Channel 4 chief: Tories tried to alter annual report to fit privatisation policy

Culture secretary Nadine Dorries claimed that the Channel 4 show Tower Block of Commons used paid actors to play supposedly real people. Photograph: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Rex/Shutterstock

The government tried to intervene to alter the wording of Channel 4’s annual report to fit its privatisation plans, according to the broadcaster’s chief executive.

Alex Mahon also told a committee of MPs on Tuesday that the broadcaster’s investigation into the culture secretary, Nadine Dorries’, claims that a 2010 Channel 4 reality show she appeared on used paid actors has found no evidence of fakery.