New Year Honours 2000
Mary Jane Drabble OBE
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Director of Education • BBC
Organisation: BBC
“For services to Broadcasting and to Education.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
For services to Broadcasting and to Education.
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New Year Honours 2000- Role at the time
- Director of Education, BBC
“For services to Broadcasting and to Education.”
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How common is this award?
The Officer of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 436 times in the New Year Honours List 2000 — about 22% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Director of Education, BBC.
How widely is this recognised?
4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2000
Advocate Francis Charles Hamon
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to the community.”
Aideen McGiNLEY
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to the Northern Ireland Millennium Company.”
Aileen Oonagh Hall
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
Alan Conrad Cheyney
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to the National Autistic Society.”
Alan Francis Simpson
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to Television Comedy Drama.”
Alan Grainger Kerr
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to Otolaryngology.”
Alan John Mawby
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
Royal Air Force
Alan Sayles
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to the Farleigh Hospice and to the Hospice Movement.”
Alastair Malcolm Hill
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to the Law and the Disability Law Service.”
Albert Dennis Askew
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to leprosy relief.”
Albert Louis Hammond
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to music and songwriting.”
Albert Winfield Grant
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to Community Relations in Ipswich, Suffolk.”
Alexander James Elton Malcolm
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
Alexander John Maisner
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
Alison Steadman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to Drama.”
Alistair Grant Aitken
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“for Work Team, Scottish Executive.”
Alun Owen Morris of Mathematics
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
Ambulance Brigade
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
Andrew George Rickman
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to Home Computing.”
Andrew Gordon Renwick
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to the UK Medicines Licensing Authority and to Pharmacology.”
Andrew Hubert Joscelyne
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
Deputy Head
Andrew Lennox McFarlane
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
Royal Navy
Andrew Robert Grieve
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to Dentistry.”
Angela Chiowoniso Muchatuta
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2000
“For services to Nursing.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Arts & Culture
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 4,560 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture. See the full list →
Malorie Blackman
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Literature.”
Cerys Matthews,
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Bourne End, Buckinghamshire
“For services to Music.”
Mukesh Sharma
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Julia Catherine Donaldson
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Horsham, West Sussex
“For services to Literature.”
Richard Starrs
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Adam Joolia
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Margaret Irvine
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
James Fraser
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
David Cottle
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Swansea, West Glamorgan
“For services to Jazz Music.”
Rebecca Chapman
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Norwich, Norfolk
“For services to Inclusive Theatre.”
Marilyn Blieck
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Prestwick, Ayrshire and Arran
“For services to Music and to the community in Ayrshire.”
Christopher Gaze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to British Arts and Culture in Canada.”
Stephen Watson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Broadcasting and to Kidney Transplant Awareness and to Fundraising in Northern Ireland.”
Iain Varah
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Dunmow, Essex
“For services to Public Libraries, Culture and Leisure.”
Peter Talbot
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Eastbourne, East Sussex
“For services to the Arts.”
Paul Stacey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Theatre.”
Lisa Riley
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Drama and to Charity.”
Garry Richardson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Seale, Surrey
“For services to Sport Broadcasting.”
Suzanne Raine
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to Heritage.”
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire · 2000
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
No gov.uk honours-list dataset covers 2000 — the published Gazette supplement is the sole source for this record.
Published 31 December 1999.
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