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{{Short description|British media executive (born 1947)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = Greg Dyke
| image               = Greg Dyke from acrofan.jpg
| caption             = Dyke in 2011
| order               = 
| office              = 13th [[Director-General of the BBC]]
| term_start          = 2000
| term_end            = 2004
| predecessor         = [[John Birt]]
| successor           = [[Mark Byford]] (acting)
| office1             = Chancellor of the [[University of York]]
| term_start1         = 2004
| term_end1           = 2015
| predecessor1        = [[Janet Baker]]
| successor1          = [[Malcolm Grant]]
| office2             = Chairman of [[Brentford Football Club]]
| term_start2         = 2006
| term_end2           = 2013
| office3             = Chairman of the [[British Film Institute]]
| term_start3         = 2008
| term_end3           = 2016
| predecessor3        = [[Anthony Minghella]]
| successor3          = [[Josh Berger]]
| office4             = Chairman of the [[Football Association]]
| term_start4         = 2013
| term_end4           = 2016
| predecessor4        = [[David Bernstein (executive)|David Bernstein]]
| successor4          = [[Greg Clarke]]
| office5             = Vice President for Television of [[BAFTA]]
| term_start5         = 2016
| term_end5           = 2021
| predecessor5        = [[Sophie Turner Laing]]
| successor5          = [[Pippa Harris|Dame Pippa Harris]]
| office6             = Chairman of the [[London Film School]]
| term_start6         = 2018
| predecessor6        = [[Mike Leigh]]
| occupation          = [[Journalist]], [[Television presenter|broadcaster]], [[Executive director]]
| birth_name          = Gregory Dyke
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1947|5|20|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| alma_mater          = [[Derwent College, York|Derwent College]], [[University of York|York]]
| spouse              = Susan Howes
| children            = 4
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'''Gregory Dyke''' (born 20 May 1947) is a British [[mass media|media]] executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in [[Print journalism|print]] and then [[broadcast journalism]]. He is credited with introducing "[[Tabloid journalism|tabloid]]" television to British broadcasting, and reviving the ratings of [[TV-am]]. In the 1990s, he held chief executive positions at [[London Weekend Television|LWT Group]], [[Pearson Television]], and [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]].

Dyke was [[director-general of the BBC]] from January 2000 to January 2004; he resigned following heavy criticism of the BBC's news reporting process in the [[Hutton Inquiry]]. He was also a director of [[Manchester United]] and chairman of [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] football clubs, and from 2013 to 2016 was chairman of [[the Football Association]]. He was [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[University of York]] from 2004 to 2015 and chairman of the [[British Film Institute]] between 2008 and 2016. He is currently the chairman of [[children's television]] company [[HiT Entertainment]], and is a panellist on [[Sky News]]'s ''[[The Pledge (British TV programme)|The Pledge]]''.

Since 2016, Dyke has been vice president for television of [[BAFTA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/about/key-personnel/president |title=President and Vice Presidents |website=bafta.org |date=30 April 2013 |access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> In 2018, he became chairman of [[London Film School]].<ref name="LFS press release">{{cite press release|url=https://lfs.org.uk/content/new-chairman-london-film-school-greg-dyke/ |title=Greg Dyke, the new chairman of the London Film School |website=lfs.org.uk|date=23 March 2018 |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
[[File:GregDyke.jpg|thumb|upright| Dyke at the [[University of York]], 1975]]
Greg Dyke was born in 1947, in [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]], [[Middlesex]], the youngest of three sons in a "stable, lower middle class"<ref name="Ahmed-01-1999">{{cite news|last=Ahmed|first=Kamal|title=Greg Dyke: TV's man of the people|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1999/jan/30/books.guardianreview7|access-date=17 February 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 January 1999|location=London}}</ref> family. His [[father]] was an [[insurance]] salesman.<ref>{{cite news |first=Simon |last=Kuper |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8b8dcf44-3293-11e3-91d2-00144feab7de |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221204/https://www.ft.com/content/8b8dcf44-3293-11e3-91d2-00144feab7de#axzz2he5S2IXN |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |title=Lunch with the FT: Greg Dyke |newspaper=Financial Times |date=18 October 2013 |access-date=14 March 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The family lived at 17 Cerne Close until Dyke was nine years old,<ref name="Ahmed-01-1999"/> then moved to Cedars Drive, Hillingdon.<ref>{{cite web|title=Famous People from Hillingdon|url=http://hillingdon.tripod.com/sections/famous.htm|work=Hillingdon On-Line|access-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> He was educated at Yeading Primary School and then [[Hayes Grammar School]], which he left with one grade "E" at [[A-level]] [[mathematics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/dao/Supporting/What_donations_support/ChangingLives_web.pdf |title=Changing lives : Supporter news 2009 |publisher=[[University of York]] |access-date=2 March 2010 |archive-date=19 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319180128/https://www.york.ac.uk/admin/dao/Supporting/What_donations_support/ChangingLives_web.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Chris|title=Greg Dyke: An ordinary bloke|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/news/622260.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 July 2011|date=28 January 2000}}</ref> After school, he was briefly a [[trainee]] manager at [[Marks & Spencer]], before leaving to work as a trainee [[reporter]] for the ''[[Hillingdon Mirror]]'', becoming chief reporter in eight months.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dyke, Greg (1947–) Biography|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1057641/|work=BFI People|publisher=BFI Screenonline|access-date=16 July 2011}}</ref> He left the ''Mirror'' after attempting to stage a [[trade union|union]]-backed protest against poor pay conditions by the junior staff on the paper. He then got a job at the ''[[Hemel Hempstead Evening Post-Echo|Slough Evening Mail]]''. Among his colleagues was future music journalist [[Colin Irwin (journalist)|Colin Irwin]].

