Further update – Peter Horrocks another BBC lifer has been
thrust forward as a candidate with much internal support and a strong track
record! Keep the coming!
Update - The kettle drums have been beating in SW6, SW1, W1
and W12 with decent well-informed gossip.
Andrew Neil, to all accounts – it’s 10 years too late, therefore not
interested. Also those that know the
ROH’S Tony Hall well tell me that he is far too comfortable in WC2 to want to
build another career and therefore create grief for himself.
Also a couple of media ‘luvvies’ have told me that there is
a dark horse looming in the portals of Great Portland Street – one Roger Mosey
– ex ‘Today’, ‘5-live’, and overall orchestrator of the fantastic coverage of
the Olympics Games this year. He is currently deputy DG but keeping a low
profile! His profile may not be hiding
under a bushel for too long!
“DIRECTOR GENERAL OF BBC – TOO BIG A JOB FOR ONE PERSON?”
Lord Patten, I think in private, would now be the first to
admit that this job is too big a job for one person, particularly as the BBC is
bedding itself down in new premises with many satellite offices such as Salford
and Cardiff making the operation even more fragmented than it was. Tim Davie,
the acting DG is an advertising man and one doesn’t really need ‘mensa’
qualifications to see that. He rocks up in public in an open necked shirt so
laid back he is almost horizontal with the ground. However I will give him his due, at least he
does not appear to sport designer stubble in the manner his predecessor
did. The combination of being tie-less
and unshaven would be too much for many. The BBC surely cannot be looking for a
marketing man? It is looking for a hard-nosed
business person with some editorial flair and political savvy – a good
communicator. How many of those boxes Mr
Davie ticks on a permanent basis remains to be seen. I think the appointee
needs to be as tough as teak with oodles of charm. Also you don’t walk away from an
interview. I may have him all wrong, but
he wouldn’t be for me. He is the man in possession and deserves to be a skinny
price.
I think Helen Boaden may not come under orders. We still don’t know if she is resting or was
asked to rest. I still like the idea of a really strong chairman/elderly
statesman and an editor in chief. I
suspect Dimbleby & Hastings have ruled themselves out – both senior
citizens. Andrew Neil remains very
somnolent on the subject. He knows the media backwards. There are no flies on him, but he tends to
call the spade a shovel.
Ed Richards is a worthy ‘jolly’ and would work well with
Caroline Thompson or maybe even Lionel Barber of the FT. Claire Spottiswoode ‘eats nails for breakfast
and spits rust out.’ She would get the BBC back on the bridle. Dame Marjorie
Scardino could fill that bill working either with Lionel Barber, who she knows
well from FT days or Caroline Thompson.
I like the idea of Tony Hall, who has done a great job at the ROH,
Covent Garden. Sir Frank Chapman is an
‘off the wall’ selection. However he is
a deeply respected leader across the spectrum. This will only appeal if he
feels he has made sufficient largesse at BG and is looking for a
challenge.
ED RICHARDS – CEO of OFCOM – 13/8
TIM DAVIE – Acting DG – 2/1
CAROLINE THOMPSON – 5/2
ROGER MOSEY – 5/1
PETER HORROCKS – 6/1
TONY HALL – ROH, Covent Garden – 9/2 – still happy running
in operatic and ballet company – will not come under orders
LIONEL BARBER - FT – 11/2
CLAIRE SPOTTISWOODE - OFGEM – 17/2
SIR FRANK CHAPMAN – BG GROUP– 8/1
DAME MAJORIE SCADINO – Ex Pearson – 17/2
SIR MAX HASTINGS – 10/1 – pulled up – did not come under
orders
ANDREW NEIL – 14/1 – 8/1 – withdrawn – will not come under
orders
DAVID DIMBLEBY – 16/1 – pulled up – did not come under
orders
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