{"id":262049,"date":"2026-01-28T15:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/262049\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:32:09","slug":"bbc-director-general-tim-davie-to-depart-in-april-after-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/262049\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC director general Tim Davie to depart in April after resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The new director general will come in at a crucial time for the BBC in other ways, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They will also have to continue negotiations with the government over the future of the licence fee and BBC funding, and over the corporation&#8217;s next royal charter. The current charter, which sets out the terms and purposes of the BBC&#8217;s existence, expires in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC chairman Samir Shah said: &#8220;There will be a time to celebrate Tim and thank him for his extraordinary contribution to the BBC nearer his departure date. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Until then, Tim continues to lead the corporation through this critical period as we prepare our response to the government&#8217;s consultation on its Green Paper on the future of the BBC Charter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speaking about Talfan Davies, Shah added: &#8220;He is an outstanding leader who brings deep editorial experience and a passionate commitment to the power of public service broadcasting to reach and represent audiences across all parts of the UK.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new director general will come in at a crucial time for the BBC in other ways, too.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-262049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}