Hugh Pym on The Six O'Clock News

Roly Keating, controller of BBC Two, will leave the channel

BBC boss Mark Thompson has appointed an ex-Pepsi salesman, Tim Davie, as Director of BBC Audio & Music.

Well - will the BBC appoint Stephanie Flanders as their next economics editor?

Evan Davis is to became a full-time presenter on Radio 4's Today programme. He replaces Carolyn Quinn, who is leaving the show.

More strikes are threatened at the BBC as staff are told that 1,800 will face redundancy and 700 will be redeployed into other jobs.

Phone-in contests also suspended

In a shock move this evening, Michael Grade has quit the BBC to become executive chairman of ITV. Sir Peter Burt will quit as ITV's chairman to make way for him.

ITV has been rudderless since August when CEO Charles Allen left after news that ratings at ITV1 had continued to decline.

Ruth Wrigley, the executive producer of BBC One's How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, is to leave the the BBC after just five months.

Ms Wrigley joined the BBC at the end of April as its head of special entertainment projects.

The British culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, said that the public would be consulted before the TV license fee was set.