Dyke then went on to study for a degree at the [[University of York]] as a mature student, graduating in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in politics. During his time at York, Dyke was active in student politics, and was part of a collective that produced a psychedelic underground student magazine called ''Nouse''. He also met and married his first wife, Christine Taylor, whilst at the university.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/oct/01/broadcasting.bbc |title=TV according to Greg &#124; Media |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> His contemporaries and friends at York included future journalists [[Linda Grant]] and [[Peter Hitchens]], the latter then active in the [[International Socialists (UK)|International Socialists]]. Dyke was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in 1999 and was chancellor from 2004 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/vco/chancellor.htm |title=The University of York Vice Chancellor's Office |work=york.ac.uk |publisher=University of York |access-date=17 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211024227/http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/vco/chancellor.htm |archive-date=11 February 2010 }}</ref>

==Career==

===Break into television: LWT and TV-AM===
After university, Dyke followed his first wife to [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]. He had become disillusioned with newspaper journalism, and tried for a job as a junior reporter at BBC Radio Teesside. He was unsuccessful, apparently because the interviewers felt no-one would understand his accent. Dyke instead found work covering rural affairs for the ''[[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper)|Newcastle Journal]]''. He moved back to London with Christine in 1974 to become campaign officer for the Wandsworth Community Relations Council. He hated the job and left to campaign to be elected GLC Councillor for Putney. Again he was unsuccessful.<ref name= horrie>{{cite news |last=Horrie |first=Chris |title=TV according to Greg |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/oct/01/broadcasting.bbc |work=The Observer |publisher=Guardian News & Media Ltd.|access-date=18 July 2011 |location=London |date=1 October 2000}}</ref>

Dyke was given assistance getting a job at [[London Weekend Television]] (LWT) by fellow ex-Newcastle journalist [[Nicholas Evans]], who was at the time working on ''[[Weekend World]]''. Dyke got a junior position on LWT's local politics programme, in the current affairs department. His bosses there were [[John Birt]] and [[Peter Jay (diplomat)|Peter Jay]]. He attracted attention for trying to give the programmes he worked on a more populist edge. This led to him being given the chance to launch a new early evening current affairs topical news programme. This became ''[[The Six O'Clock Show]]'', fronted by [[Michael Aspel]], with co-hosts [[Danny Baker]] and [[Janet Street-Porter]]. The show is seen by many as the first example of British tabloid TV.<ref name= horrie/>

After the success of ''The Six O' Clock Show'', Dyke was brought in by [[Jonathan Aitken]] to become programme director at ailing station [[TV-am]] in April 1983.<ref>{{cite news |title=Camden Lock soap opera gets new leading man. |first=David |last=Hewson |newspaper=The Times |location=London, England |date=5 April 1983}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=After Jay, a mission to entertain. |newspaper=The Times |location=London, England |date=5 April 1983 |page=10}}</ref> The station was doing very badly in the ratings compared to the BBC's popular ''[[Breakfast Time (British TV programme)|Breakfast Time]]'' magazine style programme. He was instrumental in reviving the breakfast show's fortunes by introducing a new schedule based around popular features including bingo, celebrity gossip and horoscopes.

Dyke left [[TV-am]], in May 1984 after [[Bruce Gyngell]] was brought in to enhance and improve the company to allow it to be financially viable.<ref>{{cite news |title=TV-am chief to go in cuts dispute. |first=David |last=Hewson |newspaper=The Times |location=London, England |date=21 May 1984 |page=3}}</ref> Ten days later, Michael Moor, the TV-am general manager, also left the station.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manager quits TV-am after four weeks. |first=David |last=Hewson |newspaper=The Times |date=2 June 1984 |page=2}}</ref> In August 1984, Dyke became director of programmes at [[Television South]] (TVS).<ref>{{cite news |title=News in Brief: Ex TV-am editor gets new job |newspaper=The Guardian|page=2 |date=17 August 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/409221/UK-Profile---london-weekend-televisions-Greg-Dyke/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH |title=Profile – London Weekend Television's Greg Dyke |work=Management Today |date=1 February 1992 |access-date=25 June 2013}}</ref>

In April 1987, Dyke moved from TVS to LWT<ref>{{cite news |title=Dyke off to LWT |newspaper=The Times |date=10 April 1987}}</ref> again to be director of programmes, replacing John Birt, having originally worked at LWT in 1978. At the same time, he helped LWT re-sectioning the company in a bid to cut costs and overhaul the working practices within the company ahead of a [[1991 ITV franchise auctions|new franchise period]], which it won. Dyke was responsible for cancelling ITV's coverage of [[professional wrestling]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/meet-the-wrestlers-of-itvs-world-of-sport-wrestling/ |title=Meet the Wrestlers of ITV's World of Sport Wrestling|first=Gabriel|last=Tate|date=31 December 2016 |website=Radio Times}}</ref> In 1992 he was appointed the chairman of the ITV Council, and LWT chief executive.  In February 1993 he was appointed chairman of the GMTV board and tasked with overhauling the station format, which included "more popular journalism".  His role was primarily to bring new and imaginative ideas to the station without taking on full day-to-day running.<ref>{{cite news |title=GMTV brings in new chief to halt slide |first=Andrew |last=Culf |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 February 1993}}</ref><ref name="York-28 November 2003"/> In 1994, he made a fortune when [[Granada Television|Granada]] bought out LWT.

