The board of U.K. broadcaster BBC has appointed former Supreme Court judge Lord Dyson to lead the independent investigation into the circumstances around how a 1995 interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, on the "Panorama" program was secured.The interview, with journalist Martin Bashir, now the BBC's religion editor, has been back in the eye of the storm in recent weeks in the U.K.The investigation will look at what steps the the BBC and in particular Martin Bashir took with a...
BBC
Tim
Davie
Director-General
Davie became director-general of the BBC in September 2020, having previously served as chief executive of BBC Studios, its commercial wing. He showed a deft touch when dealing with both the populist press and the right-of-center government, calming a media storm that centered on whether patriotic song “Rule Brittania” — linked to the U.K.’s colonial past — could be sung on a show. The governing party is keen to wean the BBC off its dependence on licensing fees, which must be paid by all television viewers, and Davie’s commercial acumen will surely help with that. The BBC also needs to attract more younger viewers, so he is charged with speeding up the migration to streaming while retaining the network’s older demographic.