Middle class favourite BBC4 set for axe in bid to fill broadcaster’s £500million funding black hole

The ‘youth-obsessed’ BBC is set to axe its arts and culture channel BBC4 and invest in YouTube and TikTok – a move described by furious insiders as a betrayal of the traditional viewers who still pay the licence fee.

The BBC is scrambling to make savings after discovering a £500million hole in its budget and has announced a bloodbath of cuts, axeing 2,000 jobs along with established Radio 4 shows such as The World Tonight and Midnight News.

But The Mail on Sunday understands the cuts will go much further and include whole channels such as BBC3 and BBC4. There are also

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