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BBC Director General Resigns 

Tim Davie has resigned as the BBC's director-general, according to the broadcaster. 

The chief executive of news Deborah Turness has also resigned, the BBC has reported. 

It comes as the corporation is expected to apologise on Monday following concerns about impartiality, including how a speech by US President Donald Trump was edited in an episode of Panorama. 

The concerns regard clips spliced together from sections of the US president's speech on January 6 2021 to make it appear he told supporters he was going to walk to the US Capitol with them to "fight like hell" in the documentary Trump: A Second Chance?, which was broadcast by the BBC the week before last year's US election. 

The Telegraph reported on Tuesday that a memo by a former external adviser to the BBC's editorial standards committee raised the issue, as well as other concerns about impartiality, in the summer. 

Mr Davie took the role in 2020, replacing Tony Hall. 

During his time in charge of the broadcaster, he has dealt with a number of high-profile controversies within the corporation. 

They include a row over former Match of the Day host Gary Lineker's sharing of his political views, top presenter Huw Edwards being convicted of making indecent images of children, and the BBC's broadcasting of Bob Vylan's controversial Glastonbury performance. 

Mr Davie, who had a career in marketing and finance before joining the BBC's market team in 2005, was previously acting director-general from November 2012 until April 2013. 

9 November 2025                                          

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