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501 relations: "Christmas tree" files, A Question of Sport, Adult contemporary music, Advertising, Al Jazeera English, Alexandra Palace, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Ali Khamenei, Alibi (TV channel), AM broadcasting, Ambridge Extra, AMC Networks, And did those feet in ancient time, Andrew Marr, Andrew Neil, Angels Costumes, Ann Widdecombe, Arabic, Ariel (The Tempest), At the Beeb (Queen album), Atos, Atos Information Technology Incorporated, Auntie (song), Austen Chamberlain, Australia, Baháʼí Faith, Bandwidth (computing), Basil Blackwell, Basil Fawlty, BBC Alba, BBC Alerts, BBC America, BBC Archives, BBC Asian Network, BBC Big Band, BBC Big Screen, BBC Bitesize, BBC Board, BBC Books, BBC Breakfast, BBC Canada, BBC Choice, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House, BBC Earth, BBC Elstree Centre, BBC English Regions, BBC Entertainment, BBC Four, ... Expand index (451 more) »
- British companies established in 1922
- Mass media companies established in 1922
- Public corporations of the United Kingdom with a Royal Charter
- Publicly funded English language broadcasters
- Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
- Radio in the United Kingdom
- Television broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
"Christmas tree" files
From the 1930s until the 1980s, the BBC kept a number of clandestine files on applicants accused by MI5 of political subversion, in particular those deemed to be communists or fellow travellers of communism.
See BBC and "Christmas tree" files
A Question of Sport
A Question of Sport (known as Question of Sport from 2021 until 2023) was a British television sports quiz show produced and broadcast by the BBC.
See BBC and A Question of Sport
Adult contemporary music
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
See BBC and Adult contemporary music
Advertising
Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service.
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English (AJE; lit) is a 24-hour English-language news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partially funded by the government of Qatar. BBC and al Jazeera English are publicly funded English language broadcasters.
See BBC and Al Jazeera English
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in North London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey.
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (15 July 1865 – 14 August 1922), was a British newspaper and publishing magnate.
See BBC and Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
Ali Khamenei
Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei (translit,; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja' and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989.
Alibi (TV channel)
Alibi is a British premium television channel that was launched on 1 November 1997 as UK Arena.
See BBC and Alibi (TV channel)
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation (AM) transmissions.
Ambridge Extra
Ambridge Extra is an extension of the long-running radio drama The Archers.
AMC Networks
AMC Networks Inc. is an American entertainment company headquartered in 11 Penn Plaza, New York.
And did those feet in ancient time
"And did those feet in ancient time" is a poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton: A Poem in Two Books, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books.
See BBC and And did those feet in ancient time
Andrew Marr
Andrew William Stevenson Marr (born 31 July 1959) is a British journalist, author, broadcaster and presenter.
Andrew Neil
Andrew Ferguson Neil (born 21 May 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster who is chairman of The Spectator.
Angels Costumes
Angels Costumes (previously Angels and Bermans) is a supplier of costumes based in London, England to the film, theatre and television industries, as well as to the general public.
Ann Widdecombe
Ann Noreen Widdecombe (born 4 October 1947) is a British politician and television personality who has been Reform UK's Immigration and Justice spokesperson since 2023.
Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
See BBC and Arabic
Ariel (The Tempest)
Ariel is a spirit who appears in William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
See BBC and Ariel (The Tempest)
At the Beeb (Queen album)
At the Beeb is a live album by the British rock band Queen, released on vinyl, cassette tape, and CD in 1989.
See BBC and At the Beeb (Queen album)
Atos
Atos is a French multinational information technology (IT) service and consulting company with headquarters in Bezons, France, and offices worldwide.
See BBC and Atos
Atos Information Technology Incorporated
Atos Information Technology Incorporated is a service provider which is owned by Atos.
See BBC and Atos Information Technology Incorporated
Auntie (song)
Auntie is a song released by Philips Records in 1972 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC.
Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain (16 October 1863 – 16 March 1937) was a British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
See BBC and Austen Chamberlain
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Baháʼí Faith
The Baháʼí Faith is a religion founded in the 19th century that teaches the essential worth of all religions and the unity of all people.
Bandwidth (computing)
In computing, bandwidth is the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path.
See BBC and Bandwidth (computing)
Basil Blackwell
Sir Basil Henry Blackwell (29 May 18899 April 1984) was born in Oxford, England.
Basil Fawlty
Basil Fawlty is the main character of the 1970s British sitcom Fawlty Towers, played by John Cleese.
BBC Alba
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language free-to-air public broadcast television channel jointly owned by the BBC and MG Alba.
See BBC and BBC Alba
BBC Alerts
BBC Alerts was a free-to-use desktop software package issued by the BBC (but developed by Skinkers Ltd.) that allows users to see news as it happens on a scrolling desktop news ticker or as a pop-up alert every hour.
BBC America
BBC America is an American basic cable network that is jointly owned by BBC Studios and AMC Networks.
BBC Archives
BBC Archives are collections documenting the BBC's broadcasting history, including copies of television and radio broadcasts, internal documents, photographs, online content, sheet music, commercially available music, BBC products (including toys, games, merchandise, books, publications, and program releases on VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, DVD, vinyl, audio cassette, audio book CD, and Blu Ray), press cuttings, artifacts and historic equipment.
BBC Asian Network
BBC Asian Network is a British Asian radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Big Band
The BBC Big Band, originally known as the BBC Radio Big Band is a British big band, previously run under the auspices of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
BBC Big Screen
The BBC Big Screens are LED screens with sound systems situated in prominent locations in city centres in the United Kingdom.
BBC Bitesize
BBC Bitesize, also abbreviated to Bitesize, is the BBC's free online study support resource for school-age pupils in the United Kingdom.
BBC Board
The BBC Board is the governing board of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
BBC Books
BBC Books (also formerly known as BBC Consumer Publishing and BBC Publishing) is an imprint majority-owned and managed by Penguin Random House through its Ebury Publishing division.
BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast is a British television breakfast news programme, produced by BBC News and broadcast on BBC One and the BBC News channel every morning from 6:00am.
BBC Canada
BBC Canada was a Canadian English language specialty channel that mostly broadcast television series originally produced by the BBC, the public-service broadcaster of the United Kingdom.
