BBC Boss Watch: rounding up the suspects

With the deadline for BBC Trust chairman applications now gone , it's time to open the BBC Boss Watch casebook once again. In our last episode , we revealed that Danny Cohen had dunnit at BBC1 and walked off with the controller job. Now a select group are in the frame for the top job at the BBC Trust: Richard Hooper, Anthony Fry and Dame Patricia Hodgson are understood to be among the front runners, while Roger Parry has also been tipped. On the other hand, CBI president Helen Alexander, who was considered by many to be a prime candidate, has ruled herself out of the running . Suspects are due for a grilling on 27 and 28 January, with an appointment due to be announced in the spring. The case continues.