BBC radio and TV news programmes were badly affected by a 24-hour walkout by journalists in a row over compulsory job losses.
The flagship Radio 4 Today programme was replaced with pre-recorded features, while national and regional TV new bulletins were hit.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said the walkout was being strongly supported by its members, who mounted picket lines outside BBC offices and studios, including their main Yorkshire base in Leeds.
The BBC said it was “disappointed” with the industrial action, adding that it would not alter the fact that it has to make “significant” savings.
Foreign correspondents and news readers who are NUJ members joined the stoppage, which led to a number of national radio news bulletins being cancelled, including Today, the World at One and the World Tonight.
The corporation said there would be a 30-minute lunchtime bulletin on BBC 1, but no regional news at 1.30pm.
Michelle Stanistreet, NUJ general secretary, said: “NUJ members across the BBC are taking action to defend jobs and quality journalism at the corporation. They are angry and frustrated at the poor decisions being taken at the top of the BBC – decisions that are leading to journalists being forced out of their jobs and quality journalism and programming compromised.”
Richard Edwards, from the NUJ’s Leeds branch, added: “NUJ members and supporters at BBC radio Leeds and Look North have shown superb solidarity. This is a fight for our colleagues’ jobs, a clear signal to the BBC that the union won’t stand by and let its managers put people out of work.”
The NUJ said its members across the BBC – in Scotland, in BBC South, the Asian Network, Newsbeat, Five Live, the World Service and English Regions –were at risk of compulsory redundancy.
A BBC spokesman said: “We understand how frustrating and difficult situations involving redundancies can be, but it is disappointing the NUJ have chosen to take this action.
“We are working hard to ensure that we succeed in getting staff redeployed wherever we can and will continue to work with the unions to ensure that their members receive the right redeployment support.”
The BBC is cutting around 2,000 jobs, with 153 compulsory redundancies so far.
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