The presenter Martine Croxall - alongside Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh - accused the broadcaster of conducting a "sham recruitment exercise" after they lost their jobs when the BBC merged its domestic and global news channels last year.
The women, aged between 48 and 55, said they had been discriminated against because of their sex, age and union membership. The four said they had been victimised and suffered harassment, ill-health and reputational damage for bringing their claims, which had resulted in them being off air for more than a year. The BBC has denied the claims.
The women said evidence from a whistleblower would show the BBC "rigged" the process of recruiting chief presenters for the new BBC News channel in January 2023 and they were "set up to fail in the jobs process".
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