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Who will be the next DG?
Nov 11^th, 2012, 7:34pm

Ladbrokes (here) are offering the following odds:-

Ed Richards 13/8
Tim Davie 7/4
Caroline Thomson 7/2
Helen Boaden 14/1
Jay Hunt 14/1
Mark Scott    16/1
Peter Salmon 25/1
Sophie Turner Laing 25/1
Dawn Airey    25/1
Danny Cohen 25/1
Greg Dyke 33/1
Michael Grade    50/1
Jeremy Paxman 100/1

Other bookmakers are available!

The Ladbrokes page is frequently updated.
Any comments?

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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3268	Re: Who will be the next DG? Reply #1 - Nov 13^th, 2012, 3:29pm "Ariel" reports here:- Ofcom boss Ed Richards has emerged as the bookmakers' new favourite to become the BBC's next permanent director general, with the BBC Trust known to be considering external candidates.
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Administrator YaBB Administrator Offline Posts: 3268	Re: Who will be the next DG? Reply #2 - Nov 14^th, 2012, 1:15pm The Guardian is running a poll, here. "Poll: who should be next BBC director general? The BBC will have to choose who succeeds George Entwistle after he resigned over the weekend. Who do you think is best suited for the job?"
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Reply #3 - Nov 15^th, 2012, 4:37pm

Advanced Television (in common with other news sources) reports here:-

"Caroline Thomson, the BBC’s former Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed the new chair of Digital UK........Thomson said she was “not a candidate” to be the new BBC Director General, because she was “wanting to get on with my other career”."

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JohnW Senior Member Offline Posts: 283 Eggington, Bedfordshire Gender:	Re: Who will be the next DG? Reply #4 - Nov 22^nd, 2012, 7:40pm Eventual winner not even 'shortlisted'!!
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Dickie Mint Senior Member Offline Posts: 261 Solihull, West Midlands Gender:	Re: Who will be the next DG? Reply #5 - Nov 23^rd, 2012, 9:35pm So why was all that money spent selecting George? <conspiracy theory>Were they setting up a fall guy for the Newsnight debacles? </conspiracy theory> Richard
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JohnW Senior Member Offline Posts: 283 Eggington, Bedfordshire Gender:	Re: Who will be the next DG? Reply #6 - Nov 24^th, 2012, 2:02pm Oooo! That's devious, Dickie! But I'm not sure they'd have the guile to think of doing that.
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double-vision Junior Member Offline I Love YaBB 2! Posts: 58 Scotland Gender:	Re: Who will be the next DG? Reply #7 - Nov 24^th, 2012, 2:44pm I'd have gladly been fall guy for a tenth of that money. Dave
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