===Pearson and Channel 5===
Dyke became chairman and chief executive of Pearson Television in January 1995, and began expanding the company. His first acquisition was [[Grundy Television]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Adam |last=Dawtrey |url=https://variety.com/1995/tv/features/pearson-goes-global-via-grundy-purchase-99127863 |title=Pearson goes global via Grundy purchase |work=Variety |date=3 April 1995 |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Maggie |last=Brown |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/greg-dyke-took-pounds-7m-home-when-he-left-itv-now-hes-hungry-for-more-maggie-brown-corners-pearson-1588551.html |title=Greg Dyke took pounds 7m home when he left ITV. Now he's hungry for more. Maggie Brown corners Pearson TV's new boss |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> which helped build Pearson into the biggest non-US independent production company in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1057641/ |title=Dyke, Greg (1947–) Biography |website=BFI Screenonline |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref>

At the end of October 1995 a consortium guided by Dyke was awarded the licence for [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]],<ref name="York-28 November 2003">{{cite web |title=Greg Dyke to be Chancellor of the University of York |url=http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2003/dyke-chancellor/ |date= 28 November 2003 |publisher=University of York |access-date=18 February 2012}}</ref> and he became the first chairman of the new channel.<ref name="NHS biog">{{cite web |title=Greg Dyke |url=http://www.nhsleadership.org.uk/about-leadershipday-biographies.asp |work=NHS Leadership Day 2010 Biographies |publisher=NHS Leadership |access-date=18 February 2012}}</ref> He was appointed chairman of Channel 5 on 21 February 1997. Also in 1997 he was asked to review the Patients' Charter of the National Health Service.

===At the BBC===
In 2000, Dyke took over from [[John Birt]] as [[director-general of the BBC]]. He was appointed despite Conservative protests that he had donated £50,000 to the Labour Party and was a 'crony'.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/jun/25/bbc |title=Greg Dyke resigns from Labour party |work=The Guardian |last=Tran |first=Mark |date=25 June 1999}}</ref> At the beginning of his tenure, he famously promised to "cut the crap" at the corporation. The "crap" he referred to was the complex internal market Birt had introduced at the BBC which, it was argued, turned employees away from making programmes and into managers. Dyke reversed this trend – he reduced administration costs from 24% of total income to 15%. Unusually for a recent director-general, he had a good rapport with his employees and was popular with the majority of BBC staff, his management style being seen as more open and risk-taking than Birt's.

Jonathan Gifford, who worked for BBC Magazines in BBC Worldwide during the management of Birt and Dyke, observed "Dyke came across well. He was direct, sensible and approachable. His vision for the BBC was inspirational."<ref>{{cite web |first=John |last=Gifford |title=Greg Dyke and John Birt: lessons in leadership |url=http://jonathangifford.com/business-and-leadership/greg-dyke-and-john-birt-lessons-in-leadership/ |publisher=Jonathan Gifford |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=12 July 2011 }}</ref> Martin Montague, a producer on digital radio station BBC7 said "I know that people in local radio think he walks on water because of all that he's put into that."<ref name="walk_out">{{cite news |author=PA News |title=BBC staff walk out over Dyke resignation |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1006610.ece |work=Times Online |publisher=Times Newspapers |date=29 January 2004 |access-date=12 July 2011 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Apart from restoring staff morale, Dyke laid claim to two major achievements during his office. In 2002, he introduced the [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]] terrestrial digital transmission platform with six additional BBC channels, and persuaded Sky TV to join the consortium. Previously this was an [[ITV Digital|ITV subscription service]] that had closed with major losses, but by mid-2007 it could be seen by more than half the population.<ref>{{cite news |last=Dyke |first=Greg |title=Freeview: Former BBC boss Greg Dyke charts its rise and rise |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/freeview-former-bbc-boss-greg-dyke-charts-its-rise-and-rise-398184.html |work=The Independent, Monday, 29 October 2007 |access-date=17 July 2011| location=London |date=29 October 2007}}</ref> After leaving the BBC, he said that he always realised that the introduction of Freeview helped to prevent a subscription funding model for the BBC gain traction, because it is impossible for broadcasters to switch off the signal to individual Freeview boxes.

Dyke controversially described the corporation in early 2001 as "hideously white",<ref>{{cite news |title=Dyke: BBC is 'hideously white' |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/1104305.stm |publisher=BBC News|date=6 January 2001 |access-date=4 May 2010 }}</ref> based on statistics that showed the organisation's management structure was 98% white. Dyke said that "The figures we have at the moment suggest that quite a lot of people from different ethnic backgrounds that we do attract to the BBC leave. Maybe they don't feel at home, maybe they don't feel welcome." Dyke set a target that by 2003, 10% of the BBC's UK workforce and 4% of management would be from ethnic minority backgrounds. In September 2004, Dyke received an award for his remarks from Glasgow-based organisation Empower Scotland, which fights against workplace racism.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dyke gets racial equality award |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3952619.stm |publisher=BBC News|date=25 October 2011 |access-date=12 July 2011 }}</ref>

