Director Shareholding

British Telecommunications PLC
9 October 2000



NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1  NAME OF COMPANY                 2   NAME OF DIRECTOR
   British Telecommunications plc      Sir Anthony Greener

3  THIS NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF:
   The Director named in 2 above


4  NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER
   Natwest PEP Nominees Ltd - 773 shares held on behalf of Sir Anthony Greener
   Natwest PEP Nominees Ltd - 773 shares held on behalf of Lady A Greener
   Fielding Nominees Ltd    - 600 shares held on behalf of Sir Anthony Greener
   Fielding Nominees Ltd    - 1,790 shares held on behalf of Lady A Greener


5  PLEASE STATE WHETHER NOTIFICATION RELATES TO A PERSON(S) CONNECTED WITH THE
   DIRECTOR NAMED IN 2 ABOVE AND IDENTIFY THE CONNECTED PERSON(S):
   See (6) below

6  PLEASE STATE THE NATURE OF THE TRANSACTION.  FOR PEP TRANSACTIONS PLEASE   
   INDICATE WHETHER GENERAL/SINGLE CO PEP AND IF DISCRETIONARY/NON            
   DISCRETIONARY:

   Sir Anthony Greener has advised the Company of his interests in the shares 
   of the Company, following his appointment as a non-Executive Director on 1 
   October 2000, as detailed in 4 above.


7  NUMBER OF SHARES ACQUIRED       8   PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED CLASS
   Not applicable                      Not applicable


9  NUMBER OF SHARES DISPOSED OF    10  PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED CLASS
   Not applicable                      Not applicable


11 CLASS OF SECURITY               12  PRICE PER SHARE
   Ordinary Shares of 25p each         Not applicable

13 DATE OF TRANSACTION             14  DATE COMPANY INFORMED
   See 6 above                         6 October 2000


15 TOTAL HOLDING (i.e. Director's interests) FOLLOWING THIS
  NOTIFICATION; DETAILS OF SHARE OPTIONS ARE GIVEN AT 22 BELOW.
   3,936 shares
   
   
16 TOTAL PERCENTAGE HOLDING OF ISSUED CLASS FOLLOWING THIS
   NOTIFICATION
   Not significant

17 DATE OF GRANT                   18  PERIOD DURING WHICH OR DATE
                                       ON WHICH EXERCISABLE
   Not applicable                      Not applicable

19 TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR GRANT OF  20  DESCRIPTION OF SHARES
   OPTION                              INVOLVED
   Not applicable                      Not applicable

21 EXERCISE PRICE (FIXED AT TIME OF GRANT)
   Not applicable



22 TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OVER THE DIRECTOR HOLDS OPTIONS FOLLOWING
  THIS NOTIFICATION
   Nil
   
   
23 DATE THAT DIRECTOR BECAME AWARE OF THE TRANSACTION
   Not applicable

24 ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
   
The appointment of Sir Anthony Greener as a non-executive director of British
Telecommunications plc, with effect from 1 October 2000, was notified to the
London Stock Exchange on 25 September 2000.

The following information is now provided in respect of Sir Anthony Greener as
required by the Listing Rules:

Listing Rule 16.4 (a)
Directorships of publicly quoted companies in the last five years:

Past Directorships
Diageo plc
Grand Metropolitan Public Limited Company
Reed Elsevier Plc
Reed International Plc

Listing Rules 16.4 (b)
Not applicable.

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1  NAME OF COMPANY                 2   NAME OF DIRECTOR
   British Telecommunications plc      E. Neville Isdell

3  THIS NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF A HOLDING OF:
   The director named in 2 above

4  NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER
   See (2) above

5  THIS NOTIFICATION RELATES TO:
   See (2) above
  
6  NATURE OF TRANSACTION & NATURE & EXTENT OF DIRECTOR'S INTEREST
   Acquisition of shares 

7  NUMBER OF SHARES ACQUIRED       8 PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED
                                     CLASS
   5,000                             Not significant
   
9  NUMBER OF SHARES DISPOSED       10 PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED                    
   OF                                 CLASS
   Not applicable                     Not applicable

11 CLASS OF SECURITY               12 PRICE PER SHARE
   Ordinary Shares of 25p each        724 pence

13 DATE OF TRANSACTION             14 DATE COMPANY INFORMED
   6 October 2000                     6 October 2000

15 TOTAL HOLDING (i.e. Director's interests) FOLLOWING THIS
  NOTIFICATION; DETAILS OF SHARE OPTIONS ARE GIVEN AT 22
  BELOW.
  7,500 shares

