Christopher Bland, tough and admired former chair of the BBC, dies at 78
A prominent figure in business, arts and media for decades, he was also chairman of London Weekend Television, BT and the Royal Shakespeare CompanySir Christopher Bland, the former chair of the BBC board of governors and a City grandee with a reputation for being a tough, uncompromising dealmaker, has died at the age of 78.His friend, the author Robert Harris, paid tribute to a "terrific character, a real force of na…