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Tim Davie

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Tim Davie

Timothy Douglas Davie (born 25 April 1967) is a British media executive who became the director-general of the BBC in September 2020; he announced his resignation on 9 November 2025 amid allegations against the corporation of editorial bias. He was previously the acting director-general of the BBC in November 2012 following the resignation of George Entwistle, until April 2013. Educated at Whitgift School and the University of Cambridge, Davie unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the Conservative Party in 1993 and 1994 in the Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council elections. He joined the BBC in 2005, following a career in marketing. During his time as acting director-general he oversaw the investigations into BBC management and conduct following revelations the broadcaster had known about sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile.

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Preceded by
George Entwistle
Succeeded by
Tony Hall
Born
Timothy Douglas Davie (1967-04-25) 25 April 1967 (age 58)Croydon, London, England
Spouse
mw- Anne Claire Shotbolt (m. 1997)
Children
3
Education
Selwyn College, Cambridge

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Preceded byGeorge Entwistle
Preceded byGeorge Entwistle
Media offices
Preceded byGeorge Entwistle
Media offices
Director-General of the BBCActing 2012–2013
Media offices
Succeeded byTony Hall
Preceded byTony Hall
Preceded byTony Hall
Media offices
Preceded byTony Hall
Media offices
Director-General of the BBC 2020–present
Media offices
Incumbent
Media offices
Preceded byGeorge Entwistle
Director-General of the BBCActing 2012–2013
Succeeded byTony Hall
Preceded byTony Hall
Director-General of the BBC 2020–present
Incumbent

References

  1. The Daily Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/9669681/George-Entwistle-quits-as-director-general-over-Newsnight-fiasco.html
  2. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20283818
  3. "Incoming BBC Director-General Tony Hall announces changes to BBC's senior team"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130215213015/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/tony-hall-senior-team.html
  4. Mabumbe
    https://mabumbe.com/people/tim-davie-age-net-worth-bbc-career-resignation-biography/
  5. Who's Who
    https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-58766
  6. "OW appointed as BBC's next Director General"
    https://www.whitgift.co.uk/articles/alumni-news-article/~board/alumni-news/post/ow-appointed-as-bbcs-next-director-general
  7. "A Selwyn DG"
    https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/news/selwyn-dg
  8. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/23/interview-tim-davie-bbc
  9. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/05/bbc-appoints-insider-tim-davie-as-director-general
  10. Campaign Live
    https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/marketing-mix-true-blue-davie-no-euro-sceptic/63789
  11. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/mar/12/tim-davie-bbc-director-general-embroiled-gary-lineker-controversy
  12. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/jun/27/bbc.radio1
  13. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/05/tim-davie-bbc-director-general-ultrarunner-marketing-guru
  14. 70. Tim Davie, 'MediaGuardian 100 2009', The Guardian, 13 July 2009
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jul/11/tim-davie-mediaguardian-100-2009
  15. "BBC Boss Resigns After Newsnight Abuse Report"
    http://news.sky.com/story/1009818/bbc-boss-resigns-after-newsnight-abuse-report
  16. BBC Studios
    https://www.bbcstudios.com/executive-committee/
  17. The London Gazette
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62310/supplement/B8
  18. henleystandard.co.uk
    http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/community/126764/bbc-boss-made-cbe.html
  19. Radio Times
    https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-01-20/tony-hall-director-general-leave-bbc/
  20. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jan/20/tony-hall-to-step-down-as-bbc-director-general
  21. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/may/15/bbc-shortlists-four-candidates-to-replace-tony-hall
  22. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52933648
  23. Radio Times
    https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2020-06-05/bbc-director-general-tim-davie/
  24. rsf.org
    https://rsf.org/en/rsf-condemns-rise-attacks-uk-based-iranian-journalists-and-their-families-iran
  25. Belfast Telegraph
    https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/news/bbc-boss-defends-gary-lineker-and-zoe-balls-13-million-salaries-39572713.html
  26. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/29/bbc-journalists-virtue-signalling-social-media-crackdown
  27. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/oct/29/bbc-no-bias-rules-prevent-staff-joining-lgbt-pride-protests
  28. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54749024
  29. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/entertainment-arts-64895316
  30. The Daily Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/08/31/exclusive-bbcs-new-boss-threatens-axe-left-wing-comedy-shows/
  31. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54014210
  32. European Broadcasting Union
    https://www.ebu.ch/news/2022/12/ebu-elects-new-executive-board
  33. Press Gazette
    https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/bbc-local-radio-tim-davie-cuts/
  34. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65889239
  35. The Jewish Chronicle
    https://www.thejc.com/news/bbc-is-institutionally-antisemitic-says-corporations-former-director-of-television-bic3n3jv
  36. The Jewish Chronicle
    https://www.thejc.com/news/bbc-director-general-apologises-to-mps-over-incorrect-gaza-hospital-broadcast-mmznziyo
  37. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68654318
  38. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd9kqz1yyxkt
  39. "BBC Director-General Tim Davie to step down"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/bbc-director-general-tim-davie-to-step-down
  40. Tate Etc
    https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/board-trustees/tim-davie-cbe
  41. "Tim Davie CBE"
    https://bbc.com/aboutthebbc//whoweare/tim-davie
  42. "Tim Davie appointed new chair of Creative Industries Council"
    https://www.gov.uk/government/news/davie-appointed-new-chair-of-creative-industries-council
  43. Buckinghamshire Advertiser Wednesday 24 September 1997, page 2
  44. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/nov/11/bbc-crisis-tim-davie-appointment
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