Dyke attracted criticism when he "forgot" to sell an equity stake in Granada Television, which presented a conflict of interest in his new position. He also caused controversy when he lost the rights to Premier League football to ITV, then accused the league of fixing the auction. Others were worried that the openness and high risk strategies of his management style could backfire on the corporation. An ITV executive was quoted as saying, "By being too radical and playing fast and loose with the public service remit, the BBC is inviting external regulation – and it deserves it."<ref>{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Robins |title=The first 100 days of Greg Dyke |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/the-first-100-days-of-greg-dyke-707382.html |newspaper=The Independent |publisher=Independent Print |date=11 July 2000 |access-date=12 July 2011 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In 2009, Dyke said the BBC was part of a "Westminster conspiracy" preventing the "radical changes" needed to UK democracy and that the separation between the "political class", including the BBC, and the public had never been greater. He said he had tried to raise the problem during his time in charge of the BBC but discussion had been blocked by a combination of the "politicos on the board of governors" of the BBC, the Labour cabinet and the political journalists at the BBC. He believed that these groups resist change as it is not in their interests.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dyke in BBC 'conspiracy' claim |url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8265628.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=20 September 2009 |access-date=12 January 2020 }}</ref>

===Hutton Report and firing by the BBC===
{{Main|Hutton Enquiry}}

Dyke resigned from the BBC on 29 January 2004 along with [[Gavyn Davies]] and [[Andrew Gilligan]], after the publication of the [[Hutton Report]] into the circumstances surrounding the death of [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]]. [[Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton|Hutton]] described Dyke's approach to checking news stories as "defective"; when Alastair Campbell complained about the story, Dyke had immediately defended it without investigating whether there was any merit to the complaint.

In an email sent to all BBC staff just prior to his departure Dyke wrote:

{{cquote|I accept that the BBC made errors of judgement and I've sadly come to the conclusion that it will be hard to draw a line under this whole affair while I am still here. We need closure. We need closure to protect the future of the BBC, not for you or me but for the benefit of everyone out there. It might sound pompous but I believe the BBC really matters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greg Dyke's email to BBC staff |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3441845.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=29 January 2004 |access-date=12 July 2011 }}</ref>}}

It was subsequently established that Dyke had offered his resignation to the [[Board of Governors of the BBC|BBC's Board of Governors]] while hoping that they would reject it. However, he was only able to secure the support of about one-third of the governors. Dyke withdrew his resignation offer and was then sacked by the board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazette |first=Press |date=2007-01-11 |title=BBC releases Dyke departure minutes |url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/archive-content/bbc-releases-dyke-departure-minutes/ |access-date=2025-11-10 |website=Press Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Minutes of Board of BBC Governors' meeting: Hutton report - BBC Trust |url=https://www.bbc.com/bbctrust/news/press_releases/2007/bbc_governors.html |access-date=2025-11-10 |website=www.bbc.com}}</ref>

Some BBC staff felt that too much blame had been placed on their organisation in the wake of the [[David Kelly (weapons expert)|David Kelly]] affair in the Hutton Report, and that the government was interfering in the BBC.<ref name="walk_out"/> Tim Gospill, spokesman for the [[National Union of Journalists]] said "Being independent doesn't just mean not having the government telling you what to do. It means you can criticise the government as well. I'm not at all sure the government understands that."<ref name="Plunkett-30 January 2004"/> Groups of staff staged walk outs from [[Broadcasting House]] and other BBC offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Cardiff and Derry, in protest at Dyke's resignation.<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC apologises as Dyke resigns |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3441181.stm |publisher=BBC News |date=29 January 2004 |access-date=12 July 2011}}</ref> In addition, on 31 January 2004, BBC staff paid for a full-page advert in ''The Daily Telegraph'' to express their "dismay" over Dyke's departure.<ref>{{cite news |first=Madeline |last=Acey |title=BBC staff take out pro-Dyke ad in Telegraph |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1007651.ece |work=Times Online |publisher=Times Newspapers |date=30 January 2004 |access-date=12 July 2011 |location=London}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The [[fundraisers]] hoped to raise £10,000, a lot less than the market rate for a full-page advert in a [[broadsheet]] newspaper. Reportedly they raised less than this amount, but were offered a deal by the ''Telegraph''{{'}}s advertising department which allowed the advert to be printed. It was signed by around 4,000 BBC employees; 10,000 (around a third of total BBC staff at the time) submitted their names for publication, but there was not sufficient space to include them all.

The statement in the advertisement read:

{{cquote|Greg Dyke stood for brave, independent and rigorous BBC journalism that was fearless in its search for the truth. We are resolute that the BBC should not step back from its determination to investigate the facts in pursuit of the truth.

Through his passion and integrity Greg inspired us to make programmes of the highest quality and creativity.

We are dismayed by Greg's departure, but we are determined to maintain his achievements and his vision for an independent organisation that serves the public above all else.<ref name="Plunkett-30 January 2004">{{cite news |last=Punkett |first=John |title=BBC stars back defiant media campaign |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/jan/30/davidkelly.hutton2 |access-date=15 February 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 January 2004 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Martin |last=Belam |title=BBC staff advert in The Daily Telegraph |url=http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2004/01/bbc-staff-advert-in-the-daily.php |work=currybetdotnet |publisher=Martin Belam |date=31 January 2004 |access-date=12 July 2011 }}</ref>}}

Speaking on [[GMTV]] on 30 January, Dyke himself questioned the conclusions of the report, saying "We were shocked it was so black and white [...] We knew mistakes had been made but we didn't believe they were only by us." He also said Lord Hutton was "quite clearly wrong" on certain aspects of law relating to the case.

