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The BBC Trust was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 2007 and 2017. It was operationally independent of BBC management and external bodies, and its stated aim was to make decisions in the best interests of licence-fee payers. On 12 May 2016, it was announced in the House of Commons that, under the next ...
Trust. (British TV series) Trust is a British television legal drama, produced, written and created by Simon Block, and broadcast on BBC One from 9 January until 13 February 2003. [1] The series starred Robson Green, with Sarah Parish, Neil Stuke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Eva Birthistle and Ian McShane. Only one series was made before the programme ...
The BBC Board was formed in April 2017. It replaced the previous governing body, the BBC Trust, which itself had replaced the board of governors in 2007. The board sets the strategy for the corporation, assesses the performance of the BBC's executive board in delivering the BBC's services, and appoints the director-general.
Rona Alison Fairhead, Baroness Fairhead, CBE (née Haig; born 28 August 1961), is a life peer and businesswoman. [1] She served as a minister of state at the Department for International Trade from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, she was the last chairman of the BBC Trust before its abolition and the first woman to hold the post.
Coyle was previously a presenter on BBC Radio 4 [3] and was a member of the BBC Trust from November 2006 until April 2015. [12] [13] [14] On 7 April 2011 the Queen approved Coyle's appointment as the Vice-Chairman of the BBC Trust, the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation. [15]
Thompson, as BBC editor-in-chief, investigated the breaches, and presented his interim report to the BBC Trust on 18 July 2007. [12] The Trust felt that the BBC's values of accuracy and honesty had been compromised, and Thompson outlined to the Trust the actions he would take to restore confidence.
After the 2007 “Top Gear: Polar Special”, the BBC Trust’s editorial standards committee criticised Clarkson and May for a scene that “could be seen to glamorise the misuse of alcohol” as ...
The Board of Governors of the BBC was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It consisted of twelve people who together regulated the BBC and represented the interests of the public. It existed from 1927 until it was replaced by the BBC Trust on 1 January 2007. The governors were independent of the Director-General ...