On 7 December 2004, the headline review conclusions were announced and Mark Thompson shared the high level ambition for the BBC. It was a milestone on the change journey.

Find out more:

• Read the web chat transcript from Friday 10 December
  
  
  
  
• Watch Mark Thompson's speech on 7 December
  
  Short summary (18 minutes)
  
  Full version
  
  Full version with subtitles
  
  
  
  
• Read the summary of Mark's speech in this 4 page document which gives you the main story and key messages
  
  
  
  
• Read Mark's speech in full . Please note that should you wish to print this document it is 39 pages long
  
  
  
  
• Read the press release
  
  
  
  
• Read Ariel coverage on 7 December
  
  
  
  
• Review the ' Rationale ' document which takes you through some of the reasons for change and gives you some background
  
  
  
  
• Questions & Answers
  
  
  
  
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