On 11 January 2007, the BBC published minutes of its post-Hutton board meetings. It was revealed that Dyke had said he had been "mistreated and want[ed] to be reinstated".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/about/govsmins_feb04.pdf |title=Minutes of the Governors' Private Session|publisher=bbc.co.uk/bbctrust |date=February 2004 |access-date=11 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616200044/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/about/govsmins_feb04.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2007}}</ref>

===After the Hutton Inquiry===
On 28 November 2003, Dyke was formally appointed by the [[University of York]] as its new chancellor, replacing [[Dame Janet Baker]], who had served in the post since November 1991.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} There was some controversy regarding his appointment in the midst of the Iraq Dossier scandal. He officially took the post in August 2004. In this role, he is the honorary and ceremonial head of the university, as well as heading the University Development Board. He has also made a personal grant to the new Department of Theatre, Film and Television, to found the Greg Dyke Chair in Film and Television. On 6 February 2004, Dyke announced that he had signed a six-figure book contract with [[HarperCollins]]. The book, ''Inside Story'', subsequently published in September 2004, goes into detail about Dyke's opinion on the relationship between the BBC and the British government, and of the [[Dr. David Kelly]] affair and [[Hutton Inquiry]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} In July 2004, Dyke was awarded honorary doctorates from the [[University of Sunderland]], [[Middlesex University]] and in 2006 from The [[University of Bedfordshire]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} He was appointed chair of the [[British Film Institute]] on 15 February 2008, succeeding [[Anthony Minghella]]. On 10 March 2010, it was reported that he had been approached by [[Alexander Lebedev]] and his son [[Evgeny Lebedev]] to edit ''[[The Independent]]'' and ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]'' newspapers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article7075889.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611192205/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article7075889.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 June 2011 |title=Industry Sector |newspaper=[[The Times]] |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> 

In the wake of the [[News International phone hacking scandal|''News of the World'' hacking affair]], Dyke frequently appeared in the media to comment on events. In April 2011, he said "I don't think the ''News of the World'' is a great contribution to British journalism. [...] They had obviously being {{sic}} playing fast and loose for a long time and are now getting their just deserts."<ref>{{cite news |first=Rob |last=Sharp |title=Greg Dyke: 'The Arts had a good run with Labour but I'm still optimistic' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/greg-dyke-the-arts-had-a-good-run-with-labour-but-im-still-optimistic-2266067.html |work=independent.co.uk |publisher=Inpendendent Print |date=11 April 2011 |access-date=12 July 2011 |location=London}}</ref>

===Football administration===
[[File:Brentford FC League Performance.svg|thumb|Performance of [[Brentford F.C.]] over time.<br />Under Dyke's chairmanship Brentford F.C. experienced their worst performance since the 1970s.]]

Dyke has been a director of both [[Manchester United]] and [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] football clubs, and was chairman of the [[Football Association|FA]] from 2013 to 2016. He has said that he supported both clubs since he was a child, although his older brothers supported Tottenham.<ref name="Dyke-manchester-2001">{{cite web |last=Dyke|first=Greg |title=Speech given at the Manchester Evening News Business of the Year Awards |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/speeches/stories/dykemanchester.shtml|date=8 November 2001 |publisher=BBC |access-date=15 February 2012}}</ref><ref name="Viner-17-02-2006"/> He became a fan of Brentford when his brother played for the club as a junior. Manager [[Bill Dodgin Sr.]] tried to sign his brother, but their father would not agree to him committing to what he saw as a badly paid and insecure career.<ref name="Viner-17-02-2006">{{cite news |last=Viner |first=Brian |title=Michael Grade and Greg Dyke: 'The chairman and former director-general on opposite sides... and nobody at the BBC televised the bloody game' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/michael-grade-and-greg-dyke-the-chairman-and-former-director-general-on-opposite-sides-and-nobody-at-6108858.html |access-date=2 December 2017 |newspaper=The Independent |date=17 February 2006 |location=London}}</ref>

From 1997 to 1999, Dyke served as a non-executive director of Manchester United, and was the sole board member to oppose a takeover bid from [[BSkyB]], which was subsequently rejected by the [[Monopolies and Mergers Commission]].<ref name=Bloss>{{cite web |last=Bloss |first=Ann |title=Dyke, Greg (1947–) Executive, Presenter |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1057641/index.html |work=BFI Screenonline |publisher=BFIn|access-date=15 February 2012}}</ref> When he became director-general of the BBC he admitted a "potential conflict of interest" between his new post and his non-executive directorship at Manchester United plc.<ref name="Tran-25-06-1999">{{cite news |last=Tran |first=Mark |title=Greg Dyke resigns from Labour party |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/jun/25/bbc |access-date=15 February 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 June 1999 |location=London}}</ref> He resigned his position to avoid controversy. In a speech at the ''[[Manchester Evening News]]'' Business of the Year Awards, he said "it was seen as a conflict of interest to both buy and sell football rights. My kids have never forgiven me for joining the BBC because of that."<ref name="Dyke-manchester-2001"/>

