Directors' Dealings

BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC

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
                                       William Cockburn
                                     
3  THIS NOTIFICATION IS IN RESPECT OF A HOLDING OF:
   The directors named in 2 above only

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.3  
   of which the Directors named in 2 above are beneficiaries.

6  NATURE OF TRANSACTION & NATURE & EXTENT OF DIRECTORS'
   INTEREST IN TRANSACTION
   The above named directors, together with all employees of BT, have acquired
   the following additional technical interest under Schedule 13 of the       
   Companies Act 1985: 
   under the Top-up arrangements relating to the compensation to              
   option-holders for the 1997 special dividend, a technical interest in      
   1,123,635 shares held in the BT Employee Trust No.3 in the name of Ilford  
   Trustees (Jersey) Ltd.
  

7  NUMBER OF SHARES ACQUIRED       8 PERCENTAGE OF ISSUED
                                     CLASS
   1,123,635                         Not significant

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              Date      No. of   Price per            
                                                shares   share
                                      05.10.99  450,000  925.26 pence
                                      06.10.99  300,000  936.84 pence
                                      07.10.99  31,881   980 pence
                                      08.10.99  341,754  990.42 pence  

13 DATE OF TRANSACTION             14 DATE COMPANY INFORMED
   5-8 October 1999                   13 October 1999


15 TOTAL HOLDING (i.e. Directors' interests) FOLLOWING THIS
   NOTIFICATION; DETAILS OF SHARE OPTIONS ARE GIVEN AT 22
   BELOW.
   No change since previous notification of directors' interests

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
   INVOLVED OPTION
   Not applicable                      Ordinary shares of 25p each

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

22 TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OVER WHICH THE DIRECTORS HOLD 
   OPTIONS FOLLOWING THIS NOTIFICATION
   No change to individual directors' holdings since previous notifications  
   of directors' interests

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

- under the BT Employee Share Ownership Scheme, together with all employees of
BT plc, a technical interest in 101,266 shares held in the name of the BT
Employee Shares Trustees Limited;

- under the BT Executive Share Plan, a technical interest in 6,003,166 shares
held in the name of Ilford Trustees (Jersey) Limited, together with all
employees of BT plc, as discretionary beneficiaries of the BT Employee Trust;
and

- under the BT Performance Share Plan and the BT Deferred Bonus Plan, a
technical interest in 2,943,791 shares held in trust in the name of Ilford
Trustees (Jersey) Limited, together with all employees of BT plc, as
discretionary beneficiaries of the BT Employee Trust No. 2.

24 DATE THAT DIRECTORS BECAME AWARE OF THE TRANSACTION:

   13 October 1999