Lord Patten starts as BBC Trust chairman

Name: Lord Patten starts as BBC Trust chairman
Uploaded: 2011-05-05T05:43:46.000Z
Description: Lord Patten has spoken to BBC Newsnight on his first day as chairman of the BBC Trust.

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Former Conservative cabinet minister Chris Patten has become the chairman of the BBC Trust.

Lord Patten takes on the role at a time when the organisation is about to cut jobs, but he hopes services will be unaffected.

Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman asked him to describe the BBC's purpose in one sentence.

5 May 2011