Outgoing DG Tim Davie brought a 'sizzle' reel to the Royal Television Society for his farewell speech as a BBC employee. Since he got the job in 2020, the 'sizzle' reels have been pretty good, if necessarily focussed on tv. And for that, Tim probably has to thank Charlotte Moore, in place as Director of Content since 2016 until last year. Keeping good people in place is a DG's job. Tim was less successful with Deborah Turness.
In Tim's shaping of the organisation, BBC Design and Engineering was cut a different way in 2021, into Product and Technology. At the RTS he celebrated bringing them back together: "We have just established MediaTech, which brings together our world class technology, product and R&D teams right across the group. For the first time they’re one organisation." Mmm.
For the record, the total average headcount (equivalent full time) of the BBC, public service and commercial, when Tim got the gig in 2020/21 was 22,219. In the Annual Report for 2024/25, it was 21,773.
Tim managed to get through the whole speech using 'jeopardy' only once. I think the marketing man within came to the surface with this 'vision', which I've not seen anywhere else before. "Our vision is simple: to be the only market-leading public service media organisation globally. In a club of one. Growing not declining. Our best days ahead of us."
More on the Tim balance sheet to come....
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