Anne McElvoy has interviewed DG Tony Hall for "The Royal Television Society".

"Can he win over the BBC's critics?"

The interview may be found here.

"Hall's message to the purse-string holder in No 10 after May will be a recasting of sturdy BBC principles: tooth-and-nail impartiality and the argument that, in a bewildering world, the Beeb is better than most broadcasters at separating the signal from the noise."



(Anne McElvoy is Policy Editor of The Economist and presents programmes for BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4.)