Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead
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The Right Honourable The Lord Hall of Birkenhead CBE |
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| 16th Director-General of the BBC | |
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Assumed office 2 April 2013 |
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| Preceded by | George Entwistle |
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| Born |
Anthony William Hall 3 March 1951 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia (now formally styled The Lady Hall of Birkenhead) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | London |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
| Profession | TV journalist and media executive |
| Religion | Anglican |
Anthony William "Tony" Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, CBE (born 3 March 1951) is the Director-General of the BBC.
He took up the post of Director-General on 2 April 2013. Previously he was Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London from 2001 until March 2013, and Director of News at the BBC between 1993 and 2001.
Hall was created a Life Peer on 22 March 2010 and took his seat in the House of Lords as a crossbench member.
Hall, the son of a bank manager, was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, in 1951. He was educated at two direct grant schools (now independent): King Edward's School Birmingham and Birkenhead School, before going up to Keble College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics, graduating with the degree of MA.
After Oxford, Hall joined the BBC as a trainee in 1973, initially working at its Belfast newsroom. He later worked as producer on Today, The World at One, The World Tonight, and PM. He became editor of the Nine O'Clock News at the early age of 34 and was appointed Director of BBC News and Current Affairs Television in 1990 and, combining TV and radio, became Director of News in 1993. He was Head of Current Affairs between 1996 and 2001.
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