The BBC has tried to persuade us that these were isolated incidences. It is now clear that they are not, and truth has been overtaken by the desire getting the stories and ratings by any means. This applies to such competitions, the making of documentaries and is consistent with its distorted and biased reporting of such more important issues such as the Iraq war in which self-serving journalists parade their political agendas, mostly anti-American.

The BBC has to do much to restore its credibility. Let's see if it does.

William Carey, Schoten, Belgium

It's not just about who pays the fines but are the police investigating the possibility of the commission of any criminal offences?

Rod Pitham, Solihull,

You pay for the fine. I do. We all bloody do. Thank you very much, BBC.

Jeremy Drake, Norwich,

I cannot believe that the BBC board are treating this serious matter so lightly.
FRAUD = "deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit"

Some key BBC staff have DELIBERATELY chosen to cheat the public - the very people who pay for their salaries through TV Licence fees. Furthermore they have undermined highly reputable causes such as Children In Need , Comic Relief, etc.

The BBC was unrelenting in their witch hunt of Tony Blair over honesty. Ironically it now finds itself in the glare of the media spotlight over the same issue. I therefore trust it will apply the same level of scrutiny , to internally route out those perpetrators of (lets not mince words) FRAUD !

Andrew Lee, Camberley,

And they've increased our licence fee?

Howard Broadwell, Nottingham, UK

Mark Thompson, interviewed by Jon Snow tonight on channel 4 news had difficulty in stringing together grammatical sentences;
is this the man really the head of the Beeb, the once respected broadcaster?
Time to sweep out the Augian stables and rid us of this biased broadcasting outfit, for which we are forced to pay a 'licence fee'
which is past its sell by date

John, Clitheroe,

The fines should be in the form of a rebate to viewers. This is the only fair way. They have broken an implicit contract of trust with us and we deserve a rebate.

Sarah, Colchester, UK

It's pure THEFT NO SPIN NEEDED ON " MISTAKES" its was pure theft and I as as a licence payer DEMAND a police investigation.

John, Essex , UK

We need to consider this in perspective. 99.8% of what the mainstream BBC does is good value for money (License fee). The management team must be held accountable and disiplinary action must be taken against the people responsible for poor management controls.

Steve, Chesterfield, UK

End of trust for BBC.... it will take a long time before the public trust the BBC again, with this disgraceful exhibition of blatant cheating and lying. It would seem that wholesale sackings would not be enough to ensure that this does not happen again...oops there's that phrase again, and everything seems to happen again these days. Not good enough..!

Dave, Newcastle,

Who do you think? The licence paying mugs of course!

Greg Banner, Derby, Derbyshire

Who pays for the fines?

Brian Charles Seals, Scarborough, Nth Yorks, England

It's time the license fee and the BBC were scrubbed, it's just a jobs for the boys and girls scheme, most of the progs are now rubbish. I never used to watch anything else at one time now I hardly do. I surely cannot be the only one who feels the same, maybe I have changed .
We need a referendum or Gallop poll on the need to have the BBC.

Dave Madley, Alicante, Spain