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Lord Hall: From BBC trainee to director-general
Lord Hall’s appointment as the BBC’s director-general had been another coup for a man who boasted a distinguished career in broadcasting and at the helm of major institutions. Now, just nine months after he left that coveted post at the BBC, his handling of the scandal surrounding journalist Martin Bashir’s interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1995 has seen him quit his new high-profile role as chairman of the National Gallery.
