Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has revealed that she was bullied by a female colleague while working in Scotland.
Wark, 68, originally from Dumfries, said that the pair settled their differences after the woman apologised to her three years later.
She told the Radio Times: “Three years later we met and she apologised. It was a woman.
“Maybe when there were only one or two of us around, there may have been a slight concern about young women coming up behind.”
Wark made the comments when asked about the BBC’s decision to axe a Newsnight investigation into abuse allegations against disgraced presenter Jimmy Savile in 2011.
She said: “Of course it was upsetting. It wasn't Newsnight's fault, but did the BBC do the best it can do? Sometimes that's lacking. You've just got to hope that in time we catch these things. What I cannot stand is bullying.”
The BBC announced earlier this month that Wark will step down as lead presenter of Newsnight after the next election.
The corporation said she will continue to present BBC shows including The Reunion, Start The Week on Radio 4, as well as documentaries.
Wark is the longest-serving presenter on the show, according to the BBC, having started in 1993.
Wark conducted an interview with Lord Macpherson following his inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and in America interviewed victims of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro.
She also reported and presented from Scotland after the 1996 Dunblane massacre, when gunman Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 children and their teacher in the village primary school before turning the gun on himself.
