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BBC World Service Logo used since 2022 Type Radio broadcasting news, speech, discussions, public broadcaster Country United Kingdom Availability Worldwide Headquarters Broadcasting House, London Broadcast area Worldwide Owner BBC Key people Jonathan Munro Launch date 19 December 1932 ; 91 years ago (1932-12-19) Former names BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC ...
Liliane Landor (born 1956) is a Lebanese-born British journalist and broadcasting executive who worked as the Director of the BBC World Service from 2021 until 2024. [1] She worked for the BBC from 1989 to mid-2016, becoming controller for languages at the Service, where she was responsible for radio and television broadcasting in 27 languages.
Fran Unsworth. Francesca Mary Unsworth (born 29 December 1957) is a British journalist and media executive. From January 2018 to 2022, she was Director, News & Current Affairs for BBC News. [ 1][ 2] She was appointed in succession to James Harding. Before then, she served in various senior positions in the BBC, including director of the BBC ...
Born. (1936-03-02) 2 March 1936 (age 88) Sir John Tusa (born 2 March 1936) is a British arts administrator, and radio and television journalist. He is co-chairman of the European Union Youth Orchestra from 2014. chairman, British Architecture Trust Board, RIBA, from 2014. From 1980 to 1986, he was a main presenter of BBC 2 's Newsnight ...
Austen Steven Kark CBE (20 October 1926 – 10 May 2002) was a managing director of the BBC World Service. [1][2] He was one of three former holders of that post, along with Gerard Mansell and John Tusa, to oppose the plans of John Birt to merge the service into the BBC. After Birt became director general of the BBC in 1992, he had planned to ...
Peter John Gibson Horrocks CBE [1] (born 8 October 1959) is a broadcast executive and a former Vice-Chancellor (chief executive) of The Open University. He was educated at the independent King's College School in Wimbledon and at Christ's College, Cambridge. He was previously director of the BBC World Service Group.
Deborah Turness. Deborah Mary Turness (born 4 March 1967) is an English journalist, former CEO of ITN (2021), and as of 2022, CEO of BBC News. [3][7] Prior to this she was president of NBC News (2013–2017) and then president of NBC News International. [8] Before NBC, Turness was editor of ITV News (2004–2013), which made her the UK's first ...
Mark Julian Byford (born 13 June 1958) was Deputy Director-General of the BBC and head of BBC journalism from 2004 to 2011. He chaired the BBC Journalism Board and was a member of the BBC Executive Board for thirteen years. His responsibilities also included BBC Sport, the nations and regions (BBC Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and English ...