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| BBC Trust: a decade of controversy from senior payoffs to Jimmy Savile | BBC Trust: a decade of controversy from senior payoffs to Jimmy Savile |
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| 2007 | 2007 |
| The BBC Trust comes into being on 1 January, promising a new era of regulation for the corporation. It follows a prolonged examination of the BBC’s system of governance in the wake of the Hutton inquiry and the David Kelly affair. | The BBC Trust comes into being on 1 January, promising a new era of regulation for the corporation. It follows a prolonged examination of the BBC’s system of governance in the wake of the Hutton inquiry and the David Kelly affair. |
| But critics say the body will be no better than the board of governors it replaced, and it gets off to an inauspicious start when its first chairman, Michael Grade, quits to join ITV before the trust had even launched. He is replaced by Sir Michael Lyons. | But critics say the body will be no better than the board of governors it replaced, and it gets off to an inauspicious start when its first chairman, Michael Grade, quits to join ITV before the trust had even launched. He is replaced by Sir Michael Lyons. |
| 2008 | 2008 |
| The trust gains plaudits for the way it handles BBC crises over editorial deception and fake competitions, but critics say high-profile reviews of budgets and salaries failed to sufficiently hold management to account. | The trust gains plaudits for the way it handles BBC crises over editorial deception and fake competitions, but critics say high-profile reviews of budgets and salaries failed to sufficiently hold management to account. |
| 2009 | 2009 |
| Trustees put the brakes on the activities of the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, after the controversial acquisition of Lonely Planet. | Trustees put the brakes on the activities of the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, after the controversial acquisition of Lonely Planet. |
| 2010 | 2010 |
| In what its listeners may regard as its finest hour, the trust rejects BBC management’s attempts to close the digital music station, 6 Music. The station enjoys a boom in popularity. | In what its listeners may regard as its finest hour, the trust rejects BBC management’s attempts to close the digital music station, 6 Music. The station enjoys a boom in popularity. |
| Members of the trust threaten to resign if the government makes the BBC take on the cost of free TV licences for the over-75s. The corporation accepts responsibility for funding S4C and the World Service. | Members of the trust threaten to resign if the government makes the BBC take on the cost of free TV licences for the over-75s. The corporation accepts responsibility for funding S4C and the World Service. |
| 2011 | 2011 |
| Lyons steps down from the chairman role. Announcing his departure, he says the trust is “robust, workable and effective”. But the former BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland says the trust “never made sense”. Lyons is succeeded by the former Tory MP and Hong Kong governor Chris Patten. | Lyons steps down from the chairman role. Announcing his departure, he says the trust is “robust, workable and effective”. But the former BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland says the trust “never made sense”. Lyons is succeeded by the former Tory MP and Hong Kong governor Chris Patten. |
| 2012 | 2012 |
| Former Newsnight editor George Entwistle is chosen by the trust as the BBC’s new director general, but resigns after only 54 days in the job as the Jimmy Savile crisis takes hold. Patten says the BBC will address the “cesspit” of allegations. | Former Newsnight editor George Entwistle is chosen by the trust as the BBC’s new director general, but resigns after only 54 days in the job as the Jimmy Savile crisis takes hold. Patten says the BBC will address the “cesspit” of allegations. |
| The trust is criticised by MPs over Entwistle’s £450,000 payoff and is accused of “rewarding failure” with big money payments to former executives. | The trust is criticised by MPs over Entwistle’s £450,000 payoff and is accused of “rewarding failure” with big money payments to former executives. |
| Former BBC News chief Lord Hall is chosen by Patten to be the new director general. The appointment process is criticised by MPs. | Former BBC News chief Lord Hall is chosen by Patten to be the new director general. The appointment process is criticised by MPs. |
| 2013 | 2013 |
| The trust is criticised over the handling of the corporation’s failed £100m Digital Media Initiative. | The trust is criticised over the handling of the corporation’s failed £100m Digital Media Initiative. |
| Patten and the former director general Mark Thompson clash over redundancy payouts, including £949,000 to the former deputy director general, Mark Byford. | Patten and the former director general Mark Thompson clash over redundancy payouts, including £949,000 to the former deputy director general, Mark Byford. |
| Former culture secretary Jeremy Hunt says the trust is under review, fuelling speculation it will be scrapped. His successor, Maria Miller, says it has been an “annus horribilis” for the BBC and “ongoing confusion” about the trust’s role must be addressed. | Former culture secretary Jeremy Hunt says the trust is under review, fuelling speculation it will be scrapped. His successor, Maria Miller, says it has been an “annus horribilis” for the BBC and “ongoing confusion” about the trust’s role must be addressed. |
| 2014 | 2014 |
| Patten unexpectedly announces he will stand down immediately following heart surgery. He is succeeded by Rona Fairhead, who later faces criticism over her role at HSBC. | Patten unexpectedly announces he will stand down immediately following heart surgery. He is succeeded by Rona Fairhead, who later faces criticism over her role at HSBC. |
| 2015 | 2015 |
| Fairhead calls for external oversight of the BBC, effectively signalling the end of her own job. | Fairhead calls for external oversight of the BBC, effectively signalling the end of her own job. |
| The trust chair is criticised for her role in negotiations with the government that led to a new BBC funding deal in which it took on the cost of free TV licence fees for the over-75s. The then shadow culture secretary, Chris Bryant, says Fairhead is a “lame duck”. | The trust chair is criticised for her role in negotiations with the government that led to a new BBC funding deal in which it took on the cost of free TV licence fees for the over-75s. The then shadow culture secretary, Chris Bryant, says Fairhead is a “lame duck”. |
| The government green paper on the future of the BBC appears to sound the death knell for the trust, saying there is a case for “radical change” in governance. | The government green paper on the future of the BBC appears to sound the death knell for the trust, saying there is a case for “radical change” in governance. |
| The trust approves controversial management plans to move BBC3 online only. | The trust approves controversial management plans to move BBC3 online only. |
| 2016 | 2016 |
| David Clementi’s independent review recommends scrapping the BBC Trust and handing the corporation’s regulatory oversight to Ofcom. | David Clementi’s independent review recommends scrapping the BBC Trust and handing the corporation’s regulatory oversight to Ofcom. |