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| − | The '''Director-General''' is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the [[BBC]] and is appointed by the BBC Trust.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/seniormanagement Senior Management], BBC, accessed 2 January 2011.</ref> | + | The '''Director-General''' is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the [[BBC]] and is appointed by the [[BBC Trust]].<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/managementstructure/seniormanagement Senior Management], BBC, accessed 2 January 2011.</ref> |
==List of Directors-General== | ==List of Directors-General== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:11, 2 January 2012
The Director-General is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the BBC and is appointed by the BBC Trust.[1]
List of Directors-General
- John Reith
- F.W. Ogilvie 1938-1942
- Cecil Graves 1942-43 (jointly)
- R.W. Foot (1942-1944)
- William Haley (1944-1952)
- Ian Jacob (1952-1959)
- Hughe Carleton-Greene (1960-1969)
- Charles Curran (1969-1977)
- Ian Trethowan 1977-1982
- Alasdair Milne 1982-1987
- Michael Checkland 1987-1992
- John Birt 1992-2000
- Greg Dyke 2000-2004
- Mark Thompson 2004-[2]
Notes
- ↑ Senior Management, BBC, accessed 2 January 2011.
- ↑ BBC Director-General listing, BBC, accessed 2 January 2012.