BBC Choice
BBC Choice was a British digital television channel which was owned by the BBC and was launched on 23 September 1998.
BBC Concert Orchestra
The BBC Concert Orchestra is a British concert orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras.
See BBC and BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Cymru Wales
BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Wales.
BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House
BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House, previously known as the BBC Cymru Wales headquarters building, is the headquarters of BBC Cymru Wales in Central Square, Cardiff.
See BBC and BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House
BBC Earth
BBC Earth is a brand used by BBC Studios since 2009 to market and distribute the BBC's natural history content to countries other than the United Kingdom.
BBC Elstree Centre
The BBC Elstree Centre, sometimes referred to as the BBC Elstree Studios, is a television production facility, currently owned by the BBC.
See BBC and BBC Elstree Centre
BBC English Regions
BBC English Regions is the division of the BBC responsible for local and regional television, radio, web, and teletext services in England, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands.
See BBC and BBC English Regions
BBC Entertainment
BBC Entertainment was an international television channel that broadcast comedy, drama, light entertainment, reality and children's programming (some regions only) from the BBC, Channel 4 and other UK production houses.
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
See BBC and BBC Four
BBC Good Food
Good Food, formerly BBC Good Food until 2024, is a global food media brand, with a monthly magazine, website, app, live events and series of books.
BBC HD
BBC HD was a high-definition television channel owned by the BBC.
See BBC and BBC HD
BBC HD (international)
BBC HD was an international high-definition television channel owned by BBC Studios.
See BBC and BBC HD (international)
BBC History
BBC History is a British magazine devoted to both British and world history, and aimed at readers of all levels of knowledge and interest.
BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer (stylised as iPLAYER or BBC iPLAYER) is a video on demand service from the BBC.
BBC Jam
BBC Jam (formerly known as BBC Digital Curriculum) was an online educational service operated by the BBC from January 2006 to 20 March 2007.
See BBC and BBC Jam
BBC Kids
BBC Kids is the international children's brand of BBC Studios, and has been applied to a number of TV services.
See BBC and BBC Kids
BBC Knowledge
BBC Knowledge was a British television channel which was owned by the BBC and was launched on 1 June 1999, broadcasting documentary, cultural and educational programmes.
BBC Knowledge (international)
BBC Knowledge was a television channel available in various countries outside the United Kingdom, showcasing factual and non-fiction entertainment programming from the BBC and independent UK production houses.
See BBC and BBC Knowledge (international)
BBC Learning
BBC Learning can refer to the following.
BBC Learning Zone
The BBC Learning Zone (previously The Learning Zone) was an educational strand run by the BBC as an overnight service on BBC Two.
BBC Lifestyle
BBC Lifestyle is an international television channel wholly owned by BBC Studios.
BBC Local Radio
BBC Local Radio (also referred to as Local BBC Radio) is the BBC's local and regional radio division for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of forty stations.
BBC Manchester
BBC Manchester (often known as BBC Salford) is the BBC's regional headquarters for the north west of England, the largest BBC region in the UK.
BBC Micro
The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputers designed and built by Acorn Computers Limited in the 1980s for the Computer Literacy Project of the BBC.
BBC Monitoring
BBC Monitoring (BBCM) is a division of the British Broadcasting Corporation which monitors, and reports on, mass media worldwide using open-source intelligence.
BBC Music
BBC Music is the arm of the BBC responsible for the music played across its services.
BBC Music Magazine
BBC Music Magazine is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music.
See BBC and BBC Music Magazine
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) (Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC) is a Welsh symphony orchestra and one of the BBC's five professional radio orchestras.
See BBC and BBC National Orchestra of Wales
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. BBC and BBC News are Peabody Award winners.
See BBC and BBC News
BBC News (international TV channel)
BBC News (known as BBC World News until 2023) is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd.
See BBC and BBC News (international TV channel)
BBC News (TV channel)
The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC.
See BBC and BBC News (TV channel)
BBC News Arabic
BBC News Arabic (بي بي سي نيوز عربي), formerly BBC Arabic Television, is a television news channel broadcast to the Arab World by the BBC.
BBC News Online
BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.
BBC North
BBC North (Group) is an operational business division of the BBC.
BBC North West
BBC North West is the BBC English Region serving Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire (western Craven), Derbyshire (western High Peak), Staffordshire (Biddulph), Cumbria (Barrow-in-Furness and South Lakeland) and the Isle of Man.
BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland (BBC Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: BBC Norlin Airlan) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Northern Ireland.
See BBC and BBC Northern Ireland
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
See BBC and BBC One
BBC Online
BBC Online, formerly known as BBCi, is the BBC's online service.
BBC Pacific Quay
BBC Pacific Quay (Scottish Gaelic: Cidhe a' Chuain Shèimh) is the headquarters of BBC Scotland, serving as its main television and radio studio complex, situated at Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland.
BBC Parliament
BBC Parliament is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel from the BBC that showcases parliamentary content from across the United Kingdom.
BBC Persian
BBC Persian (بیبیسی فارسی) is the Persian language broadcast station and subsidiary of BBC World Service which conveys the latest political, social, economical and sport news relevant to Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, and the world.
BBC Persian Television
BBC Persian Television (تلویزیون فارسی بیبیسی Televizion-e Fârsi-ye BBC) is the BBC's Persian language news channel that was launched on 14 January 2009.
See BBC and BBC Persian Television
BBC Philharmonic
The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
BBC Proms
The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the public service broadcast outlet British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). BBC and BBC Radio are Peabody Award winners and radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom.
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Radio 1Xtra
BBC Radio 1Xtra is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Radio 3
BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. BBC and BBC Radio 4 are Peabody Award winners and radio stations established in 1922.
BBC Radio 4 Extra
BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC Radio 7) is a British digital radio station from the BBC, broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day.
BBC Radio 5 (former)
BBC Radio 5 was a national radio station that broadcast sports, children's and educational programmes.
See BBC and BBC Radio 5 (former)
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra (formerly BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra) is a national digital radio station in the United Kingdom, operated by the BBC, and specialising in extended live sports coverage.
