UK- The BBC reveals the amount of money spent on Jimmy Savile related inquiries - admitting it let down itself and licence fee payers.

Three reviews set up by the BBC in the wake of the Jimmy Savile sex scandal have so far cost licence fee payers almost £5m, the corporation's annual report has revealed.

One of the inquiries - the Pollard Review - which looked into whether the trust's management team failed in its handling of a Newsnight investigation into the Savile allegations, cost £2.8m (inclusive of VAT).

Including the two other reviews set up after the Savile controversy - 'Respect at Work' and 'Culture and Practices' - the total cost to March 2013 came to £4.9m.

But the eventual cost will be higher because the review into culture and practices at the BBC is still being conducted by former High Court judge Dame Janet Smith.

An extra strand of her investigation is under way in light of the conduct of former BBC presenter Stuart Hall, who was recently jailed after admitting the indecent assault of girls as young as nine.

Her final report is expected to be published later this year.