Jimmy Savile scandal: BBC's George Entwistle faces MPs - live 11.27 Telegraph TV has this video of Entwistle saying the Savile allegations are a "very grave matter indeed": 11.23 David Jordan says he was not aware there was a dispute between Newsnight journalists and its editor, which is why he continued to sell the Rippon line in interviews. 11.19 Entwistle says he "he had to keep in mind" the possibility that Rippon's version of events were accurate - hence the delay in correcting the Newsnight editor's blog. 11.15 Ben Bradshaw asks whether the decision to drop the Panorama programme a "catastrophic mistake." Entwistle says it should have been allowed to go ahead. There was a "breakdown of communication" between the journalists working on the programme, and the news managers such as Peter Rippon, he says. 11.14 Entwistle: "We've asked a QC to come and work with us to look at our handling of sexual harassment charges, and to work with me to make sure that our culture is everything it should be." 11.11 Was the BBC "willfully blind," Entwistle is asked. "I'd be concerned about any allegation of improper behaviour in respect of the people who find themselves the subject of this review," he says. 11.04 Entwistle is asked why the Beeb only introduced an age restriction on Top of the Pops in the 70s. He says he can't, through documentation, identify the reason the age was changed from 15 to 16 in 1971. George Entwistle at the Select Committee 11.01 The Telegraph's Chief Reporter, Gordon Rayner: 10.57 Davie calls Entwistle's inability to answer his questions on the current state of sexual abuse at the BBC "lamentable." 10.54 The BBC are looking at between 5 and 10 serious allegations of abuse dating from the Savile period. 10.53 More from Rosa Prince: Astonishing that Entwistle is following BBC presenters on 5Live and Today in recent days in patting themselves on the back over last night's Panorama programme. He said no other media organisation would have engaged in such an investigation. Simply not true, and the fact that Panorama investigated the Newsnight report is the minimum the Beeb could do. It certainly doesn't, as Entwistle says, prove the health of BBC journalism. That went out of the window when Newsnight disregarded its own journalists' pleas to broadcast what they knew about Savile's abuse. 10.50 Entwistle's now being grilled about why he hasn't looked into how many complaints of sexual abuse have been made over the past years. Philip Davie MP seems incredulous that Entwistle has not asked exactly how many complaints have been made. "Can I suggest that that is unacceptable," he asks. After a confident opening, Entwistle now appears to be on the ropes. 10.47 Asked about the Corporation's actions at the time Savile was presenting, the director general says he is convinced there was a "problem of culture within the BBC. I don't believe someone like Jimmy Savile could do what he did without there being a broader problem of culture. He says he does not have enough evidence to say whether sexual abuse was "endemic." 10.46 It's a good time to bury bad news, points out Rosa Prince. We've already had the cancellation of the badger cull; what else will the Government sneak out under thecover of George Enwistle's appearance at the CMS Committee? 10.42 Asked about yesterday's correction to Peter Rippon's Newsnight blog, Entwistle says "it is a matter of regret and embarrassment" that the blog "did not turn out to be as accurate as they should have been," but also that the Beeb were "absolutely right" to make the changes. 10.40 Entwistle says the first thing he did when the scale of the allegations become clear was to make contact with the police. The police asked him not to rush into setting up an internal inquiry, so as to not tresspass on their own investigation. 10.38 Entwistle is asked if this is the worst crisis in the BBC's history. He slightly dodges the question: "There's no question in my mind that this is a grave matter indeed. The BBC recognises that gravity. 10.38 Questions begin. 10.37 Christopher Hope reports from the scene: Expectant air outside the Thatcher Room for the grilling of BBC director general George Entwistle. Police in blue plastic gloves and Commons staff are double searching members of the public (once downstairs at entrance to Portcullis House and once on the corridor), perhaps worried after Rupert Murdoch as given a foam pie by a demonstrator last summer, the last comparable hearing at a select committee. Starts in two minutes. 10.32 Entwistle's appearance is creating quite the media stir, tweets Paul Waugh of Politicshome.com: 10.25 It's now been confirmed that David Jordan will be questioned by the committee today. David Jordan, the BBC's head of editorial policy. 10.24 Entwistle is due in front of the committee at 10.30. If you refresh this page now, a live stream of his appearance will show at the top of the page. 10.08 David Mellor says "categorically" that Entwistle's job is on the line today. "Wounded creatures are there, and teeth are being sharpened for the kill," he says. 10.02 Here's BBC director of news Helen Boaden arriving for work this morning and denying that the BBC is in crisis: 09.52 George Entwistle has left 4 Millbank for Westminster... in a car. 09.46 The BBC's head of editorial policy David Jordan is also likely to appear in front of the Committee, BBC News are saying. 09.45 John Whittingdale, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, has this morning said the BBC's handling of the Savile revelations raises some "very big questions." Asked how the questions at the Select Committee would overlap or differ from the BBC's own investigation, he said: "There are some issues which we'll want to raise with the Director-General which are not covered by the inquiry, particularly the way in which the BBC have dealt with all of these matters - the handling of them over the past few weeks and also about George Entwistle's own knowledge - those are not part of the investigation." 09.30 This will be a "very big moment" for George Entwistle, says Norman Smith on BBC News. He thinks it's "curious to see BBC programmes reporting on BBC programmes," but says "it is, at heart, an issue of trust." Smith says the BBC must report on the story as it would any other story - if viewers don't trust the BBC, it ultimately raises license fee questions. The questioning comes a day after Newsnight Editor Peter Rippon stepped aside while an independent investigation into the scandal takes place.