See BBC and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
BBC Radio 6 Music
BBC Radio 6 Music is a British digital radio station owned and operated by the BBC, specialising primarily in alternative music.
BBC Radio Bristol
BBC Radio Bristol is the BBC's local radio station serving the cities of Bristol and Bath and the unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.
BBC Radio Cymru
BBC Radio Cymru is a Welsh language radio station owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC.
BBC Radio Foyle
BBC Radio Foyle (BBC Raidió Feabhail) is a BBC Northern Ireland local radio station, serving County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
BBC Radio Guernsey
BBC Radio Guernsey is the BBC's local radio station serving the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
See BBC and BBC Radio Guernsey
BBC Radio Jersey
BBC Radio Jersey (Jèrriais: BBC Radio Jèrri) is the BBC's local radio station serving the Bailiwick of Jersey.
BBC Radio London
BBC Radio London is the BBC's local radio station serving Greater London.
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a Scottish Gaelic language radio station owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC.
See BBC and BBC Radio nan Gàidheal
BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish national radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC.
See BBC and BBC Radio Scotland
BBC Radio Solent
BBC Radio Solent is the BBC's local radio station serving Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight, broadcasting on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Havelock Road in Southampton.
BBC Radio Ulster
BBC Radio Ulster (BBC Raidió Uladh) is a Northern Irish national radio station owned and operated by BBC Northern Ireland, a division of the BBC.
BBC Radio Wales
BBC Radio Wales is a Welsh national radio station owned and operated by BBC Cymru Wales, a division of the BBC.
BBC Records
BBC Records was a division of the BBC founded in 1967 to commercially exploit the corporation's output for radio and television for both educational and domestic use.
BBC Red Button
BBC Red Button is a brand used for digital interactive television services provided by the BBC, and broadcast in the United Kingdom.
BBC Research & Development
BBC Research & Development is the technical research department of the BBC.
See BBC and BBC Research & Development
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: BBC Alba) is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.
BBC Scotland (TV channel)
BBC Scotland (also referred to as the BBC Scotland channel) is a Scottish free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC Scotland division of the BBC.
See BBC and BBC Scotland (TV channel)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) is a Scottish broadcasting symphony orchestra based in Glasgow.
See BBC and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
BBC Singers
The BBC Singers is a professional British chamber choir, employed by the BBC.
BBC Sounds
BBC Sounds is a streaming media and audio download service from the BBC that includes live radio broadcasts, audio on demand, and podcasts.
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.
BBC Studios
BBC Studios Limited is a British content company.
BBC Studios Home Entertainment
2 Entertain Video Limited, trading as BBC Studios Home Entertainment, is a British video and music publisher founded in 2004 following the merger of BBC Video and Video Collection International by BBC Worldwide & Woolworths Group respectively.
See BBC and BBC Studios Home Entertainment
BBC Studios Natural History Unit
The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of BBC Studios that produces television, radio and online content with a natural history or wildlife theme.
See BBC and BBC Studios Natural History Unit
BBC Studioworks
BBC Studioworks Limited is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC, providing television studios, post production and related services to the market.
BBC Symphony Chorus
The BBC Symphony Chorus is a British amateur chorus based in London.
See BBC and BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO) is a British orchestra based in London.
See BBC and BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the BBC. BBC and BBC Television are Peabody Award winners and television broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom.
BBC Theatre Organ
The BBC Theatre Organ has existed in various guises and locations since 1933, used for in-house, often live broadcasts of organ music from the British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC and BBC Theatre Organ are radio in the United Kingdom.
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Three (streaming service)
BBC Three was a British over-the-top internet television service operated by the BBC.
See BBC and BBC Three (streaming service)
BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC's local radio station serving the counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
See BBC and BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Trust
The BBC Trust was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) between 2007 and 2017.
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. BBC and BBC Two are Peabody Award winners.
See BBC and BBC Two
BBC UKTV
BBC UKTV is an Australian pay television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming, sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, RTL Group (mainly Talkback Thames material) and ITV plc.
See BBC and BBC UKTV
BBC Weather
BBC Weather is the department of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) responsible for both the preparation and the broadcasting of weather forecasts.
BBC WebWise
BBC WebWise is both the BBC's archived guide to the internet for computer novices as well as some videos.
BBC West
BBC West is one of the BBC's English Regions serving Bristol, the majority of Wiltshire and Gloucestershire; northern and eastern Somerset and northeastern Dorset.
See BBC and BBC West
BBC West Midlands
BBC Midlands (known as the Midland Region from 1927 until c. 1974) is the BBC English Region producing local radio and web content for the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and parts of Gloucestershire.
BBC Wildlife
BBC Wildlife is a British glossy, all-colour magazine about wildlife, operated and published by Immediate Media Company.
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC.
BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Ltd. was the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the BBC, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in January 1995.
BBC Yorkshire
BBC Yorkshire is one of the English regions of the BBC.
Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England.
See BBC and Bedford
Bedford Corn Exchange
The Corn Exchange is an events and concert venue located on St Paul's Square in the Castle area of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.
See BBC and Bedford Corn Exchange
BFI TV 100
The BFI TV 100 is a list of 100 television programmes or series that was compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI), as chosen by a poll of industry professionals, with the aim to determine the best British television programmes of any genre that had been screened up to that time.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
See BBC and Billboard (magazine)
Blacklisting
Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority compiling a blacklist of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list; if people are on a blacklist, then they are considered to have done something wrong, or they are considered to be untrustworthy.
Board of Governors of the BBC
The Board of Governors of the BBC was the governing body of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
See BBC and Board of Governors of the BBC
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022.
Bowie at the Beeb
Bowie at the Beeb is a compilation album by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie, first released in 2000.
Brexit
Brexit (portmanteau of "British exit") was the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).
See BBC and Brexit
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.
See BBC and Bristol
BritBox
BritBox is an online digital video streaming subscription service, founded by BBC Studios and ITV, operating in nine countries across North America, Europe, Australia and South Africa.
See BBC and BritBox
British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.
See BBC and British Academy Film Awards
British Academy Television Awards
The BAFTA TV Awards, or British Academy Television Awards, are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
See BBC and British Academy Television Awards
British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.
