| JOHNREITH | Scottish broadcasting executive; first Directorgeneral of the BBC (1927-38) |
| REITH | Lord _, Scottish broadcasting executive; Director-general of the BBC 1927-38 (5) |
| MILNE | Alasdair -, DirectorGeneral of the BBC from 1982-87 (5) |
| BIRT | John -, DirectorGeneral of the BBC from 1992-2000 (4) |
| ACCEDE | Returning record label executive's first to come to office (6) |
| UNESCO | Koichiro Matsuura became directorgeneral of which UN agency in 1999? (7) |
| EDGIEST | English broadcasting executive before dismantling site is most irritable (7) |
| ROONE | Sports and news broadcasting executive ___ Arledge |
| NUDGE | Light touch shown by posh broadcasting executive in Tyneside (5) |
| EDGY | Nervous broadcasting executive beset by outsiders in emergency (4) |
| SIMON | Historian; presenter of the BBC TV series The American Future and The Story of the Jews (5,6) |
| CLARINET | The ____ and 1A are the only wind instruments played by more than one winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year contest |
| SCHAMA | Historian; presenter of the BBC TV series The American Future and The Story of the Jews (6) |
| OPENGOVERNMENT | Title of the first episode of the BBC comedy series Yes Minister |
| CHATAWAY | Christopher ........ , 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 3 mile gold medallist; first winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (8) |
| NINEBELOWZERO | British blues band who performed on the first episode of the BBC comedy series The Young Ones |
| JOHN | Scot who was first Director-general of the BBC, in 1927 (4,5) |
| HUW | _ Edwards, one of the presenters of the BBC News at Ten (3) |
| HANDBAGS | ___ and Gladrags, song written by Mike d'Abo that was used as the theme song of the BBC series The Office |
| GREGDYKE | Director-General of the BBC 2000-04 and chairman of the Football Association 2013-16 (4,4) |
