Live updates as S4C releases full Capital Law report into bosses' behaviour

A report released today into the working environment and atmosphere at S4C paints a dire picture of the culture and mood within the Welsh language broadcaster. The report, by the firm Capital Law, says "the overriding theme of the evidence we received was centred around the behaviours and actions of S4C’s chief executive officer, Sian Doyle, and (but to alesser extent) the chief content officer, Llinos Griffin-Williams, how they went about their work and how it unsettled the organisation".

The law firm says that as it compiled the report "the welfare of some of the participants became a concern" and says "10 of the participants broke down crying, mostly while discussing their experiences in the S4C workplace". It says: "Sian Doyle and her behaviour was a prominent theme brought up again and again."

The report says it heard "numerous reports of the chief executive being rude or disparaging about colleagues in internal meetings or in public". Among them were "disparaging comments about S4C programmes and their presenters", including "in one example, in relation to a specific programme, the chief executive was reported as saying 'Who the fuck are [redacted]? Who is watching this rubbish?'"

Releasing the report, the S4C Authority said: "We would like to say sorry to those who have had to tolerate unacceptable behaviours in the workplace and for the upset that this has caused. We would like to thank you for your openness and honesty in sharing your experiences, enabling the failings highlighted in today’s report to be identified."

The report was asked for back in May by S4C chairman Rhodri Williams after the union BECTU raised concerns that members were expressing concern about the working environment. It is understood the report