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BBC DGThe TV executive who masterminded the poaching of The Great
British Bake Off from the BBC has emerged as a frontrunner to be the corporation’s next director general, while the chief executives of ITV and Channel 4 are thought unlikely to apply for the highest-profile role in British broadcasting.
Jay Hunt, Apple’s creative director in Europe, has previously held top roles at the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. At Channel 4 she was responsible for the audacious £75m deal to poach the UK’s biggest show from the BBC, where she had previously been controller of BBC One.