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| post = Director-General
| post = Director-General
| body = the BBC
| body = the BBC
| incumbent = [[Tim Davie]]
| incumbent = <!-- Davie has announced his forthcoming resignation, but that has not taken effect.--> [[Tim Davie]]
| incumbentsince = 1 September 2020
| incumbentsince = 1 September 2020
| member_of = [[BBC Board]]<br />Executive Committee
| member_of = [[BBC Board]]<br />Executive Committee
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| first = [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|Sir John Reith]]
| first = [[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|Sir John Reith]]
| salary = £450,000
| salary = £450,000
| image = Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Lucy Frazer in Liverpool - 52901784187 (Tim Davie).jpg
| image = Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Lucy Frazer in Liverpool - 52901784187 (Tim Davie; fixed).jpg
| insignia = BBC Logo 2021.svg
| insignia = BBC Logo 2021.svg
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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]].
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, Baron Hall of Birkenhead|Tony Hall]] on 1 September 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52933648|title=Tim Davie: BBC executive named director general|date=2020-06-05|access-date=2020-06-05|language=en-GB}}</ref>
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, Baron Hall of Birkenhead|Tony Hall]] on 1 September 2020.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52933648|title=Tim Davie: BBC executive named director general|date=2020-06-05|access-date=2020-06-05|language=en-GB}}</ref> On 9 November, his forthcoming resignation was announced.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Director-General Tim Davie to step down |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/bbc-director-general-tim-davie-to-step-down |accessdate=9 November 2025}}</ref>


==List of directors-general==
==List of directors-general==
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Latest revision as of 19:56, 13 November 2025

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The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.

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] On 9 November, his forthcoming resignation was announced.[2]

List of directors-general

No. Image Director-General Term of office Length of term Honour(s)
1 File:Lord reith.jpg Sir John Reith 1 January 1927 30 June 1938 11 years Knighted 1 January 1927, at the start of his term as DG.[3] Peerage 21 October 1940, after stepping down as DG.[4] Appointed to the Order of the Thistle 18 February 1969.[5]
2 File:Sir Frederick Wolff Ogilvie (1893–1949) - BBC.jpg Sir Frederick Ogilvie 19 July 1938 26 January 1942 3½ years Knighted 10 June 1942, after stepping down as DG
3 Sir Cecil Graves and Robert Foot 26 January 1942 6 September 1943 19 months Knighted 1939, before becoming DG
4 Robert Foot 6 September 1943 31 March 1944 7 months
5 File:William John Haley - BBC - 1942-10-13 (cropped).jpg Sir William Haley 1944 1952 8 years Knighted 1946, during his term as DG
6 File:LC-USZ62-104901 (24069042903) (cropped) (cropped).jpg Sir Ian Jacob 1952 1959 7 years Knighted 1 January 1960, after stepping down as DG
7 Sir Hugh Greene 1960 1969 9 years Knighted 1964, during his term as DG
8 Sir Charles Curran 1969 1977 8 years Knighted 1 January 1974, during his term as DG
9 Sir Ian Trethowan 1977 1982 5 years Knighted 1980, during his term as DG
10 Alasdair Milne 1982 January 1987Template:Efn 5 years
11 Sir Michael Checkland 1987 1992 5 years
12 File:Official portrait of Lord Birt crop 2.jpg Sir John Birt 1992 2000 8 years Knighted 27 October 1998[6] during his term as DG.
13 File:Greg Dyke from acrofan (cropped).jpg Greg Dyke 2000 29 January 2004 4 years
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14 File:Mark Thompson, Nytimes @ SXSW 2016 (cropped).jpg Mark Thompson 22 June 2004 17 September 2012 8 years Knighted 17 June 2023, after stepping down as DG.
15 George Entwistle 17 September 2012 10 November 2012 54 days
– File:Tim Davie (5095813751) (cropped).jpg Tim DavieTemplate:Efn 11 November 2012 1 April 2013 141 days
16 File:Official portrait of Lord Hall of Birkenhead crop 2, 2021.jpg 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 File:Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Lucy Frazer in Liverpool - 52901784187 (Tim Davie; fixed).jpg Tim Davie 1 September 2020[1] 5 years

Italics indicate that the individual was temporarily appointed as acting director-general.[9]

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