Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee

The work of the BBC

Closed Opened 24 Feb 2020 Closed 22 May 2024

Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Where it stands

The inquiry is closed, opened 24 February 2020.

The committee has not published a report yet.

Evidence

10 oral evidence sessionsLatest 20 March 2024
15 witnesses

All evidence

Recent activity

Letter from Tim Davie, Director General, BBC, relating to oral evidence follow-up, dated 1 May 20248 May 2024, Correspondence
Oral evidence session20 March 2024, Oral evidence
Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Lucy Frazer MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, relating to the BBC Chair, dated 24 July 20235 September 2023, Correspondence

Oral evidence sessions

10 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
20 Mar 2024	Oral evidence session David Jordan · BBC, Leigh Tavaziva · BBC, Tim Davie CBE · BBC	View ↗
13 Jun 2023	Oral evidence session Charlotte Moore · BBC, David Jordan · BBC, Tim Davie CBE · BBC	View ↗
28 Mar 2023	Oral evidence session The Lord Birt · BBC, The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH · BBC	View ↗
7 Feb 2023	Oral evidence session Richard Sharp · BBC	View ↗
1 Dec 2022	Oral evidence session Jason Horton · BBC, Rhodri Talfan Davies · BBC	View ↗
6 Sep 2022	Oral evidence session Leigh Tavaziva · BBC, Richard Sharp · BBC, Tim Davie CBE · BBC	View ↗
21 Sep 2021	Oral evidence session Leigh Tavaziva · BBC, Richard Sharp · BBC, Tim Davie CBE · BBC	View ↗
15 Jun 2021	Oral evidence session Richard Sharp · BBC, The Lord Birt, The Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE, Tim Davie CBE · BBC	View ↗
29 Sep 2020	Oral evidence session Clare Sumner CBE · BBC, Glyn Isherwood · BBC, Sir David Clementi · BBC, Tim Davie CBE · BBC	View ↗
12 Mar 2020	The work of the BBC Clare Sumner CBE · BBC, Sir David Clementi · BBC, The Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE · BBC	View ↗

Who gave evidence

15 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Tim Davie CBE · Director General	BBC	6
Richard Sharp	BBC	4
Leigh Tavaziva · Chief Operating Officer	BBC	3
Clare Sumner CBE · Director, Policy	BBC	2
David Jordan · Director, Editorial Policy and Standards	BBC	2
Sir David Clementi · Chairman	BBC	2
Charlotte Moore · Chief Content Officer	BBC	1
Glyn Isherwood · Chief Operating Officer	BBC	1
Jason Horton · Director of England	BBC	1
Rhodri Talfan Davies · Director of Nations	BBC	1
The Lord Birt · Former Director General	BBC	1
The Lord Birt	Not recorded	1
The Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE	Not recorded	1
The Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE · Director General	BBC	1
The Rt Hon. the Lord Patten of Barnes KG CH · Former Chair	BBC	1

Correspondence

21 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
8 May 2024	To committee	Letter from Tim Davie, Director General, BBC, relating to oral evidence follow-up, dated 1 May 2024
5 Sep 2023	To committee	Letter from Tim Davie, Director General, BBC, relating to the oral evidence session on 13 June 2023, dated 27 July 2023
5 Sep 2023	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Lucy Frazer MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, relating to the BBC Chair, dated 24 July 2023
5 Sep 2023	To committee	Letter from Rt Hon Lucy Frazer MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, relating to the BBC Chair, dated 13 July 2023
9 Aug 2023	To committee	Letter from Victoria Newton, Editor-in-Chief, The Sun, relating to Huw Edwards media coverage and investigation, dated 25 July 2023
9 Aug 2023	To committee	Letter from Dame Elan Closs Stephens, Acting BBC Chair, BBC, relating to Huw Edwards media coverage and investigation, dated 4 August 2023
25 Jul 2023	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Victoria Newton, Editor-in-Chief, The Sun, relating to Huw Edwards media coverage and investigation, dated 24 July 2023
25 Jul 2023	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Dame Elan Closs Stephens, Acting BBC Chair, BBC, relating to Huw Edwards media coverage and investigation, dated 24 July 2023
21 Feb 2023	To committee	Letter from Andrew Scadding, Head of Corporate Affairs, BBC, relating to Richard Sharp oral evidence on 7 February, dated 15 February 2023
18 Oct 2022	To committee	Letter from Tim Davie, Director General, BBC, relating to oral evidence follow-up, 6 October 2022
16 Nov 2021	To committee	Letter from Tim Davie, Director-General, BBC, re follow-up to oral evidence session on 21 September, 8 November 2021
6 Jul 2021	To committee	Letter from Tim Davie, Director-General, BBC, re oral evidence follow-up, 1 July 2021
10 Jun 2021	To committee	Letter from Tim Davie, Director-General, BBC, re Lord Dyson’s review into the BBC’s Panorama interview with Princess Diana, 26 May 2021
24 May 2021	Not recorded	Correspondence with the BBC re Lord Dyson’s review into the BBC’s Panorama interview with Princess Diana, 20-21 June 2021
22 Jan 2021	To committee	Letter from the BBC, re supplementary written evidence [BBC0001], 20 January 2021
18 Dec 2020	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Tim Davie CBE, Director General, BBC, re supplementary written evidence [BBC0001], 17 December 2020
15 Jul 2020	Not recorded	Correspondence from the BBC re regional and local services, 10 July 2020
4 Jun 2020	To committee	Letter from the BBC re oral evidence follow-up, 22 May 2020
2 Apr 2020	To committee	Letter from Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for DCMS, re consultation on decriminalisation of the TV licence fee, 31 March 2020
31 Mar 2020	To committee	Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP, Secretary of State for DCMS, re consultation on decriminalisation of the TV licence fee, 27 March 2020
12 Mar 2020	Not recorded	Examples of official TV Licensing warning letters