Asbestos found on Fame Academy set
The multi-million-pound television company behind Big Brother has admitted failing to protect employees from asbestos during the filming of reality show Fame Academy.
Endemol UK plc, which has a turnover of more than £100 million a year, had failed to protect employees and others from exposure to the substance at the location of the first series of the BBC show, City of London Magistrates' Court heard.
Magistrates were told that none of the participants is thought to have been exposed to the asbestos in Highgate, north London, despite having lived and rehearsed at the site.
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