A clean-up at the BBC.

BBC bosses seem to finally get it over swearing by threatening to sack foul-mouthed TV and radio hosts.

The Daily Mirror has campaigned for a clampdown after complaints from readers disgusted by the kind of language they often hear on the airwaves.

Releasing a 72-page report is the easy bit for a BBC which in the past has turned a deaf ear to curses.

Now the corporation will no longer continue to contend that a spurious artistic license gives broadcasters the right to swear.

But the test that counts will be how it handles offenders who believe they are too important to sack, and can say what they like.

Swearing matters a lot to the public, most of whom who do not like four-letter words broadcast in their homes.

We hope well-paid stars will start to behave responsibly. If they do not, the BBC must sack the swearers.