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BBC to air controversial Panorama investigation into Comic Relief : 

. Director general and head of news intervened over report on charities' investment policies, which was postponed in October

. A controversial BBC Panorama investigation into charities including Comic Relief is set to be broadcast in early December following interventions by the corporation's director general and director of news.

. The programme, which was at the centre of a row that drew in BBC director general Tony Hall in October after it was postponed, is expected to air on Tuesday 10 December.

. The Panorama charities documentary could have caused embarrassment for the BBC if it had aired in the run-up to Children in Need, which took place this year on 15 November, and had a negative impact on its fundraising activities.

. The documentary reportedly examines how Comic Relief allegedly invested £150m of funds it had raised for up to eight years, before passing the money on to other causes. 

. me of the money is alleged to have been invested in tobacco firms and an arms company.

. The BBC broadcasts Day and  the Red NoseSport Relief telethons. Danny Cohen, the BBC director of TV, and Tim Davie, the chief executive of commercial arm BBC Worldwide, are Comic Relief trustees and have had to recuse themselves from any senior management discussions about the Panorama documentary.

MY OPINION : 

. This is a great opportunity for BBC to become more popular.