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Article: Dear Sir Christopher, Proper news, fewer nudes and no Noel; THE MIRROR'S TV COLUMNIST APPLIES FOR THE JOB OF BBC DIRECTOR-GENERAL.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
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- June 24, 1999
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THE race is on to fill the most powerful post in TV - Director-General of the BBC.
With a pounds 316,000 salary and the chance to shape the future of broadcasting in the new millennium, it's no wonder it has taken three months to produce a shortlist to replace John Birt.
The BBC has thrown the job open to all-comers and thousands of applications flooded in to chairman Sir Christopher Bland. A select few have already been grilled by a board of 12 governors.
But The Mirror believes one candidate may have been overlooked - the nation's top TV critic, ...