Tony Hall
| Lord Hall link Sourcewatch (TV journalist, media executive) | |
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| File:Tony Hall.jpg | |
| Born | Anthony William Hall 1951-03-03 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Keble College (Oxford) |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Children | 2 |
| Spouse | Cynthia |
Director-General of the BBC 2013-2020 | |
Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, is a British life peer who was Director-General of the BBC between April 2013 and August 2020, and chaired the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery until May 2021.[1]
Tony Hall was Director of News & Current Affairs at the BBC between 1993 and 2001, and Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London from 2001 until March 2013.[2] He was made a life peer and took his seat in the House of Lords as a crossbench member on 22 March 2010. He took up the post of Director-General of the BBC on 2 April 2013, and stepped down as Director-General on 31 August 2020, replaced by Tim Davie.[3]
An inquiry in 2021 found that Hall, when Director of News at the BBC, had misled authorities over the methods used by Martin Bashir for the BBC's Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales. He resigned as chairman of the National Gallery on 22 May 2021.[4]