THE BBC'S top brass in London were furious after being told they would have to pay for pictures from a service commemorating the plane crash 50 years ago.

The crash killed eight of the Busby Babes and three Manchester United officials.

Only MUTV, the club's own TV station, will be allowed to have cameras at today's event in an Old Trafford suite.

United were told that such a fee 'ran against every convention' governing TV news access for high-profile events and gave the impression that the club were looking to benefit from the Munich crash.

A Munich mural at Old Trafford was paint-bombed because it had the logo of United kit sponsor AIG.

After several discussions between the top brass of the BBC and United, the TV rights fee were waived on Monday, reported The Daily Mail.