BBC presenter, 82, charged with indecent assault

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Stefan Rousseau / AFP - Getty ImagesIn this file picture taken on March 22, 2012 British presenter Stuart Hall poses with his Officer of the British Empire (OBE) medal presented to him by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at an investiture ceremony in Buckingham Palace.  By Michael Holden and Alessandra Prentice, ReutersA veteran BBC TV and radio presenter was charged with three counts of  indecent assault by British police on Wednesday, the latest high-profile  figure to be questioned since a intercourse scandal erupted at Britain's  publicly funded broadcaster.

Follow @NBCNewsWorldThe charges will be a further  embarrassment for the BBC, which was thrown into turmoil when it was  revealed in October that one of its former top stars, the late Jimmy  Savile, had been one of Britain's most prolific child intercourse offenders.

Stuart  Hall, 82, best known for hosting the popular TV program "It's a  Knockout" in the 1970s and 80s and who still appears on radio, was not  charged with rape, police said.

"The offenses are alleged to  have been committed between 1974 and 1984 and to involve three girls  aged between 9 and 16 years," police said in a statement.

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