Composition

The latest Sutton Trust report on the educational background of Britain's 'leading people', boldly titled Elitist Britain 2019, reports "isolated pockets of positive change, but a picture characterised by persistent inequality."

"The media, alongside politics and the civil service, form a triumvirate of sectors at the top of the
socially exclusive list, with all three largely centred in London. Newspaper columnists, who play a
significant role in shaping the national conversation, draw from a particularly small pool, with 44%
attending independent school and 33% coming through the independent school to Oxbridge
‘pipeline’ alone. Looking at a variety of roles in the news media, including influential editors and
broadcasters, we see a similar picture, with 43% having been privately educated and 36% graduating
from Oxbridge. Trends in the sector, including budget cuts, the closure of many local media
organisations, the increasing casualisation of work and high numbers of unpaid internships, contribute to the ongoing under-representation of those from less well-off backgrounds across the media."

And here's the graphic analysing the current state of BBC executives...