC Northern Ireland in 1994 and rose quickly through the ranks to become Head of Programmes, before being appointed to the job of controller - or director as it is now called.
He has been director for six years and is in charge of 650 staff. He is on a salary of about £150,000.
The BBC press office has said Mr Johnston is not available for interview at the moment.
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