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BBC Trust
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The BBC Trust is the body which oversees the BBC, being independent of BBC management and external bodies. Along with an Executive Board, the Trust took over the role of the old Board of Governors on 1 January 2007.
The Trust was established by the Royal Charter for the BBC which came into effect on 1 January 2007:
In summary, the main roles of the Trust are in setting the overall strategic direction of the BBC, including its priorities, and in exercising a general oversight of the work of the Executive Board. The Trust will perform these roles in the public interest, particularly the interest of licence fee payers. — BBC Royal Charter (2006)[1]
The Royal Charter established that the Trust should have twelve trustees, including a Chair, a Vice-Chair and a member for each of the nations of the United Kingdom.[1] The Trust currently comprises three former governors and eight new members as announced by Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in October 2006:[2]
- Dr Chitra Bharucha, Acting Chair[3] and a former consultant haematologist who now chairs General Medical Council panels that decide on the fitness of doctors to practise medicine
- Dermot Gleeson, former governor, reappointed 1 November 2004 for a second term
- Richard Tait CBE, former governor, first appointed 1 August 2004
- Jeremy Peat, the Trustee for Scotland and former governor, first appointed 1 January 2005
- Diane Coyle, an economist, member of the Competition Commission and former Economics Editor of The Independent
- Alison Hastings, the Trustee for England and a former regional newspaper editor
- Dame Patricia Hodgson, a former Chief Executive of the Independent Television Commission
- Rotha Johnston CBE, the Trustee for Northern Ireland and an independent businesswoman
- Janet Lewis-Jones, the Trustee for Wales
- David Liddiment, a former Director of Programmes at ITV
- Mehmuda Pritchard, a solicitor and Independent Police Complaints Commissioner since 2004
The announcement also stated that Michael Grade, then Chairman of the Governors, was to become Chairman of the Trust. After his move to ITV in November 2006, Chitra Bharucha became the Acting Chair [3]. A new appointment to the Trust will be made by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Trustees serve for a four year term, after which they may seek a further and final term on completion of their first. Members of the former Board of Governors continue their existing terms.
- ^ a b BBC Royal Charter (PDF) (19 September 2006). Retrieved on March 3, 2007.
- ^ BBC Press Release: New BBC Trust to represent the public interest (12 October 2006). Retrieved on November 28, 2006.
- ^ a b BBC Press Release: Michael Grade resigns as BBC Chairman (28 November 2006). Retrieved on November 28, 2006.
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- BBC Press Release: New BBC Trust to represent the public interest (12 October 2006). Retrieved on October 14, 2006.
Services: Television (List) • Radio (List) • bbc.co.uk • BBCi
Nations and regions: East • East Midlands • London • North East and Cumbria • North West • Northern Ireland • Scotland (Alba) • South • South East • South West • Wales • West • West Midlands • Yorkshire • Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Subsidiaries: BBC Worldwide (BBC Books) • BBC Resources
History: Timeline of the BBC • British Broadcasting Company • Board of Governors
Departments: Monitoring • Natural History • News • Research • Sport • Weather
Key properties: Broadcasting House • Bush House (Rented) • Media Village • Television Centre • White City
Finance: Television licence (Historical)
Management: BBC Trust • Chitra Bharucha (Acting Chair) • Mark Thompson (Director-General) • Mark Byford (Deputy Director-General)