See BBC and British Armed Forces
British Broadcasting Company
The British Broadcasting Company Limited (BBC) was a short-lived British commercial broadcasting company formed on 18 October 1922 by British and American electrical companies doing business in the United Kingdom. BBC and British Broadcasting Company are British companies established in 1922, mass media companies established in 1922 and radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom.
See BBC and British Broadcasting Company
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.
See BBC and British Film Institute
British Forces Broadcasting Service
The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) provides radio and television programmes for His Majesty's Armed Forces, and their dependents worldwide.
See BBC and British Forces Broadcasting Service
British National Party
The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, British fascist political party in the United Kingdom.
See BBC and British National Party
British Union of Fascists
The British Union of Fascists (BUF) was a British fascist political party formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley.
See BBC and British Union of Fascists
Broadcast engineering
Broadcast engineering or radio engineering is the field of electrical engineering, and now to some extent computer engineering and information technology, which deals with radio and television broadcasting.
See BBC and Broadcast engineering
Broadcast license
A broadcast license is a type of spectrum license granting the licensee permission to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes.
Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.
See BBC and Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House, Belfast
Broadcasting House, Belfast is the headquarters of BBC Northern Ireland and operates many of its broadcasting services.
See BBC and Broadcasting House, Belfast
Broadcasting House, Bristol
The BBC campus, Broadcasting House Bristol, is located on Whiteladies Road, Bristol.
See BBC and Broadcasting House, Bristol
C. L. Mowat
Charles Loch Mowat (4 October 1911 – 23 June 1970) was a British-born American historian.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. BBC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation are multilingual broadcasters and publicly funded English language broadcasters.
See BBC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Capita
Capita plc is an international business process outsourcing and professional services company headquartered in London.
See BBC and Capita
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty (stylised as CASUAL+Y since 1997) is a British medical drama series that is broadcast on BBC One.
See BBC and Casualty (TV series)
CBBC
CBBC is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
See BBC and CBBC
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC.
See BBC and CBeebies
Ceefax
Ceefax (punning on "see facts") was the world's first teletext information service and a forerunner to the current BBC Red Button service.
See BBC and Ceefax
Chair of the BBC
The Chair of the BBC, referred to as Chairman when the incumbent is male and Chairwoman when female, is the head of the BBC Board, responsible for maintaining the independence of the BBC and overseeing the functioning of the BBC to fulfil its mission.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury.
See BBC and Chancellor of the Exchequer
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. BBC and channel 4 are Peabody Award winners and television broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom.
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French military officer and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France.
Charlotte Moore (TV executive)
Charlotte Alexandra Moore (born 19 June 1968), Companies in the UK is a British television executive who is the BBC's Chief Content Officer.
See BBC and Charlotte Moore (TV executive)
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is a city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England.
Chief financial officer
A chief financial officer (CFO), also known as a treasurer, is an officer of a company or organization who is assigned the primary responsibility for making decisions for the company for projects and its finances (financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financial reporting, and often the analysis of data).
See BBC and Chief financial officer
Chief technology officer
A chief technology officer (CTO) (also known as a chief technical officer or chief technologist) is an officer tasked with managing technical operations of an organization.
See BBC and Chief technology officer
Children's Hour
Children's Hour, initially The Children's Hour, was the BBC's principal recreational service for children (as distinct from "Broadcasts to Schools") which began during the period when radio was the only medium of broadcasting.
China Global Television Network
China Global Television Network (CGTN) is one of three branches of state-run China Media Group and the international division of China Central Television (CCTV).
See BBC and China Global Television Network
City of Salford
Salford, also known as the City of Salford, is a metropolitan borough with city status in Greater Manchester, England.
Civilisation (TV series)
Civilisation—in full, Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark—is a 1969 British television documentary series written and presented by the art historian Kenneth Clark.
See BBC and Civilisation (TV series)
Clergy
Clergy are formal leaders within established religions.
See BBC and Clergy
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States. BBC and CNN are Peabody Award winners.
See BBC and CNN
CNN International
Cable News Network International or CNN International (CNNi, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel and website, owned by CNN Worldwide.
Coat of arms of the BBC
The coat of arms of the BBC was adopted in March 1927 to represent the purpose and values of the corporation.
See BBC and Coat of arms of the BBC
Commercial broadcasting
Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship, for example.
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Communications Act 2003
The Communications Act 2003 (c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Communist Party of Great Britain
The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) was the largest communist organisation in Britain and was founded in 1920 through a merger of several smaller Marxist groups.
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Consolidated Fund
In many states with political systems derived from the Westminster system, a consolidated fund or consolidated revenue fund is the main bank account of the government.
Conspiracy theory
A conspiracy theory is an explanation for an event or situation that asserts the existence of a conspiracy by powerful and sinister groups, often political in motivation, when other explanations are more probable.
Corporate spin-off
A corporate spin-off, also known as a spin-out, or starburst or hive-off, is a type of corporate action where a company "splits off" a section as a separate business or creates a second incarnation, even if the first is still active.
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Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment, Inc. (often simply known as Corus, stylized as corus. since 2016) is a Canadian mass media company.
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Cosmo Gordon Lang
William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942).
Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing involves a large group of dispersed participants contributing or producing goods or services—including ideas, votes, micro-tasks, and finances—for payment or as volunteers.
Crown Dependencies
The Crown Dependencies are three offshore island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey, both located in the English Channel and together known as the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.
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Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in London.
Damon Buffini
Sir Damon Marcus Buffini (born May 1962) is a British businessman, deputy chair of the BBC Board and chair of the BBC Commercial Board.
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC.
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David & Charles
David & Charles Ltd is an English publishing company.
David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
David Clementi
Sir David Cecil Clementi (born 25 February 1949) is a British business executive.
David Leigh (journalist)
David Leigh is a British journalist and writer who was the investigations editor of The Guardian and is the author of Investigative Journalism: a survival guide.
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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.
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Deborah Turness
Deborah Mary Turness (born 4 March 1967) is an English journalist, former CEO of ITN (2021), and as of 2022, CEO of BBC News.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
See BBC and Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Desert Island Discs
Desert Island Discs is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
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Digital Media Initiative
The Digital Media Initiative (DMI) was a British broadcast engineering project launched by the BBC in 2008.
