More Shah bits.
Between waiting for his Ph D/s and starting as a researcher at LWT, Samir worked for the Home Office Intelligence Unit, just as Mrs Thatcher arrived in Government.
He moved from LWT to the BBC on a three-year contract, rather than a staff job; there was a hoo-ha when it was discovered that his employer, John Birt, was paid by the BBC through a company.
John Birt decreed that News executives should have cars and health insurance. Television Today reported in 1988 that Samir chose a BMW, and was very keen to have the same extras as his direct boss, Tony Hall - an early mobile phone and a tv.
If confirmed in post Samir, the immigration expert, will have to present to Samir, the chairman, his report on the BBC's recent coverage of migration. It was commissioned by his Latymer Upper School contemporary, David Jordan, Director of Editorial Policy.
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