Tim Davie has resigned as the director general of the following criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump.
Deborah Turness, the corporation’s head of News, has also stepped down from her role over the issue.
Davie had held the top job for five years, but had recently faced increasing pressure over a series of missteps and allegations of bias.
The Telegraph published details of a leaked internal memo on Monday that suggested the Panorama programme edited two parts of Trump’s speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.