Barbara Slater

Roles and responsibilities

• Barbara was responsible for approximately 20,000 hours of global sports coverage across radio, TV and online each year, including live sporting events, highlights, sports news and magazine programmes.
• Output is produced by 450 staff across the UK; BBC Sport's base is in MediaCity UK in Salford.
• The BBC is the most popular sports broadcaster in the UK on TV, radio and digital platforms.

Biography

Last updated July 2017

Barbara Slater took up her role as Director of Sport in April 2009.

She had previously been Head of Production and Head of General Sports for the department.

Her responsibilities include working with governing bodies to retain a broad portfolio of broadcasting rights, overseeing the planning and coverage of major sporting events and leading the sports journalism operation at BBC Sport’s home in Salford.

Barbara was responsible for the BBC’s acclaimed cross-platform coverage of the London Olympic Games - the most watched TV event in UK broadcasting history. Barbara was awarded the ‘Inspirational Woman Prize’ at the Women in Film and Television Awards in recognition of this achievement and has since been appointed as an adviser to the IOC Radio and Television Commission and the UK’s Sports Business Council.

Barbara joined the BBC in 1983 as a trainee assistant producer in the Natural History Unit in Bristol, but has spent most of her career as a producer in BBC Sport, specialising in outside broadcasts and overseeing the production of a range of sports including tennis and golf. Barbara was awarded the OBE in 2014 for her services to sports broadcasting.

She grew up in Birmingham, and was an international gymnast, competing for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976. Barbara is married with three children.

Annual remuneration (as at July 2024)

• £240,000 - £244,999

Expenses and central bookings

Expenses are costs incurred by BBC staff on behalf of the BBC and claimed through the BBC's expenses system.

Central bookings are costs incurred on behalf of the BBC and booked through the BBC's central bookings system. Both expenses and central bookings are published every three months.

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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2023-24
• Barbara Slater’s central bookings Q4 2023-24
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• Barbara Slater’s central bookings Q3 2023-24
• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q2 2023-24
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2022-23
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2022-23
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q3 2021-22
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2021-22
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2020-21
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q3 2020-21
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2020-21
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2018-19
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2017-18
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q2 2017-18
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• Barbara Slater's expenses Q4 2016-17
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q3 2016-17
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q2 2016-17
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2016-17
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2015-16
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q3 2015-16
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q2 2015-16
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2015-16
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2014-15
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q2 2014-15
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2014-15
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2013-14
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2012-13 
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2012-13
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2011-12
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2010-11
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q4 2009-10
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q2 2009-10
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• Barbara Slater had no expenses paid in Q1 2009-10
• Barbara Slater's central bookings Q1 2009-10

Gifts and Hospitality Register

Gifts and hospitality may only be accepted in line with BBC policy. Information about gifts and hospitality is published every three months.

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• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2023-24
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2023-24
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2023-24
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2022-23
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2022-23
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2022-23
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2022-23
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2021-22
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2021-22
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2021-22
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2021-22
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2020-21
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2020-21
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2020-21
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2020-21
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2019-20
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2019-20
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2019-20
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2019-20
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in 2018-19
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2017-18
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2017-18
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2017-18
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2017-18
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2016-17
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2016-17
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2016-17
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2016-17
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2015-16
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q3 2015-16 
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2015-16 
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2015-16
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2014-15
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2014-15
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2014-15 
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2014-15
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2014-15
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2013-14
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2013-14
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q2 2013-14
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q1 2013-14
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2012-13
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2012-13
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2012-13 
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q1 2012-13
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2011-12
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q3 2011-12
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2011-12 
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q1 2011-12
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q4 2010-11
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q3 2010-11 
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2010-11 
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q1 2010-11 
• Barbara Slater had no gifts or hospitality to declare in Q4 2009-10
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q3 2009-10 
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q2 2009-10 
• Barbara Slater's Gifts and Hospitality Register Q1 2009-10

Declaration of personal interests

Staff must make a declaration of their personal and business interests, including any memberships or directorships of public or industry bodies, and any shareholdings, as well as any interests that their immediate families may also have.

A summary is published where there is something to declare and where there is nothing to declare. Occasionally an individual will have something to declare but due to the personal nature of the declaration we do not publish details as to do so would breach the General Data Protection Regulation.

This information is published annually, although if any amendments are made during the year an updated summary will be published if necessary as soon as it is available.

Downloads

• Barbara Slater's Declaration of Personal Interests