16 TOTAL PERCENTAGE HOLDING OF ISSUED CLASS FOLLOWING THIS
   NOTIFICATION
   Not significant

17 DATE OF GRANT                   18  PERIOD DURING WHICH OR
                                       DATE ON WHICH EXERCISABLE
   Not applicable                      Not applicable
   
19 TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR GRANT     20  DESCRIPTION OF SHARES
   OF INVOLVED OPTION
   Not applicable                      Not applicable

21 EXERCISE PRICE (FIXED AT TIME OF GRANT)
   Not applicable

22 TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OVER WHICH THE DIRECTORS HOLDS
   OPTIONS FOLLOWING THIS NOTIFICATION
   Not applicable
   
23 DATE THAT DIRECTOR BECAME AWARE OF THE TRANSACTION
   6 October 2000
 
24 ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

   Not applicable

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1  NAME OF COMPANY                 2   NAME OF DIRECTOR
   British Telecommunications plc      Sir Iain Vallance
                                       Sir Peter Bonfield
                                       Robert Brace
                                       Bill Cockburn                         

3  THIS NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF A HOLDING OF:
   The Directors named in 2 above

4  NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER
   Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited

5  THIS NOTIFICATION RELATES TO:
   Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited is trustee of the BT Employee Trust No. 4 
   of which the directors named in 2 above are beneficiaries, along with all  
   employees of BT.
  
6  NATURE OF TRANSACTION & NATURE & EXTENT OF DIRECTORS' INTEREST
   The above named directors have acquired the additional interests under     
   Schedule 13 of the Companies Act 1985, together with all employees of BT,  
   in shares held in the BT Employee Trust No.4.

7  NUMBER OF SHARES ACQUIRED       8 PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED
                                     CLASS
   174,382                           Not significant
   
      
9  NUMBER OF SHARES DISPOSED       10 PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED                    
   OF                                 CLASS
   Not applicable                     Not applicable

11 CLASS OF SECURITY               12 PRICE PER SHARE
   Ordinary Shares of 25p each        697.5 pence

13 DATE OF TRANSACTION             14 DATE COMPANY INFORMED
   4 October 2000                     9 October 2000

15 TOTAL HOLDING (i.e. Directors' interests) FOLLOWING THIS
  NOTIFICATION; DETAILS OF SHARE OPTIONS ARE GIVEN AT 22
  BELOW.

  No changes to directors' individual holdings.
  

16 TOTAL PERCENTAGE HOLDING OF ISSUED CLASS FOLLOWING THIS
   NOTIFICATION
   Not significant

17 DATE OF GRANT                   18  PERIOD DURING WHICH OR
                                       DATE ON WHICH EXERCISABLE
   Not applicable                      Not applicable
   
19 TOTAL AMOUNT PAID FOR GRANT     20  DESCRIPTION OF SHARES
   OF INVOLVED OPTION
   Not applicable                      Not applicable

21 EXERCISE PRICE (FIXED AT TIME OF GRANT)
   Not applicable

22 TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OVER WHICH THE DIRECTORS HOLDS
   OPTIONS FOLLOWING THIS NOTIFICATION
   No change since previous notification of directors' interests.
   
23 DATE THAT DIRECTOR BECAME AWARE OF THE TRANSACTION
   9 October 2000

24 ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
The above named directors have other technical interests
under Section 13 of the Companies Act 1985 as follows:

- a technical interest, together with all employees of BT,
in 90,722 shares held in the name of BT Employee Shares 
Trustees Limited;

- a technical interest, together with all employees of BT, 
in 5,285,048 shares held in trust in the name of Ilford 
Trustees (Jersey) Limited as discretionary beneficiaries 
of the BT Employee Trust; 

- a technical interest, together with all employees
of BT, in 3,590,786 shares held in trust in the name of Ilford
Trustees (Jersey) Limited as discretionary beneficiaries of
the BT Employee Trust No.2; and

- a technical interest, together with all employees
of BT, in 9,918,201 shares held in trust in the name of Ilford
Trustees (Jersey) Limited as discretionary beneficiaries of 
the BT Employee Trust No.4.