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Birt became a hate figure for many on the Left, who were often still lamenting the sacking of Alasdair Milne by the Thatcher government in 1987 - his complex internal market reforms of the BBC were hated by many of its employees, and were dismantled by his successor Greg DykeGreg Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a journalist and broadcaster. He was Director-General of the BBC from January 2000 until 29 January 2004 when he resigned following heavy criticism of the BBC's news reporting process in the Hutton Inquiry. Dyke was educate. Dennis PotterDennis Christopher George Potter ( May 17, 1935 June 7, 1994) was a controversial British dramatist who is best known for several widely acclaimed television dramas which mixed fantasy and reality, the personal and the social. He was particularly fond of, in particular, elevated Birt to the level of a folk devil shortly before his death. However, it has been convincingly argued that without those reforms and Birt's relatively ConservativeThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia-friendly persona, the BBC would not have secured its charter renewal in the 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn, and Birt was responsible for a major modernisation of much BBC programming, not least the removal of Simon BatesSimon Bates (born Birmingham, 1947) is best known for being a disc jockey in the UK. Between 1976 and 1993 he worked at BBC Radio 1, spending the vast majority of his time at the station presenting the weekday mid-morning show. He is now a regular on Clas, Dave Lee TravisDave Lee Travis (better known as DLT) is a UK Radio Presenter and Disc Jockey for the BBC, he has legendary status, and currently presents a radio show for BBC Three Counties Radio and Garrison Radio. Dave presented the Radio 1 breakfast show from May 197 and other veteran DJs from Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). Radio 1 was launched at 7am on September 30, 1967 as a direct response to the popularity of illegal pirate radio statio, which was reformed as a much more youth-orientated station, and the demise of the Paul Daniels Magic Show and similar outmoded variety formats on BBC1.