Monstering the Arts

Plenty of width in Lord Hall's re-commitment to The Arts.

And a mixture of new and familiar faces.

Jonty Claypole has been appointed Director of Arts. His current BBC biog reads: Jonty Claypole joined BBC Arts in 2003 after a string of attempted careers, such as a musician, screenwriter, comedian, cameraman and chauffeur - all of which, particularly the chauffeur part, provided him with the necessary skills for production.  I expect it'll be beefed up shortly. Jonty is son of former BBC Radio News Intake boss Stephen Claypole.

Bob Shennan, Controller of Radio 2, 6Music and The Asian Network, (Lancaster Royal Grammar and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge) builds on his passion for country music, musicals and Britpop, to become Director of Music. Funny, only yesterday Controller Radio 3 and Proms Roger Wright announced his departure...

Alex Poots ('studied for a BSc in music at City University, London') and Manchester International Festival will become a creative partner with BBC Arts – encouraging and supporting new commissions, and new collaborations

Nicholas Serota, (Haberdashers' Aske's and Christ's, Cambridge) from The Tate, has been appointed to lead a group of creative leaders who will act as a sounding board across the BBC

Vicky Featherstone ('privately educated' and Manchester University)  from the Royal Court, will join the group of creative leaders. She will continue to work closely with Kate Rowland and the BBC Writersroom, nurturing and championing new writers across radio, TV and online.

Nicholas Hytner (Manchester Grammar and Trinity Hall Cambridge), formerly of the National Theatre, has been appointed to the BBC Executive Board.

Struggling a little still on the diversity front - and apparently all lacking added Yentob.