Timetable

We should know who is to be the first chair of the new BBC (unitary) Board by at least January 12th 2017.

That's the closing date for applications to be a non-executive on the same board; clearly both the DCMS and BBC are a little nervous about people applying 'blind'. The preferred candidate for the Chair will sit in on all the interviews for non-executives, whether they are putting themselves forward down the "Nations & Regions" route, to represent the interests of licence-fee payers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, or if they want to be a non-exec bringing other specialist background to the table.