During pre-appointment hearings before a Commons committe, Lord Patten admitted he was not an EastEnders viewer.
Both Lord Patten and Andrew Hamilton, Oxford's vice-chancellor (administrative head), paid tribute to the "imaginativeness" of Mrs.
"He exemplifies the finest values of public service broadcasting, " said Lord Patten, chairman of the BBC Trust.
Lord Patten, chancellor of Oxford University and a former politician, let fly with his own views on March 16th.
Lord Patten, who has helped the government co-ordinate the visit, said the Catholic Church was dealing with the crisis.
Lord Patten said there had been feverish negotiation on 11 November and he took advice from the BBC's lawyers.
The committee said it was "surprised" that Lord Patten's knowledge of the BBC's output on television and radio was limited.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's The Media Show, Lord Patten said the BBC had acted properly since the allegations surfaced.
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On Monday, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten said the corporation must "command credibility" in how it dealt with the allegations.
Referring to Mr Entwistle, Lord Patten said he refused to "trash a decent man" who had been "overwhelmed" by events.
On Sunday, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten said the claims were "appalling" and would be addressed by Dame Janet's ongoing inquiry.
Mr Cameron believes the BBC needs to "show grip" and Lord Patten "has started to make the right noises, " they added.
Lord Patten said it was not an excuse to say that the alleged events happened as far back as the 1960s.
Lord Patten told Cardiff Business Club he wondered why journalists who knew Sir Jimmy was "a groper" did not report it.
But Lord Patten said he would remain a member of the Advisory Board of BP and chancellor of the University of Oxford.
Hazel Croney who appeared in Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar, and even Alice Patten, the daughter of BBC chairman and Conservative peer Lord Patten.
But in a letter to Lord Patten on Tuesday, she said "very real concerns" were being raised about public trust in the BBC.
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Long time critics said it proved that the Corporation is badly run and that its chairman Lord Patten should now face the chop.
Earlier, Lord Patten told the MPs the BBC must not "abandon or resign from investigative journalism" because of the mistakes made by Newsnight.
Mr Entwistle lasted just 54 days on the job, but Lord Patten praised him as "a very, very good man, cerebral, decent, honourable, brave".
So much for the solemn promise made by BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten, at the beginning of the internal inquiry, to be 'open and transparent'.
In his response, Lord Patten said Mrs Miller knows "how seriously the trust takes the allegations", and added the inquiries would be "comprehensive and independent".
Lord Patten, Oxford's chancellor, said the university's status as one of the world's great universities meant that it was a worthy recipient of such extra funding.
Mrs Miller has written to the chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, to stress that the corporation's investigations into itself should be conducted "thoroughly".
Lord Patten warned that while much of the headline-grabbing debate over universities had been about tuition fees and undergraduate funding, unresolved questions remained over funding postgraduate students.
Lord Patten said he was aware of the tweet, which mentioned Conservative politicians, but said it would have been "grotesque interference" if he had contacted the programme then.
Lord Patten, told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, he had to show licence fee-payers "that the BBC has a grip, that we get ourselves back on the road".
In October, Lord Patten, the chairman of the BBC Trust, called Rippon "a very distinguished editor" when interviewed on Radio 4's The Media Show about the Newsnight affair.
In fact, the committee expressed surprise that Lord Patten's knowledge of the BBC's output on television and radio was limited, but considered him a suitable candidate for the post.
"However, having questioned Lord Patten, we consider him a suitable candidate for the post and we look forward to working with him in the future, " the MPs' report added.
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