Radio announcer ‘felt unable’ to report DJ Travis

A radio announcer allegedly assaulted by DJ Dave Lee Travis as she introduced BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour believed senior managers at the broadcaster would have told her to “live with it” had she complained, a court heard.

The woman, who cannot be named, told a jury she was in a “panic” when Travis allegedly grabbed her breasts as she went live on air to introduce the programme in the early 1980s.

She told jurors at Southwark Crown Court she did not tell her bosses about the alleged incident “due to the climate at the time” and because Travis was “a big star” at Radio 1.