Michael Checkland
 | This poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. )Find sources: "Michael Checkland" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2012) |
Michael Checkland | |
|---|---|
| 11th Director-General of the BBC | |
| In office 1987–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Alasdair Milne |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Birt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 March 1936 |
| Education | King Edward VI Five Ways School |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, Oxford |
Sir Michael Checkland (born 13 March 1936) was Director-General of the BBC from 1987 to 1992,[1] being appointed after the forced resignation of Alasdair Milne.
Early life
Michael Checkland was educated at the state grammar school
Career at the BBC 1964–87
Checkland joined the BBC in 1964 as a senior cost accountant and in 1969 he was promoted to be head of the Central Finance Unit and chief accountant for Central Finance Services. In 1971 he moved to BBC TV, where he was successively chief accountant (1971–76), financial controller (1976–77), controller of planning and resource management (1977–82), and director of resources (1982–85). He had meanwhile been a director of Visnews from 1980 until 1985. In 1985 he was appointed Deputy Director-General of the Corporation, and at the same time he became Vice President of the Royal Television Society, a position he retained until 1994.[2] In 1986 he became Chairman of BBC Enterprises, of which he had been a director since 1979. The following year he became Director-General upon the resignation of Alasdair Milne. This appointment coincided with a term of office as President of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association from until 1988.[3]
Director-General of the BBC
As a former
After the BBC
Following his departure from the BBC, Checkland suggested at a
Following his retirement from the BBC, Checkland became closely associated with the
In 1997-8 he was elected Vice-President of the British Methodist Conference, the highest lay position in the church.
He is a trustee of Reuters, chairman of Horsham YMCA, chairman of Horsham Arts Festival, chairman of the University of Brighton and a board member of the Wales Millennium Centre. He was a member of the Independent Television Commission from 1997 to 2003, and chairman of Brighton Festival from 1993 to 2002.
Michael Checkland now lives in Sussex and has three children and two grandchildren.
References
- ^ "Michael Checkland Director-General 1987-1992". BBC. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "SIR MICHAEL CHECKLAND: MY YEARS AT THE BBC". aahorseham. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "BBC Director-General listing" (PDF). BBC.
- ^ Chris Horrie & Steve Clarke, Fuzzy Monsters: Fear and Loathing at the BBC, 1994.
- ^ "The Peabody Awards - George Foster Peabody Awards Board Members". www.peabodyawards.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
- Sir Michael CHECKLAND, Debrett's People of Today (12th edn, London: Debrett's Peerage, 1999), p. 352