Richard Ayre
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Richard James Ayre was a member of the
In retirement he has broadcast from time to time on media issues, and conducted interviews as part of the BBC Oral Archive project. He is a trustee of the
Education
Ayre was educated at Hastings Grammar School, a former state grammar school (now known as Ark Alexandra Academy), in the seaside town of Hastings in East Sussex, followed by University College at Durham University, during which time he was President of Durham Students' Union (1970—1971). He was also Editor of Palatinate for Michaelmas term of 1969.[2] His first journalistic scoop was witnessing an escape from Durham prison by John McVicar that he quickly reported in an interview with the BBC's Kate Adie, then a very junior local radio reporter. The incident is described in McVicar's biography McVicar by Himself.
BBC
Ayre began his professional career as a reporter in Northern Ireland. In 1988, the then Home Secretary
In March 2010, the government announced that Ayre was to join the BBC Trust - the governing body of the Corporation - replacing fellow journalist Richard Tait.[6] Reappointed in 2014, Ayre chaired the Editorial Standards committee of the Trust, the final court of appeal for audience complaints about BBC content.
Freedom of Information
Richard Ayre became a founder member of the board of the
References
- ^ "Richard Ayre appointed as new IMPRESS Chair | IMPRESS".
- ^ "Palatinate". Palatinate (240): 2. 4 December 1969. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "BBC - Northern Ireland Chronicle - Learning Lessons, Richard Ayre". www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "50 Facts about Panorama". 29 October 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Days that shook the BBC with David Dimbleby https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001bnqs
- ^ BBC Trust (18 March 2010). "BBC Trust: Richard Ayre, Trustee". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Food Standards Agency - Richard Ayre becomes Interim Deputy Chair". 13 August 2007. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007.
- ^ "Adjudication in a matter raised by Mr Gary Fusfield" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Report of an inquiry into television broadcasters' use of premium rate telephone services in programmes | Ofcom". 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007.
- ^ "BBC Worldservice Trust". 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006.