BBC chairman Samir Shah, board member Sir Robbie Gibb and former editorial adviser Michael Prescott are to face questions from MPs on the Culture, Media And Sport Committee.

They will be quizzed about the BBC’s editorial standards guidelines and how the corporation complies during the evidence sessions, which will begin at 3.30pm on Monday.

The committee wrote to the BBC to ask about action being taken after a report by Mr Prescott raised concerns that a Panorama episode included selective editing of a speech made by President Donald Trump before the attack on the US Capitol in 2021.

BBC director-general Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness resigned in the fallout from the report becoming public, while Mr Shah apologised on behalf of the BBC over an “error of judgment” and accepted

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