Dyke was the non-executive chairman of Brentford from 20 January 2006 until July 2013.<ref name=UOYbiog>{{cite web |title=The Chancellor Greg Dyke – a brief biography |url=http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/vco/chancellor.htm |publisher=University of York |access-date=1 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211024227/http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/vco/chancellor.htm |archive-date=11 February 2010}}</ref><ref name=Kelso/> He was appointed as part of the club takeover by [[Bees United]], the [[Brentford Supporters Trust]].<ref name="Bees Friday, 20 January 2006">{{cite web |title=Bees United Appoint Greg Dyke as New Chairman |url=https://www.beesunited.org.uk/in-focus/bees-united-appoint-greg-dyke-as-new-chairman-v15-189/|work=Bees United Official Website|first=Brian |last=Burgess |date=20 January 2006 |publisher=Bees United |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

At Brentford, Dyke's focus was on budget constraints for the small club and the necessity to generate money from televised matches and other means.<ref name="Viner-17-02-2006-2">{{cite news |last=Viner |first=Brian |title=Michael Grade and Greg Dyke: 'The chairman and former director-general on opposite sides... and nobody at the BBC televised the bloody game' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/michael-grade-and-greg-dyke-the-chairman-and-former-directorgeneral-on-opposite-sides-and-nobody-at-the-bbc-televised-the-bloody-game-466798.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420222159/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/michael-grade-and-greg-dyke-the-chairman-and-former-directorgeneral-on-opposite-sides-and-nobody-at-the-bbc-televised-the-bloody-game-466798.html|url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2013 |access-date=15 February 2012 |newspaper=The Independent|date=17 February 2006 |quote=What we really need is promotion, but for clubs like ours the Cup can be very lucrative, especially if there's a replay. Last year we drew at Southampton, which was great, even though we lost at home. The pain this time is that the match didn't get chosen for TV, because for this round you get £260,000, and that can transform a club like Brentford. Can you believe it? You've got the chairman and the former director-general on opposite sides and nobody at the BBC chose to televise the bloody game." |location=London}}</ref><ref name="Moore-11-3-2011">{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Tom |title=Brentford chairman Greg Dyke backs Rosler to succeed |url=http://www.london24.com/sport/brentford_chairman_greg_dyke_backs_rosler_to_succeed_1_1116319 |work=London 24 |date=3 November 2011 |publisher=London 24 |access-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721070619/http://www.london24.com/sport/brentford_chairman_greg_dyke_backs_rosler_to_succeed_1_1116319 |archive-date=21 July 2013}}</ref> Under Dyke the club's performance was initially unsteady, with a few highlights but the club experiencing its worst run since the 1970s. On 28 January 2006, they beat [[Premier League]] strugglers [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] 2–1 in the fourth round of the [[FA Cup]], but lost 3–1 to another Premier League club [[Charlton Athletic]] (of which former BBC chairman [[Michael Grade]] was non-executive director) in the fifth round.

The club finished third in the league that year and lost to [[Swansea City]] in the play-off semi-final. These initial slight successes preceded a spell of misfortune which saw Brentford lose 16 matches in a row and be relegated to [[Football League Two]] in 2007. Turnover of managers was fast, with Allen, [[Leroy Rosenior]],<ref>{{cite news | date=18 November 2006 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/6162076.stm |title=Rosenior sacked as Brentford boss |work=[[BBC Sport]] | access-date=19 November 2006}}</ref> [[Scott Fitzgerald (footballer born 1969)|Scott Fitzgerald]], [[Alan Reeves (footballer)|Alan Reeves]], [[Barry Quin (football)|Barry Quin]]<ref>{{cite news |date= 10 April 2007|url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/6542349.stm |title=Boss Fitzgerald leaves Brentford |work=BBC Sport |access-date=10 April 2007}}</ref> and [[Terry Butcher]]<ref>{{cite news |date=11 December 2007 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brentford/7138164.stm |title= Boss Butcher leaves Brentford job |work=BBC Sport |access-date=11 December 2007}}</ref> in the space of two years, before Butcher's assistant [[Andy Scott (footballer, born 1972)|Andy Scott]] got the team back on track, winning the [[Football League Two|League Two title]] on 25 April 2009.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 June 2006 |url=http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=391110&CPID=11&clid=94&lid=5&title=Allen+resigns+from+Bees |title=Allen resigns from Bees |work=Sky Sports |access-date=18 November 2006}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Scott could not continue the success and after a series of poor results he was sacked in February 2011. Dyke remained upbeat:

{{quote|"We are slightly disappointed with this season, as we increased the playing budget. The highlight was getting to Wembley but we froze a little in the final. But we have a good team, no matter who the manager is. We are spending enough money and we should be getting to the play-offs."<ref>{{cite news |title=After rollercoaster year, chairman Dyke eyes play-off spot |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23951184-after-rollercoaster-year-chairman-dyke-eyes-play-off-spot.do |access-date=15 February 2012 |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=18 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530121503/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23951184-after-rollercoaster-year-chairman-dyke-eyes-play-off-spot.do |archive-date=30 May 2011}}</ref>}}

Dyke announced plans in 2010 for the club to move to a new ground, selling off the Griffin Park ground for residential housing to raise money. Dyke said: "Our aim is to move into a new stadium in Lionel Road and to move there as a club free of debt."<ref name="06-06-2010">{{cite web |title=New Stadium Major Announcement |url=http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1185238,00.html|work=Brentford FC official website, 6 June 2010 |publisher=Brentford Football Club & FL Interactive Ltd. |access-date=15 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703072325/http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/page/LatestNews/0,,10421~1185238,00.html |archive-date=3 July 2012}}</ref>

