Board of Governors
The Board of Governors act as the trustees of the public interest. Among the Governors' responsibilities are:
- approving the remit and strategy for all the BBC's activities.
- regulating the BBC on content issues, in particular impartiality and accuracy.
- ensuring the BBC meets its fair trading obligations.
- leading a series of transparent, independent reviews of BBC services, including issues raised by audiences.
- appointing the BBC's Director General.
- publishing the BBC's Annual Report.
- ensuring that complaints are properly handled by the BBC (including taking appeals on editorial complaints handled by the Editorial Complaints Unit and Divisional Directors).
They are supported by the Governance Unit which is independent of BBC senior management.
The Governors draw on the support of a broad network of external advisory bodies to provide advice on the BBC's services for different parts of the UK. These include the Broadcasting Councils for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and Regional and Local Advisory Councils for the English Regions.