| BIRT | John ___, director general of the BBC 1992-2000 (4) |
| JOHNBIRT | Director general of the BBC 1992-2000 (4,4) |
| DYKE | Greg ___, Director-General of the BBC who resigned in 2004 (4) |
| GREG | ___ Dyke, former director-general of the BBC (4) |
| JOHN | Scot who was first Director-general of the BBC, in 1927 (4,5) |
| DAHL | John ___, director of the films Rounders and The Last Seduction (4) |
| OGILVIE | Frederick ___, Director-General of the BBC from 1938-42 (7) |
| CARL | 1992-2000 Australia and 1996-97 Crystal Palace striker (4) |
| GREGDYKE | Director-General of the BBC 2000-04 and chairman of the Football Association 2013-16 (4,4) |
| REITH | John, first general manager then first director general of the BBC (5) |
| NEWSNIGHT | Current affairs programme that caused the resignation of George Entwistle as Director-General of the BBC |
| FREDERICK | Sir ___ Ogilvie, John Reith's successor as director-general of the BBC (9) |
| MILNE | Alasdair ?, Director-General of the BBC from 1982-87 (5) |
| ALASDAIR | -- Milne, Director-General of the BBC between 1982 and 1987 (8) |
| GREENE | Hugh ?, Director-General of the BBC from 1960-69 |
| TIMDAVIE | Director-General of the BBC appointed in 2020 (3,5) |
| SINGLETON | John _, director of the films Boyz n the Hood and Four Brothers (9) |
| WOO | John ___, director of the action films Paycheck and Windtalkers (3) |
| LANDIS | John ___, director of films The Blues Brothers and Trading Places (6) |
| HUSTON | John ___, director of The African Queen (6) |