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Digital radio in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the roll-out of digital radio has been proceeding since engineering test transmissions were started by the BBC in 1990 followed by a public launch in September 1995. BBC and digital radio in the United Kingdom are radio in the United Kingdom.
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Digital rights management
Digital rights management (DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content.
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Director-General of the BBC
The director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation is chief executive and (from 1994) editor-in-chief of the BBC.
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Disinformation
Disinformation is false information deliberately spread to deceive people.
Divestment
In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm.
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.
Dreamland (Doctor Who)
Dreamland is the third animated ''Doctor Who'' serial (based on the British science fiction television live action series) to air on television, and the second to air after the revival of the live-action series in 2005.
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EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985.
Eden (British TV channel)
Eden is a British premium television channel broadcasting nature content with some factual entertainment programming in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels.
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Editorial independence
Editorial independence is the absence of external control or influence on journalists, authors, or media organisations in general.
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Edwin Mellen Press
The Edwin Mellen Press, sometimes stylised as Mellen Press, is an academic publisher.
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Elan Closs Stephens
Dame Elan Closs Stephens (Roberts; born 16 June 1948) is a Welsh academic who has been a non-executive director of the BBC Board since 2017, and Chair of the BBC between 27 June 2023 and 4 March 2024.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.
EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.
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Eric Gill
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker.
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Council of Europe.
See BBC and European Broadcasting Union
European Commission
The European Commission (EC) is the primary executive arm of the European Union (EU).
See BBC and European Commission
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.
See BBC and Eurovision Song Contest
Ex officio member
An ex officio member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, or council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office.
Faber & Faber
Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply Faber, is an independent publishing house in London.
Fascism
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.
See BBC and Fascism
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a British television sitcom written by John Cleese and Connie Booth, originally broadcast on BBC Two in 1975 and 1979.
First day of BBC television
The world's first scheduled, high-definition (as then defined; meaning 240-line) television programmes were broadcast on 2 November 1936 by the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England.
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a method of radio broadcasting that uses frequency modulation (FM) of the radio broadcast carrier wave.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Fran Unsworth
Francesca Mary Unsworth (born 29 December 1957) is a British journalist and media executive.
Freesat
Freesat is a British free-to-air satellite television service, first formed as a joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc and now owned by Everyone TV (itself owned by all of the four UK public service broadcasters, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5).
See BBC and Freesat
Freeview (UK)
Freeview is the United Kingdom's sole digital terrestrial television platform.
Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland
Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland is a developing area of the media in Scotland which deals with broadcasts given in Scottish Gaelic and has important links with the efforts of Gaelic revival in Scotland.
See BBC and Gaelic broadcasting in Scotland
Gary Lineker
Gary Winston Lineker (born 30 November 1960) is an English sports broadcaster and former professional footballer.
General Post Office
The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969.
See BBC and General Post Office
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell, a name inspired by his favourite place River Orwell.
George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British retired politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government.
Geotargeting
In geomarketing and internet marketing, geotargeting is the method of delivering different content to visitors based on their geolocation.
Getty Images
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is a visual media company and supplier of stock images, editorial photography, video, and music for business and consumers, with a library of over 477 million assets.
Glastonbury Festival
Glastonbury Festival (formally Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts and known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held near Pilton, Somerset, England, in most summers.
See BBC and Glastonbury Festival
Gold (British TV channel)
Gold is a British pay television channel from the UKTV network that was launched in late 1992 as UK Gold before it was rebranded UKTV Gold in 2004.
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Government of the United Kingdom
The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England.
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Greg Dyke
Gregory Dyke (born 20 May 1947) is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Gulf War
The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.
See BBC and Gulf War
Harry Pollitt
Harry Pollitt (22 November 1890 – 27 June 1960) was a British communist who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from July 1929 to September 1939 and again from 1941 until his death in 1960.
Heydar Moslehi
Heydar Moslehi (حیدر مصلحی; born 1957 in Shahreza) is an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the minister of intelligence from 2009 to 2013.
High-definition television
High-definition television (HDTV) describes a television or video system which provides a substantially higher image resolution than the previous generation of technologies.
See BBC and High-definition television
Historical drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fictional elements such as creative dialogue or fictional scenes which aim to compress separate events or illustrate a broader factual narrative.
Home Army
The Home Army (Armia Krajowa,; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
Home Secretary
The secretary of state for the Home Department, more commonly known as the Home Secretary, is a senior minister of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom and the head of the Home Office.
Hossein Saffar Harandi
Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi (born 29 September 1953) is an Iranian politician who was minister of culture and Islamic guidance of Iran from 21 August 2005 until 23 July 2009 when he resigned after opposing the appointment of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei as vice president.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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HTML
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser.
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Hutton Inquiry
The Hutton Inquiry was a 2003 judicial inquiry in the UK chaired by Lord Hutton, who was appointed by the Labour government to investigate the controversial circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly, a biological warfare expert and former UN weapons inspector in Iraq.
I, Claudius (TV series)
I, Claudius (stylised as I·CLAVDIVS) is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves' 1934 novel I, Claudius and its 1935 sequel Claudius the God.
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Ian Hargreaves
Ian Richard Hargreaves CBE (born 18 June 1951 in Burnley) is Professor Emeritus (formerly Prof Digital Economy) at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
Immediate Media Company
Immediate Media Company Limited (styled as Immediate Media Co) is a British multinational publishing house that publishes a significant range of titles, including Radio Times, BBC Top Gear, BBC Good Food and a host of others.
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Independent Broadcasting Authority
The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television (ITV and Channel 4 and limited satellite television regulation – cable television was the responsibility of the Cable Authority) – and commercial and independent radio broadcasts.
See BBC and Independent Broadcasting Authority
Information technology
Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, and data and information processing, and storage.
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Interactive television
Interactive television is a form of media convergence, adding data services to traditional television technology.
See BBC and Interactive television
Isaac Shoenberg
Sir Isaac Shoenberg (1 March 1880 – 25 January 1963) was a British electronic engineer born in Belarus who was best known for his role in the history of television.
ITV (TV network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.
Jack Jackson (radio personality)
Jack Jackson (20 February 1906 – 15 January 1978) was an English trumpeter and bandleader popular during the British dance band era, and who later became a highly influential radio disc jockey.
