BBC laptops and mobiles worth £241,019 were lost or stolen over the past two years, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
The corporation's staff reported the loss of 146 laptops, 65 mobile phones and 17 Blackberry devices between April 2008 and March this year.
Computer security firm Absolute Software, who put in the request, said staff needed to be more careful.
A BBC spokeswoman said the corporation took any *****s very seriously.
The FOI response, which included figures for commercial subsidiaries including BBC Worldwide, said the missing laptops had been valued at £219,000, the mobile phones at £12,913 and the Blackberrys at £9,106.


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