Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

British Telecommunications PLC
24 May 2000

NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1  NAME OF COMPANY                 2   NAME OF DIRECTOR
   British Telecommunications plc      Robert Brace

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

4  NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER
   Halifax Investment Services Ltd

5  THIS NOTIFICATION RELATES TO:
   Dealing by Investment Manager.
  
6  NATURE OF TRANSACTION & NATURE & EXTENT OF DIRECTOR'S
   Acquisition of shares by Halifax Investment Services Ltd 
   in respect of reinvestment of dividends under  
   non-discretionary single company PEP.

7  NUMBER OF SHARES ACQUIRED       8 PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED
                                     CLASS
   7                                 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        1,155 pence

13 DATE OF TRANSACTION             14 DATE COMPANY INFORMED
   27 April 2000                      23 May 2000

15 TOTAL HOLDING (i.e. Director's interests) FOLLOWING THIS
  NOTIFICATION; DETAILS OF SHARE OPTIONS ARE GIVEN AT 22
  BELOW.
  (a) Beneficial interest in 184,004 shares

  (b) 269,954 shares subject to contingent awards under the BT
      Executive Share Plan

  (c) 14,260 shares subject to contingent awards under the
      BT Deferred Bonus Plan

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
   a)   78,540 - BT Share Option Scheme
   b)   5,208 - BT Employee Sharesave Scheme
   
23 ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The above named director has other technical interests
under Section 13 of the Companies Act 1985 as follows:

- a technical interest, together with all employees of BT,
in 78,454 shares held in the name of BT Employee Shares 
Trustees Limited;

- a technical interest, together with all employees of BT, 
in 5,903,526* shares held in trust in the name of Ilford 
Trustees (Jersey) Limited as discretionary beneficiaries 
of the BT Employee Trust; and

- a technical interest, together with all employees
of BT, in 13,388,542* shares held in trust in the name of Ilford
Trustees (Jersey) Limited as discretionary beneficiaries of
the BT Employee Trust No. 2.

* An adjustment to the technical interests has been made since the 
last notification following the movement of 90,000 pool shares
from the BT Employee Trust to the BT Employee Trust No.2 on 
14 December 1999.

24 DATE THAT DIRECTOR BECAME AWARE OF THE TRANSACTION

   22 May 2000