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Jasmine Bligh
Jasmine Lydia Bligh (20 May 1913 – 21 July 1991) was an English broadcaster and television announcer for the BBC.
Jim Broadbent
James Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English actor.
John Cleese
John Marwood Cleese (born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter.
John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird (13 August 188814 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world's first live working television system on 26 January 1926.
John Reith, 1st Baron Reith
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith, (20 July 1889 – 16 June 1971) was a Scottish broadcasting executive who established the tradition of independent public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
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Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre was a series of mass executions of nearly 22,000 defenceless Polish military and police officers, border guards, and intelligentsia prisoners of war carried out by the Soviet Union, specifically the NKVD (the Soviet secret police), at Stalin's order in April and May 1940.
Kenny Everett
Kenny Everett (born Maurice James Christopher Cole; 25 December 1944 – 4 April 1995) was an English radio DJ and television entertainer.
Knowledge Network
Knowledge Network, also branded as British Columbia's Knowledge Network, is a Canadian publicly funded educational cable television network serving the province of British Columbia.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev (Kurmanbek Saliyevich (Sali Uulu) Bakiyev; born 1 August 1949) is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the second president of Kyrgyzstan, from 2005 to 2010.
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges.
L. Stanton Jefferies
Leonard Stanton Jefferies LRAM (4 September 1896 – 22 October 1961) was a British musician, composer, and conductor.
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LBC
LBC (originally the London Broadcasting Company) is a British phone-in and talk radio station owned and operated by Global and based in its headquarters in London.
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Left-wing politics
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.
See BBC and Left-wing politics
Leslie Mitchell (broadcaster)
Leslie Scott Falconer Mitchell (4 October 1905 – 23 November 1985) was a British actor and broadcaster who was heard on newsreel soundtracks, radio, and television.
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Lewiston, New York
Lewiston is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States.
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Liberalism
Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.
List of BBC podcasts
This is a list of current and former BBC shows that have been released as podcasts.
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List of BBC television channels and radio stations
This is a list of local, regional, national and international television channels and radio stations owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in the United Kingdom and around the world.
See BBC and List of BBC television channels and radio stations
List of companies based in London
This is a list of companies in London, England.
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List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC
This is a list of television programmes broadcast by the BBC either currently or previously broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom.
See BBC and List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC
Live at the BBC (Beatles album)
Live at the BBC is a 1994 compilation album featuring performances by the Beatles that were originally broadcast on various BBC Light Programme radio shows from 1963 to 1965.
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Local Democracy Reporting Service
The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) is an initiative in the United Kingdom funded by the BBC.
See BBC and Local Democracy Reporting Service
Local government in the United Kingdom
Local government in the United Kingdom has origins that pre-date the United Kingdom itself, as each of the four countries of the United Kingdom has its own separate system.
See BBC and Local government in the United Kingdom
London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet is a travel guide book publisher.
Luther (TV series)
Luther is a British psychological crime thriller television series starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther and Ruth Wilson as Alice Morgan, written by Neil Cross.
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M. J. Akbar
Mobasher Jawed Akbar (born 11 January 1951) is an Indian journalist and politician, who served as the Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs until 17 October 2018.
Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group Limited, known more commonly as Macquarie Bank, is a global investment banking and financial services group providing banking, financial advisory and investment, and funds management services, to institutional, corporate, and retail clients and counterparties, around the world, headquartered in Sydney and listed in Australia.
Mailbox Birmingham
Mailbox Birmingham (also known as The Mailbox) is a mixed-use development located within the city centre of Birmingham, England.
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Mandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
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Manx Radio
Manx Radio (legally Radio Manx Ltd.) (Radio Vannin) is the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man.
Marconi Company
The Marconi Company was a British telecommunications and engineering company that did business under that name from 1963 to 1987.
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
Mark Thompson (media executive)
Sir Mark John Thompson (born 31 July 1957"THOMPSON, Mark John Thompson," in Who's Who 2009 (London: A & C Black, 2008); online ed., (Oxford: OUP, 2008),. Retrieved 25 January 2009.) is a British and American media executive who is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, and Chief Executive Officer of the Cable News Network (CNN).
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Mass media
Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication.
Match of the Day
Match of the Day (abbreviated to MOTD) is a football highlights programme, typically broadcast on BBC One on Saturday nights, during the Premier League season.
MediaCityUK
MediaCityUK is a mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
Medium wave
Medium wave (MW) is a part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting.
Metropolitan Police Federation
The Metropolitan Police Federation is a staff association that represents the interests of all police in the Metropolitan Police Service up to the rank of Chief Inspector in England and Wales.
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MI5
MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI).
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist.
Militant tendency
The Militant tendency, or Militant, was a Trotskyist group in the British Labour Party, organised around the Militant newspaper, which launched in 1964.
Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Information (MOI), headed by the Minister of Information, was a United Kingdom government department created briefly at the end of the First World War and again during the Second World War.
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MJP Architects
MJP Architects is an employee-owned British architectural practice established in 1972 by Sir Richard MacCormac, and based in Spitalfields, London.
Monarchy of the United Kingdom
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus (also known as simply Monty Python) is a British surreal sketch comedy series created by and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam, who became known collectively as "Monty Python", or the "Pythons".
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Muriel Gray
Muriel Janet Gray FRSE (born 30 August 1958) is a Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist.
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the current Prime Minister of India since 26 May 2014.
National Front (UK)
The National Front (NF) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom.
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Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano.
Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism, also neo-liberalism, is both a political philosophy and a term used to signify the late-20th-century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism.
Netflix
Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service.
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New Broadcasting House, Manchester
New Broadcasting House (NBH) was the BBC's North West England headquarters on Oxford Road in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester.
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region.
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News World Communications
News World Communications Inc. is an American international news media corporation.
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Newsnight
Newsnight is the BBC's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines.
Newsweek
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.
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NICAM
Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex (NICAM) is an early form of lossy compression for digital audio.
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Nicholas Serota
The Hon. Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota (born 27 April 1946) is a British art historian and curator.
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.
