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Neil Pooran

BBC not ‘gaming number’ on Scottish spending, says Davie amid Traitors questions

The Traitors, hosted by Claudia Winkleman, is set in a Scottish castle (Cody Burridge/BBC/Studio Lambert/PA) - (PA Media)

The BBC’s director general has said the corporation is not trying to “game a number” on the amount of production spending in Scotland, as he was quizzed by MSPs about the hit show The Traitors.

Tim Davie said the BBC has a “great story” to tell in increasing its production spending north of the border, with 99.6% of Scottish licence fee income now spent in Scotland – up from 77% two years previously.

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