Will Wyatt

(Alan) Will Wyatt (born 7 January 1942) is a retired media consultant, author and managing director. He served as director of BBC Television from 1991 to 1996 and Chief Executive of BBC Broadcast from 1996 to 1999.

Early life and career Wyatt was born in Oxford and educated at SS. Philip and James primary school and Magdalen College School, Oxford, before winning a scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge where he was an undergraduate at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours and served as President of the Royal Television Society from 2000 to 2004. From 2002–7 he served as Chairman of Human Capital Limited, a media strategy and research consultancy. His second book, The Fun Factory – A Life in the BBC, was published by Aurum Press in 2003. The documentary film Toni and Rosi, which he produced and directed with Todd Murray, was transmitted on BBC4 in January 2012.

In 2007 he produced the Wyatt Report, an investigation into clips from Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work being shown to journalists which apparently showed the Queen storming out of a session with American photographer Annie Leibovitz. The BBC subsequently admitted that the scenes used in the trailer had been edited out of sequence, leading to the resignation of RDF's Chief Creative Officer Stephen Lambert, BBC One Controller Peter Fincham and Fincham's Head of Publicity, Jane Fletcher, following the report's publication on 5 October.

Directorships Wyatt served a director of Coral Eurobet from 2001–3 and also served on the British Horseracing Board's commission into the conditions of stable and stud staff. He served on the board of Racecourse Media Group from its start in 2004 and chaired it from 2007 to 2012, the company owned by thirty racecourses, which operates the Racing UK television channel and manages their interest in the Turf TV service to betting shops. Wyatt served as a director of Vitec Group plc from 2002 to 2011. He served as a school governor of Magdalen College School, Oxford from 1999 to 2007. He served as chairman of the Teaching Awards Trust from 2008 to 2013 and a trustee of the Services Sound and Vision Corporation 2008–13. From 2013 to 2019 he served as a member of the board of the Welsh National Opera.

Publications In 2018 his memoir Oxford Boy – A Post-War Townie Childhood was published, of which Miriam Margolyes wrote, "The book is a TRIUMPH, clever in presenting a lost era, showing how class & rage & cunning made people as we are." Michael Palin said it was "a very enjoyable read". B.Traven: A Mystery Solved Masters of the Wired World The Fun Factory: A Life in the BBC Oxford Boy: A Post-War Townie Childhood Television Beyond the Millennium Facing the Public

Personal life Wyatt married Jane Bridgit Bagenal in April 1966. They have two daughters and one granddaughter. His entry in Who's Who lists his recreations as fell walking, horse racing, opera, theatre and membership of the Garrick Club.