Dyke replaced [[David Bernstein (executive)|David Bernstein]] as chairman of [[The Football Association]] in July 2013 after relinquishing his role as Brentford chairman and receiving approval from the FA council.<ref name=Kelso>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/21877945 |title=Greg Dyke to replace David Bernstein as FA chairman |work=BBC Sport |date=21 March 2013 |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/9945798/Former-BBC-director-general-Greg-Dyke-set-to-become-new-chairman-of-the-FA.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324000748/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/9945798/Former-BBC-director-general-Greg-Dyke-set-to-become-new-chairman-of-the-FA.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 March 2013 |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Paul |last=Kelso |title=Former BBC director general Greg Dyke set to become new chairman of the FA |date=21 March 2013}}</ref> In September, Dyke warned of an "alarming" lack of homegrown talent in English football, with fewer and fewer homegrown players in the top flight, and set [[England national football team|England]] the target of at least reaching the semi-finals of [[UEFA Euro 2020]] and then winning the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/04/greg-dyke-england-world-cup-qatar-2022 | title= Greg Dyke aims for an England World Cup win at Qatar 2022 | work=The Guardian | first=Owen | last=Gibson | date=4 September 2013 | access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>

After [[Sepp Blatter]]'s sudden departure from [[FIFA]] on 2 June 2015, when Blatter said he was resigning for honorable reasons and to allow FIFA to move on, Dyke said: "I don't believe a word of this. If he believes that, why not step down last week when we asked him to? He was cock-a-hoop when he won the election and terribly arrogant. Clearly there is a smoking gun. This is nothing to do with Mr Blatter being honorable; he hasn't been honorable for years".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/sepp-blatter-resignation-smoking-gun-led-fifa-president-to-quit-claims-fa-chairman-greg-dyke-10293057.html|title=Sepp Blatter quits: 'Smoking gun' led Fifa president to quit, claims FA chairman Greg Dyke|first=Sam |last=Wallace |work=[[i (British newspaper)|i]] |date=3 June 2015 |page=4}}</ref>

Dyke left the FA in 2016, deciding not to stand for re-election, as he struggled to reform the organisation. He was succeeded as chairman by [[Greg Clarke]].

===Comments on ''News of the World'' phone hacking scandal===

Dyke appeared on [[BBC Two]]'s ''[[Newsnight]]'' programme on 8 July 2011 alongside comedian [[Steve Coogan]], where he confronted former ''[[News of the World]]'' deputy features editor [[Paul McMullan (journalist)|Paul McMullen]] over his attitude to the events of the phone hacking scandal. Dyke told McMullen "You're [the tabloids] nothing to do with a free press, or a decent democracy". Distancing himself from McMullen he said "I've spent most of my life being a journalist, and I'm nothing to do with him, and neither are most other journalists."<ref>{{cite news |title=Steve Coogan fiery row with ex-NoW journalist McMullan |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9535374.stm |work=Newsnight |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=8 July 2011 |access-date=12 July 2011}}</ref> He continued "You could see there are occasionally, very occasionally, public interest cases but most of the time [it wouldn't make it less morally reprehensible]. These guys [tabloid journalists] just tapped anyone they could think of". He was also of the opinion that stronger independent regulation of the press was needed, saying that broadcast media had always been more strictly regulated.

On 11 July 2011, Dyke wrote in the ''[[Financial Times]]'' that "from the moment it was revealed that the ''News of the World'' had hacked into Milly Dowler's phone, Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy the 60.9% of British Sky Broadcasting that News Corp does not already own was all but over".<ref>{{cite news |first=Greg |last=Dyke |title=Murdoch's BSkyB deal is dead in the water |url=https://www.ft.com/content/cb91729c-abf1-11e0-945a-00144feabdc0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb91729c-abf1-11e0-945a-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=Financial Times |date=11 July 2011 |access-date=12 July 2011}}</ref> He said, "for those of us who have been warning about the tactics used by the Murdoch operation for many years – Mr Murdoch once described me as 'an enemy' – the events of the past week have been sweet."

==Political views==
In his early years, Dyke was an active supporter of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]]. In 1977, he attempted to win a seat on the [[Greater London Council]] (GLC) for Labour at [[Putney]]. Until 1999, he was considered "very much part of [[Tony Blair]]'s New England", attending parties to celebrate [[1997 United Kingdom general election|Labour's 1997 election victory]]. He donated £55,000 to the party, which prompted controversy over his subsequent appointment as BBC director-general during the Blair government.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1410021/Birts-coaching-gave-Labour-donor-Dyke-top-job-at-BBC.html | title= 'Birt's coaching' gave Labour donor Dyke top job at BBC | work=The Daily Telegraph | first1=Adam | last1=Lusher | first2=Daniel | last2=Foggo | date=13 October 2002 | access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>  He was also asked to write a report on the future of the [[NHS England|NHS]].<ref name="Ahmed-01-1999"/>

On 2 May 2005, prior to the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|general election]], Dyke went public at a [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] press conference and said that "democracy was under threat if Labour was elected for a third term".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4504975.stm|title=Dyke condemns Blair's government|date=2 May 2005|publisher=BBC News|access-date=28 May 2019}}</ref>

