The BBC has pulled an episode of crime drama New Tricks about an under-age sex ring in a care home in the light of allegations about Jimmy Savile.
The programme was due to be screened at 9pm tonight but a BBC spokeswoman said: "In light of current news events, this week's billed episode of New Tricks will be replaced by next week's episode."
The episode of the show, which stars Alun Armstrong and Dennis Waterman as police officers brought out of retirement to investigate unsolved crimes, was about a child abuse scandal spanning two decades.
The drama features Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong and Dennis Waterman and is about a child abuse scandal spanning two decades.
A new date for transmission has not been agreed.
Newsnight editor Peter Rippon was forced to stand aside on Monday in the midst of the BBC reviewing its response to the Jimmy Savile scandal.
The Jimmy Savile scandal has forced Peter Rippon to stand aside
Rippon has become the first casualty of what John Simpson called "the worst crisis that I can remember in my nearly 50 years at the BBC."
The BBC's announcement comes ahead of a Panorama documentary to be aired tonight which will claim a Newsnight investigation into the Savile sex abuse scandal was pulled after pressure from senior managers.
The decision to pull New Tricks is the second time this year that the BBC has been forced to drop a planned drama because it was seen to reflect current events.
Last month, it postponed the final episode of Good Cop after the deaths of policewomen Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes.
The drama, starring former Hollyoaks and Luther actor Warren Brown, featured a violent attack on a female police officer.