Paul Fox (television executive)

Sir Paul Leonard Fox was a British television executive and journalist, who spent much of his broadcasting career working for BBC Television, most prominently as the Controller of BBC1 between 1967 and 1973. Fox was Head of Programmes of the ITV franchise Yorkshire Television (YTV) in 1973 before becoming its managing director from 1977 to 1988. He was chairman of Independent Television News (ITN) and president of the Royal Television Society. Fox returned to the BBC in 1988 and became managing director of BBC Television on a three-year contract that ran until his retirement in 1991. Fox was appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) and was made a Knight Bachelor. He was a recipient of the International Emmy Founders Award and the BAFTA Fellowship.