Jun 5, 2020 · BBC Studios boss Tim Davie stood as a councillor for The Conservative Party in Hammersmith in 1993 and 1994. He was deputy chairman of the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative party in the 1990s, raising questions about his ability to hold the Tory Government to account in his new role.

Apr 29, 2021 · Tim Davie (below), a man who previously ran for the Tories in local elections and was deputy chair to a local Conservative party, became BBC director-general in 2020. Gibb has written scathingly of the BBC in recent years, accusing it of having been “culturally captured by the woke-dominated group think of some of its own staff” in a ...

Oct 22, 2020 · It has been reported a new chairman with ties to the Conservative Party could be beneficial to new director-general, Tim Davie, ahead of the post-2022 licence fee settlement negotiations.

Mar 12, 2023 · Davies has his own links to the Tories. He was deputy chairman of the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative party in the 1990s and stood unsuccessfully as a councillor in 1993 and 1994.

Nov 15, 2012 · After much indignation at his open-neck shirt look, he wore a smart blue tie while hosting a reception at the Science Museum on the 90th birthday of the BBC. Davie avoided all mention of the...

Davie unsuccessfully stood as a councillor for the Conservative Party in the Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council elections in 1993 and 1994 and was deputy chairman of the Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative Association in the 1990s.

Nov 29, 2024 · How can the BBC uphold its reputation of truth and impartiality in an age of polarisation and cognitive warfare? Isabella Dowden sits down with Tim Davie to find out.

Sep 1, 2020 · TIM Davie will today take over from Lord Tony Hall as the BBC's director-general. The former chief executive of BBC Studios, the corporation's commercial production and distribution arm, is expected to set out his plans for the broadcaster in the coming week, with impartiality a key focus.

Mar 13, 2023 · The BBC's director general Tim Davie has said that the corporation's decisions are not influenced by pressure from any political party, when questioned on whether he bowed to pressure from...

Oct 20, 2023 · EXCLUSIVE: The Director General of the BBC Tim Davie has agreed to meet backbench Tory MPs amid growing fury over the BBC's coverage.