On 20 April 2009, it was announced that Dyke was to lead a review of the UK's creative sector for the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark |last=Sweney |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/apr/20/greg-dyke-conservative-creative-industries-panel |title=Greg Dyke to head Conservative party's creative industries review &#124; Media |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 April 2009 |access-date=14 March 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Dyke has been married twice. He met his first wife Christine Taylor at the [[University of York]]; they were married for most of the 1970s. He lives in [[Hampshire]], near [[Stockbridge, Hampshire|Stockbridge]], with his second wife, Susan Howes, a former [[sociology]] teacher and [[probation officer]]. Susan is now a trustee of Safe Ground, a charity which works with young offenders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Susan Howes Linked in profile|url=http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sue-howes/2a/358/566|publisher=Linked in Corporation|access-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718221809/http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/sue-howes/2a/358/566|archive-date=18 July 2012}}</ref> They have four children. The Dykes also own a house on the west coast of [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Tyzack|first=Anna|title=My Perfect Weekend- Greg Dyke|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/8193710/My-Perfect-Weekend-Greg-Dyke.html|work=The Daily Telegraph,10 Dec 2010|publisher=Telegraph Media Group, Limited|access-date=17 July 2011|location=London|date=10 December 2010}}</ref>

==Honours==

===Scholastic===
; University degrees

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| {{Flagu|England}} || '''1974''' || [[University of York]] || [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) in [[Politics]] 
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; Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
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| {{Flagu|England}} || '''2004{{spaced ndash}}2015''' || [[University of York]] || [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]]<ref name="york.ac.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2004/gregdyke/|title = Greg Dyke is the new Chancellor of the University of York|website=York.ac.uk}}</ref>
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| {{Flagu|England}} || '''April 2018{{spaced ndash}}Present''' || [[London Film School]] || Chairman<ref name="LFS press release" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lfs.org.uk/who-we-are/staff/governors|title = Governors &#124; London Film School|website=Lfs.org.uk}}</ref>
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===Honorary degrees===
;Honorary degrees

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! style="width:40%;"| School
! style="width:20%;"| Degree
! style="width:20%;"| Gave Commencement Address
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| {{Flagu|England}} || '''1999''' || [[University of York]] || [[Doctor of the University]] (D.Univ) <ref name="york.ac.uk"/> || 
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} || '''July 2004''' || [[University of Sunderland]] || [[Doctor of Arts]] (D.Arts) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/3892747.stm|title=Arts honour for former BBC boss|website=news.bbc.co.uk|date=14 July 2004}}</ref> || 
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| {{Flagu|England}} || '''2005''' || [[Staffordshire University]] || [[Doctor of the University]] (D.Univ) <ref>[https://www.staffs.ac.uk/assets/autumn-graduation-brochure-2019.pdf] {{dead link|date=November 2021}}</ref>||
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| {{Flagu|England}} || '''2006''' || [[University of Bedfordshire]] || [[Doctor of Arts]] (D.Arts) <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.beds.ac.uk/alumni/honorands/honorary-doctorates |title=Honorary Doctorates - beds.ac.uk &#124; University of Bedfordshire |access-date=19 September 2020 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925080425/https://www.beds.ac.uk/alumni/honorands/honorary-doctorates |url-status=dead }}</ref> || 
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| {{Flagu|England}} || '''2007''' || [[Southampton Solent University]] || [[Doctor of Arts]] (D.Arts) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.solent.ac.uk/graduation/honorary-graduates|title = Honorary graduates|website=Dolent.ac.uk}}</ref> || 
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| {{Flagu|England}} || '''2013''' || [[University of Westminster]] || Doctorate <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/honorary-awards/honorary-awards-2013|title=Honorary awards 2013 &#124; University of Westminster, London|website=Westminster.ac.uk|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> || 
|-
| {{Flagu|England}} || '''2015''' || [[London Metropolitan University]] || [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (PhD)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonmet.ac.uk/profiles/students/greg-dyke/|title=Greg Dyke - London Metropolitan University|website=Londonmet.ac.uk|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref> || 
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===Memberships and fellowships===
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| {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} || '''1998–present'''  || [[Royal Television Society]] || Fellow <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rts.org.uk/about-us/vice-presidents-and-fellows|title = RTS Vice Presidents & Fellows|website=Rts.org.uk|date = 14 November 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{Flagu|United Kingdom}} || '''2016–present'''  || [[British Film Institute]] || [[British Film Institute Fellowship|Fellow]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/strategy-policy/bfi-fellows|title=BFI Fellows|website=Bfi.org.uk|access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|id=1125788|name=Greg Dyke}}
* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/3441181.stm BBC apologises as Dyke quits] from the [[BBC News]]
* [http://old.ystv.co.uk/watch/miniplayer.php?vid=144&cat=15 Video of Installation of Greg Dyke as Chancellor of the University of York]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://ystv.york.ac.uk/watch/getvideo.php?vid=9&mode=save Video of York Student Television 2005 Greg Dyke Interview]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080615005444/http://www.bafta.org/library/webcasts/the-bafta-debate-the-reality-of-british-tv,253,BA.html Greg Dyke debates Reality Television] [[BAFTA]] Webcast, January 2008
* [http://www.middx.net/photopost/hayes-grammar-2fhayes-manor/p2515-1958hayes-county-grammar-school-1st-years.html Picture of Greg Dyke at Haye County Grammar School, 1958]

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