Northern Ireland Executive
The Northern Ireland Executive (Irish: Feidhmeannas Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlan Executive) is the devolved government of Northern Ireland, an administrative branch of the legislature – the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Ofcom
The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom. BBC and Ofcom are radio in the United Kingdom.
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ORACLE (teletext)
ORACLE (from "Optional Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics") was a commercial teletext service first broadcast on the ITV network in 1978 and later additionally on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1982.
Oswald Mosley
Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley, 6th Baronet (16 November 1896 – 3 December 1980), was a British aristocrat and politician who rose to fame during the 1920s and 1930s when, having become disillusioned with mainstream politics, he turned to fascism.
Outsourcing
Outsourcing is a business practice in which companies use external providers to carry out business processes that would otherwise be handled internally, or in-house.
Owen Jones
Owen Peter Jones (born 8 August 1984) is a British left-wing newspaper columnist, commentator, journalist, author and political activist.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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PA Media
PA Media (formerly the Press Association) is a multimedia news agency.
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Panorama (British TV programme)
Panorama is a British current affairs documentary programme broadcast on the BBC.
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Parliament of South Africa
The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature; under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament comprises a National Assembly and a National Council of Provinces.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.
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Paul Mason (journalist)
Paul Mason (born 23 January 1960) is a British journalist.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia. BBC and PBS are Peabody Award winners and publicly funded English language broadcasters.
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Peaky Blinders (TV series)
Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama television series created by Steven Knight.
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Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers.
Persian language
Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi (Fārsī|), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages.
Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian.
Peter Sissons
Peter George Sissons (17 July 1942 – 1 October 2019) was an English journalist and broadcaster.
Picture Post
Picture Post was a photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957.
Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting
The Pilkington Committee was set up on 13 July 1960 under the chairmanship of British industrialist Sir Harry Pilkington to consider the future of broadcasting, cable and "the possibility of television for public showing". BBC and Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting are radio in the United Kingdom.
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Pirate radio
A pirate radio station is a radio station that broadcasts without a valid license.
Portland Place
Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London.
Pot Black
Pot Black was a snooker tournament in the United Kingdom broadcast on the BBC.
Pound sterling
Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.
Premier League
The Premier League is the highest level of the English football league system.
Premiership of Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher's term as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 4 May 1979 when she accepted an invitation of Queen Elizabeth II to form a government, and ended on 28 November 1990 upon her resignation.
See BBC and Premiership of Margaret Thatcher
Press pool
A press pool, media pool, or news pool is an arrangement wherein a group of news gathering organizations combine their resources in the collection of news.
Prewar television stations
This is a list of pre-World War II television stations of the 1920s and 1930s.
See BBC and Prewar television stations
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (Margaret Rose; 21 August 1930 – 9 February 2002) was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
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Private company limited by shares
A private company limited by shares is a class of private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, Scotland, certain Commonwealth jurisdictions, and the Republic of Ireland.
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Prohibition in the United States
The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
See BBC and Prohibition in the United States
Propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.
Prospero
Prospero is a fictional character and the protagonist of William Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
See BBC and Prospero
Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)
The Committee of Public Accounts is a select committee of the British House of Commons.
See BBC and Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)
Public broadcasting
Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) involves radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service.
See BBC and Public broadcasting
Public service
A public service or service of general (economic) interest is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community.
Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, the term public service broadcasting (PSB) refers to broadcasting intended for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial interests.
See BBC and Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Quango
A quango or QUANGO (less often QuANGO or QANGO) is an organisation to which a government has devolved power, but which is still partly controlled and/or financed by government bodies.
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Quarry Hill, Leeds
Quarry Hill is an area of central Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).
Question Time (TV programme)
Question Time is a topical debate programme, typically broadcast on BBC One at 10:45 pm on Thursdays.
See BBC and Question Time (TV programme)
Radio 4 News FM
Radio 4 News FM was the national BBC station devoted to rolling news service that was on air during the Gulf War from 16 January until 2 March 1991.
Radio Academy
The Radio Academy is a registered charity dedicated to "the encouragement, recognition and promotion of excellence in UK broadcasting and audio production".
Radio Caroline
Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Alan Crawford initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly.
Radio Luxembourg
Radio Luxembourg was a multilingual commercial broadcaster in Luxembourg.
Radio Times
Radio Times (currently styled as RadioTimes) is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. BBC and radio Times are radio in the United Kingdom.
Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.
Raymond Postgate
Raymond William Postgate (6 November 1896 – 29 March 1971) was an English socialist, writer, journalist and editor, social historian, mystery novelist, and gourmet who founded the Good Food Guide.
Reach (advertising)
In advertising and media analysis, reach (or cumulative audience, cumulative reach, net audience, net reach, net unduplicated audience, or unduplicated audience) refers to the total number of different people or households exposed, at least once, to a medium during a given period.
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Reading and Leeds Festivals
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England.
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Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a town and borough in Berkshire, England.
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Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation (RP) is the accent traditionally regarded as the standard and most prestigious form of spoken British English.
See BBC and Received Pronunciation
Red Bee Media
Red Bee Media Ltd., formerly Ericsson Broadcast and Media Services (EBMS), is an international broadcasting and media services company and the largest access provider in Europe.
Reformed Christianity
Reformed Christianity, also called Calvinism, is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation, a schism in the Western Church.
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Reginald Foort
Reginald John Foort (23 January 1893 – 22 May 1980), FRCO, ARCM, was a cinema organist and theatre organist.
Regional accents of English
Spoken English shows great variation across regions where it is the predominant language.
See BBC and Regional accents of English
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) (RIP or RIPA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, regulating the powers of public bodies to carry out surveillance and investigation, and covering the interception of communications.
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Regulatory agency
A regulatory agency (regulatory body, regulator) or independent agency (independent regulatory agency) is a government authority that is responsible for exercising autonomous dominion over some area of human activity in a licensing and regulating capacity.
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters. BBC and Reuters are mass media companies based in London.
See BBC and Reuters
Rhodri Talfan Davies
Rhodri Talfan Davies (born 9 February 1971) is a Welsh media executive.
See BBC and Rhodri Talfan Davies
Richard MacCormac
Sir Richard Cornelius MacCormac CBE, PPRIBA, FRSA, RA (3 September 1938 – 26 July 2014), was a modernist English architect and the founder of MJP Architects.
