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Editorial Standards – a Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú statement
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The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú is to establish an Editorial Standards Board to oversee the Corporation's response to this week's announcement of serious editorial breaches in a number of programmes.
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The Board, to be chaired by the Deputy Director-General, Mark Byford, will report to the Director-General.
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The Board, which will comprise of directors of programme and content areas with other directors and senior staff, will also be attended by an independent director from the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Executive Board, Samir Shah.
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The purpose of the Board will be to discuss key editorial standards facing the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú overall and develop policy from it; to review the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's editorial compliance systems and ensure that the programme of action announced by the Director-General this week is implemented as a matter of priority and in full.
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The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú, with the approval of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Trust, has appointed Will Wyatt CBE, the former Chief Executive of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Broadcast, to conduct an independent inquiry to establish a full understanding of the events surrounding the publication by the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú at a press launch for the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One Autumn season of misleading footage relating to Her Majesty the Queen.
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Mr Wyatt's inquiry will report to the Director-General in September. The Director-General will present the report to the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Trust in October. The findings will be made public.
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Notes to Editors
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1. The new Editorial Standards Board will be a sub-committee of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Direction Group, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú.
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2. Will Wyatt CBE is a former Chief Executive of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Broadcast (1996-9) and Managing Director, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Television (1991-6). A distinguished programme maker and television executive, he began his career as a journalist, and has been a producer and executive producer in Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Television, Head of Documentary Features and Assistant Managing Director, Network Television. As Chief Executive, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Broadcast, he was responsible for all of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's output in the UK, including network television, radio, online, education and regional broadcasting. He is currently Chairman of Human Capital plc and until recently was Chairman of the University of the Arts, London. He is a Fellow and former President of the Royal Television Society.
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