BBC, Trump and Tim Davie
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Davie returned to BBC Worldwide after Tony Hall was appointed as George Entwistle's permanent successor, with Davie overseeng the merger of BBC Worldwide with the BBC's production arm to form BBC Studios in 2018. After landing one of the most high-profile jobs in Britain - and globally - his tenure as director general saw huge challenges.
In April 2024, Tim Davie — the BBC director general who resigned on Sunday — was dealing with yet another crisis at the U.K.’s national broadcaster. Its top news anchor, Huw Edwards, had just resigned in disgrace following a 10-month suspension after it emerged he had paid a teenager for sexually explicit photographs.