Media and Actors
- George Alagiah (Van Mildert) - broadcaster
- Matthew Amroliwala (St Chad's) - BBC News presenter
- Neave Barker (Van Mildert )- Broadcaster - Al Jazeera English
- Biddy Baxter (St Mary's) - TV Producer (Blue Peter) and inventor of the Blue Peter badge
- Guy de la Bédoyère - British historian and broadcaster
- Rabbi Lionel Blue - TV journalist and broadcaster
- David J. Bodycombe (Trevelyan) - puzzle-writer
- Arthur Bostrom (St Chad's) - actor and early member of The Durham Revue, played Officer Crabtree in 'Allo 'Allo!
- Andrew Buchan (Cuths) - Actor
- Jamie Campbell (St John's) - documentary film maker and writer in the New Statesman, The Guardian and the Mail on Sunday
- Daniel Casey (Grey) - Co-star of Midsomer Murders
- Adrian Dannatt (Chads) - Child actor, artist and journalist
- John Exelby - Co-founder and editor of BBC News World Service
- Nigel Farndale - writer in the Sunday Telegraph
- Jonah Fisher (Collingwood) - BBC Journalist
- Shelagh Fogarty - host of the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show
- Alastair Fothergill (Cuths) - BBC Nature producer and co-producer of The Blue Planet
- Jonathan Gould - television presenter and host of the MLB on Five
- Helen Grace (University) - actress notable for role as incestuous sibling Georgia Simpson in Brookside
- John Galbraith Graham (St Chad's) - crossword compiler - "Araucaria" of The Guardian, Chaplain and Tutor at St Chad's 1949–52
- Judith Hann - presenter of BBC's Tomorrow's World 1974-1994
- Lorraine Heggessey (Collingwood) - controller of BBC One 2000-2004
- Gavin Hewitt (Johns) - Special Correspondent for the BBC
- Chris Hollins - Sports presenter for BBC Breakfast
- Sally El Hosaini (Collingwood) - filmmaker
- Nina Hossain, (Cuths) - Broadcast journalist
- Louise Hulland - English television and radio presenter.
- George Lazenby (Bede) - Bond Actor
- Gabby Logan (Hild Bede) - Commonwealth Games gymnast and TV presenter
- Alex MacQueen, Actor
- Dominic Montserrat (Grey) - TV Egyptologist
- Roger Moore (Bede) - Notably seven times "James Bond" actor. Did not graduate due to national service
- Maryam Nemazee - Bloomberg Presenter
- Mark Pougatch, BBC sports presenter and radio host
- Gareth Sibson, (Castle) - Writer and broadcaster
- Kate Silverton, (Cuths) - Broadcast journalist
- David Shukman, (Hatfield) - BBC correspondent
- Chris Terrill (Collingwood) - documentary maker, writer and adventurer
- Jeremy Vine (Hatfield), radio and television presenter
- James Wilby (Grey) - actor
- Tim Willcox, (St Chad's), BBC television presenter
- Fenella Woolgar - actor
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