The former head of Radio One has joined a theatre's new-look board of directors.
Matthew Bannister, who has a home in Pulborough, went from presenting Newsbeat in 1983 to being Radio One's controller ten years later.
He has joined a newly-formed company to run Chichester Festival Theatre as part of major restructuring.
The board of the Chichester Festival Theatre Productions Company will be chaired by former minister Lord Young and include Jane Chevis, leader of Chichester District Council.
The council came to the theatre's rescue when it ran into financial trouble three years ago.
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