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The BBC suspended all competitions on Wednesday as topper Mark Thompson admitted that more "serious editorial breaches," had emerged following regulator Ofcom's imposition last week of a $100,000 fine for faking a phone-in quiz winner on kids' skein "Blue Peter."

An internal review has revealed that phone-ins on BBC1's "Sports Relief" in July 2006, "Comic Relief" in March 2007, "Children in Need" on BBC Scotland in November 2005, "The Liz Kershaw Show" on BBC6 Music and CBBC program "TMi" all failed to meet editorial standards.

The fact that some of the fakery involves charity phone-ins is especially embarrassing for the BBC.

Several editorial…

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