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Timothy Douglas Davie is a British media executive who was the director-general of the BBC from September 2020 to April 2026. He resigned over allegations against the corporation of editorial bias tha
Davie in 2023
Davie in 2010
Davie with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lucy Frazer, at the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
In November 2025, the BBC was accused of systemic editorial bias, following the leaking of an internal memo by Michael Prescott, a former adviser to the BBC's Editorial Standards Committee. The memo,
Tim Davie
…Davie (born 25 April 1967) is a British media executive who was the director-general of the BBC from September 2020 to April 2026. He resigned over allegations against the corporation of editorial bias that emerged in November 2025. He was previously the acting director-general of the BBC in November 2012 following the resignation of George Entwistle…
One allegation in the memo related to the juxtaposition of footage from Trump's speech on January 6, 2021, which was alleged to be misleading. The BBC subsequently apologised, labelling it an "error of judgement".
Chair of the BBC, Samir Shah