The Lord Hall of Birkenhead | |
|---|---|
 Official Portrait, 2021 | |
| 16th Director-General of the BBC | |
| In office 2 April 2013 – 31 August 2020 | |
| Deputy | Anne Bulford |
| Preceded by | George Entwistle |
| Succeeded by | Tim Davie |
| President of the European Broadcasting Union | |
| In office 1 January 2019 – 1 January 2021 | |
| Deputy | Delphine Ernotte |
| Preceded by | Jean-Paul Philippot |
| Succeeded by | Delphine Ernotte |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 22 March 2010 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anthony William Hall 3 March 1951 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
| Spouse | Cynthia Hall |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | London, England |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
| Profession | Television journalist, media executive |
Anthony William Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, CBE (born 3 March 1951) is a British life peer. He was Director-General of the BBC between April 2013 and August 2020, and chaired the board of trustees of the National Gallery from September 2020[1] to May 2021.[2]
Hall was Director of News at the BBC between 1993 and 2001, and Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London from 2001 until March 2013.[3] He was made a life peer and took his seat in the House of Lords as a crossbench member on 22 March 2010.[4] He took up the post of Director-General of the BBC on 2 April 2013,[5] and stepped down as Director-General on 31 August 2020, replaced by Tim Davie.
An inquiry in 2021 found that Hall, when Director of News at the BBC, had carried out an inadequate investigation into the methods used by Martin Bashir for the BBC's Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.[6] He resigned as chairman of the National Gallery on 22 May 2021.[7]
Since he left the BBC, Hall has joined the Board of the National Trust [8] and was elected to the Communications and Digital Committee of the House of Lords.[9]
- ^ Board of Trustees, National Gallery. Retrieved 1 September 2020
- ^ Bird, Steve (22 May 2021). "Lord Hall quits National Gallery role in wake of Martin Bashir scandal". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Royal Opera House appoints Tony Hall successor", BBC News, 19 March 2013
- ^ "Tony Hall | British media executive". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ John Plunkett "BBC director general Lord Hall to take charge on 2 April", The Guardian, 25 January 2013
- ^ "Dyson Report" (PDF). Financial Times. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ "Diana interview: Lord Hall resigns from National Gallery". BBC News. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "The National Trust's Board of Trustees". National Trust. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Communications and Digital Committee Membership".