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Samir Shah

August 2024

  • Samir Shah

    BBC accused of ‘gaslighting’ Jewish staff over antisemitism complaints

    Response from chair criticised after more than 200 staff, contributors and suppliers called for inquiry

December 2023

  • Samir Shah at the culture, media and sport committee pre-appointment hearing

    MPs raise concerns over government choice of Samir Shah as BBC chair

  • Samir Shah, who is to replace Richard Sharp as the next chair of the BBC, in London on 13 December 2023.

    The panel
    Troublesome talent and meddling ministers. As BBC chair, Samir Shah, here’s what you’ve got to do

    Armando Iannucci, Jane Martinson, Pat Younge, Marcus Ryder, Sophie Chalk, Patrick Barwise, Peter York and Joe Lycett
  • Gary Lineker.

    BBC likely to look into Lineker tweets about Tory MPs, says candidate for chair

  • Samir Shah

    Samir Shah to be appointed as next chair of BBC

May 2023

  • People disembark at Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel after a small boat incident in the Channel

    BBC asks author of controversial race report to assess migration coverage

    Sewell report contributor Samir Shah to consider whether broad range of views are being reflected

April 2021

  • Boris Johnson with Munira Mirza, director of No 10’s policy unit, in Downing Street.

    Downing Street rewrote ‘independent’ report on race, experts claim

    Commissioners allege No 10 distorted their work on inequality, after conclusions played down institutional racism

June 2008

  • Eastenders: the Ferreira family

    Too many black and Asian faces on TV, says BBC director Samir Shah

    Broadcasters have overcompensated for their lack of executives from ethnic minorities by putting too many black and Asian faces on screen, according to a BBC director. By Leigh Holmwood

May 2008

  • Organ Grinder
    Samir Shah: why the BBC needs radical reform

    The BBC's sheer scale and organisational culture creates a "monolithic posture that makes it appear anti competitive", according to Shah

October 2000

  • Get your facts right first, please

    Samir Shah
    The Runnymede Trust's report has been grossly misrepresented

April 2000

  • The former boss

    Samir Shah
    Managing director of Juniper Television and a former head of BBC TV current affairs
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