The BBC has broadcast an investigation which raises questions "at the highest level" of the organisation about the decisions made over allegations involving Jimmy Savile.
The Panorama programme was broadcast just hours before BBC Director General George Entwistle appears before MPs in the morning about the scandal that has been described as the corporation's "biggest crisis in 50 years".
The editor of Newsnight, Peter Rippon, has "stepped aside" because of the controversy, after the broadcaster said his version of why a report into the star was cancelled, was inaccurate and incomplete.
In an ironic twist, the Panorama team has been investigating its own colleagues, revealing fresh evidence about what the BBC knew of Savile's decades of child abuse and its inquiry into why Newsnight decided not to broadcast its report on the scandal, sparking allegations of a cover-up.
Newsnight editor Peter Rippon has "stepped aside" Panorama examined why corporation bosses - including the director general - gave different explanations of why the Newsnight edition was dropped and what it was about.
Mr Rippon maintains the piece - which was due to run last December - was pulled for editorial reasons, and not because the potentially damaging revelations coincided with a planned tribute to the star.
But the hour-long documentary heard from Newsnight producer Meirion Jones and reporter Liz MacKean, who both claim they had interviewed at least four alleged victims of Savile - and confirmed with Surrey Police that officers had investigated sex abuse complaints against the Jim'll Fix It star in 2007.
The journalists said that, when they told bosses the Crown Prosecution Service did not charge Savile because of insufficient evidence, they were told to end the investigation - and the show was withdrawn.
The programme also called into question Mr Entwistle's handling of the crisis in the days after it broke.
The abuse stories about Savile only fully emerged after ITV broadcast a documentary at the start of this month, sparking controversy at the BBC over losing its scoop and leading to the cover-up allegations.
John Whittingdale, chairman of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee, which will take evidence from Mr Entwistle later, said they would want to know why he did not seek more information about the Newsnight investigation.
Mr Whittingdale said the most important question was why the Newsnight segment was dropped. He told Sky News: "Whilst Panorama say there is no evidence the editor was leant on from outside, the explanations originally given look very thin today."
Panorama said it had failed to find evidence of a "BBC cover-up" over the Newsnight decision.
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