The post-holder was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC (for the period 1927 to 2007) and then the BBC Trust (from 2007 to 2017). Since 2017 the director-general has been appointed by the BBC Board.
To date, 17 individuals have been appointed director-general, plus an additional two who were appointed in an acting capacity only. The current director-general is Tim Davie, who succeeded Tony Hall on 1 September 2020.[1]
Knighted 1 January 1927, at the start of his term as DG.[2] Peerage 21 October 1940, after stepping down as DG.[3] Appointed to the Order of the Thistle 18 February 1969.[4]
^"Head of BBC Quits, Ending Stormy Tenure". The New York Times. AP. 30 January 1987. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^"Honours and Awards". London Gazette. 14 September 1999.
^Plunkett, John (25 January 2013). "BBC director general Lord Hall to take charge on 2 April". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
^"Lord Hall to step down as BBC's director general". BBC News. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^"Directors-General". bbc.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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director, general, director, general, british, broadcasting, corporation, chief, executive, from, 1994, editor, chief, incumbenttim, daviesince, september, 2020member, ofbbc, boardexecutive, committeereports, tobbc, boardchairman, bbcappointerbbc, boardformati. The director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and from 1994 editor in chief of the BBC Director General of the BBCIncumbentTim Daviesince 1 September 2020Member ofBBC BoardExecutive CommitteeReports toBBC BoardChairman of the BBCAppointerBBC BoardFormation1927First holderSir John ReithSalary 450 000The post holder was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC for the period 1927 to 2007 and then the BBC Trust from 2007 to 2017 Since 2017 the director general has been appointed by the BBC Board To date 17 individuals have been appointed director general plus an additional two who were appointed in an acting capacity only The current director general is Tim Davie who succeeded Tony Hall on 1 September 2020 1 List of directors general EditNo Image Director General Term of office Length of term Honour s 1 Sir John Reith 1 January 1927 30 June 1938 11 years Knighted 1 January 1927 at the start of his term as DG 2 Peerage 21 October 1940 after stepping down as DG 3 Appointed to the Order of the Thistle 18 February 1969 4 2 Sir Frederick Ogilvie 19 July 1938 26 January 1942 3 years Knighted 10 June 1942 after stepping down as DG3 Sir Cecil Graves and Robert Foot 26 January 1942 6 September 1943 19 months Knighted 1939 before becoming DG4 Robert Foot 6 September 1943 31 March 1944 7 months5 Sir William Haley 1944 1952 8 years Knighted 1946 during his term as DG6 Sir Ian Jacob 1952 1959 7 years Knighted 1 January 1960 after stepping down as DG7 Sir Hugh Greene 1960 1969 9 years Knighted 1964 during his term as DG8 Sir Charles Curran 1969 1977 8 years Knighted 1 January 1974 during his term as DG9 Sir Ian Trethowan 1977 1982 5 years Knighted 1980 during his term as DG10 Alasdair Milne 1982 January 1987 a 5 years11 Sir Michael Checkland 1987 1992 5 years12 Sir John Birt 1992 2000 8 years Knighted 27 October 1998 6 during his term as DG 13 Greg Dyke 2000 29 January 2004 4 years Mark Byford b January 2004 June 2004 5 months14 Mark Thompson 22 June 2004 17 September 2012 8 years15 George Entwistle 17 September 2012 10 November 2012 54 days Tim Davie b 11 November 2012 1 April 2013 141 days16 Tony Hall Baron Hall of Birkenhead 2 April 2013 31 August 2020 7 8 7 years Life peerage 19 March 2010 before appointment as DG 17 Tim Davie 1 September 2020 1 incumbentItalics indicate that the individual was temporarily appointed as acting director general 9 Ordered to resign by BBC Governors 5 a b Temporarily appointed as acting director generalReferences Edit a b Tim Davie BBC executive named director general 5 June 2020 Retrieved 5 June 2020 London Gazette 1 January 1927 London Gazette 29 October 1940 No 44794 The London Gazette 21 February 1969 p 1995 Head of BBC Quits Ending Stormy Tenure The New York Times AP 30 January 1987 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 22 November 2020 Honours and Awards London Gazette 14 September 1999 Plunkett John 25 January 2013 BBC director general Lord Hall to take charge on 2 April The Guardian Retrieved 8 September 2019 Lord Hall to step down as BBC s director general BBC News 21 January 2020 Retrieved 19 August 2020 Directors General bbc com Retrieved 15 June 2021 External links EditThe BBC press office s biographical list of its Directors General BBC director general portraits Director General info Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Director General of the BBC amp oldid 1144061446, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
