The outgoing boss of the BBC said he was “very proud” of the broadcaster’s journalism, two days after he quit following accusations of bias and the threat of legal action from US President Donald Trump.

“I’m very, very proud of our journalists in this building. They’re doing work I think is incredibly important,” Tim Davie said on Tuesday, the first time he has spoken publicly since announcing his resignation on Sunday.

Former BBC Director General Tim Davie arrives at Broadcasting House on Nov. 11, 2025 in London, England. Getty Images

“They’re doing a wonderful job,” he added.

The publicly-funded British Broadcasting Corporation’s head of news also quit on Sunday, plunging it into its biggest crisis in decades and dominating the front of Britain’s newspapers on Tuesday.

Davie, who h

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