Alan Protheroe

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(10 January 1934 – 6 April 2013) was a

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executive who served as assistant Director-General in the 1980s. In 1987, he went on to run the

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, now BFBS, providing radio and television services to the

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. During his tenure overseeing

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, Protheroe is credited with fighting for "old-fashioned hard news values", including promoting well respected journalists (such as John Humphries) into newsreader positions for the first time at the BBC. Protheroe continued to serve in the Territorial Army throughout his time at the BBC and was promoted to full colonel in 1984. In 1980 he was awarded a military MBE and appointed CBE (military) in 1991.

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