Scholars in BBC review

Academics make up four of the six members of a panel appointed by Tessa Jowell, the Culture Secretary, to assist with the review of the BBC's Royal Charter. They are Sir Alan Budd, provost of Queen's College, Oxford; Sir Howard Davies, director of the London School of Economics; Janet Finch, vice-chancellor of Keele University; and Tim Gardam, principal-elect of St Anne's College, Oxford, and former director of television and programmes at Channel 4. The other members are Alice Rawsthorn, director of the Design Museum; and Sly Bailey, chief executive of Trinity Mirror.