Richard Sharp (banker)
Richard Simon Sharp (born 8 February 1956) is a British former banker who became chairman of the BBC in February 2021.
See BBC and Richard Sharp (banker)
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director and musician.
Robbie Gibb
Sir Robert Paul Gibb (born September 1964), known as Robbie Gibb, is a British public relations professional and former political advisor and broadcast journalist.
Roger Mosey
Roger Mosey (born 4 January 1958), Debrett's is a British author, broadcaster, and current Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
Ronnie Stonham
Ronald Leonard Stonham (9 July 1927 – 5 August 2014) was the Special Assistant to the Director of Personnel at the BBC until 1985, later caught up in the scandal over MI5 monitoring of potential staff.
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.
Royal charter
A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent.
RTÉ
i (Radio Television of Ireland; RTÉ) is an Irish public service broadcaster. BBC and RTÉ are European Broadcasting Union members, multilingual broadcasters and Peabody Award winners.
See BBC and RTÉ
RTHK
Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) is the public broadcasting service in Hong Kong. BBC and RTHK are multilingual broadcasters and publicly funded English language broadcasters.
See BBC and RTHK
S4C
S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru, meaning Channel Four Wales) is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. BBC and S4C are television broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom.
See BBC and S4C
Salford
Salford is a cathedral city in Greater Manchester, England.
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Samir Shah
Samir Shah, CBE (born 29 January 1952), is a British television and radio executive.
Satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.
See BBC and Satellite television
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
See BBC and Scotland
Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
The secretary of state for culture, media and sport, also referred to as the culture secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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Security clearance
A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information (state or organizational secrets) or to restricted areas, after completion of a thorough background check.
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Security Service Act 1989
The Security Service Act 1989 (c. 5) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament.
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Shepherd's Bush
Shepherd's Bush is a suburb of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham west of Charing Cross, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan.
Shortwave radio
Shortwave radio is radio transmission using radio frequencies in the shortwave bands (SW).
Siemens
Siemens AG is a German multinational technology conglomerate.
See BBC and Siemens
Sirius XM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is an American broadcasting corporation headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States.
Sky UK
Sky UK Limited, trading as Sky is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom. BBC and Sky UK are British brands and mass media companies based in London.
See BBC and Sky UK
Socialist Workers Party (UK)
The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a far-left political party in the United Kingdom.
See BBC and Socialist Workers Party (UK)
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Spin-off (media)
A spin-off or spinoff is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work.
Sports Information Services
Sports Information Services (SIS) is a company which provides content and production services to the betting industry; such as horse racing and greyhound racing, to betting shops in the United Kingdom and Ireland and other worldwide destinations.
See BBC and Sports Information Services
St Paul's Church, Bedford
St Paul's Church is a Church of England parish church located on St Paul's Square in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.
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St. George's Hall, London
St.
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Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars.
State media
State media are typically understood as media outlets that are owned, operated, or significantly influenced by the government.
Statutory corporation
A statutory corporation is a government entity created as a statutory body by statute.
See BBC and Statutory corporation
Stephen Pound
Stephen Pelham Pound (born 3 July 1948) is a British former Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ealing North from 1997 to 2019.
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance.
See BBC and Strictly Come Dancing
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.
Telephony
Telephony is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunication services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties.
Teletext
Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipped television sets.
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Television Centre, London
Television Centre (TVC), alternatively BBC Studioworks Television Centre, is a building complex in White City, West London, which was the headquarters of BBC Television between 1960 and 2013.
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Television in the United Kingdom
Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later.
See BBC and Television in the United Kingdom
Television licence
A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts or the possession of a television set.
See BBC and Television licence
Television licensing in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom and the British Islands, any household watching or recording television transmissions at the same time they are being broadcast is required by law to hold a television licence.
See BBC and Television licensing in the United Kingdom
Thai language
Thai,In ภาษาไทย| ''Phasa Thai'' or Central Thai (historically Siamese;Although "Thai" and "Central Thai" have become more common, the older term, "Siamese", is still used by linguists, especially when it is being distinguished from other Tai languages (Diller 2008:6).
Thatcherism
Thatcherism is a form of British conservative ideology named after Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher that relates to not just her political platform and particular policies but also her personal character and style of management while in office.
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Crown
The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
See BBC and The Daily Telegraph
The Goon Show
The Goon Show is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme.
The Great British Bake Off
The Great British Bake Off (often abbreviated to Bake Off or GBBO, or as known in the US and Canada as The Great British Baking Show) is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress two judges with their baking skills.
See BBC and The Great British Bake Off
The Green Book (BBC)
The BBC Variety Programmes Policy Guide For Writers and Producers, commonly referred to as The Green Book, is a booklet of guidelines issued by the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1949 to the producers and writers of its comedy programmes.
See BBC and The Green Book (BBC)
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
The Indian Express
The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by Ramnath Goenka with an investment by capitalist partner Raja Mohan Prasad.
See BBC and The Indian Express
The King's Awards for Enterprise
The King's Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen's Award for Enterprise, is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation, sustainable development or promoting opportunity (through social mobility).
See BBC and The King's Awards for Enterprise
The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.
The Pioneer (India)
The Pioneer is an English-language daily newspaper in India.
See BBC and The Pioneer (India)
The Sky at Night
The Sky at Night is a documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC.
The Tempest
The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone.
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
Tim Davie
Timothy Douglas Davie (born 25 April 1967) is a British media executive currently serving as the seventeenth Director-General of the BBC since 1 September 2020, taking over from Tony Hall.
Toby Young
Toby Daniel Moorsom Young (born 17 October 1963) is a British social commentator.
Tonight (1957 TV programme)
Tonight was a British current affairs television programme, presented by Cliff Michelmore, that was broadcast on BBC live on weekday evenings from 18 February 1957 to 18 June 1965.
See BBC and Tonight (1957 TV programme)
Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead
Anthony William Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead, (born 3 March 1951) is a British life peer.
See BBC and Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead
Top Gear (2002 TV series)
Top Gear is a British motoring magazine and entertainment television programme.
See BBC and Top Gear (2002 TV series)
Top Gear (magazine)
Top Gear is a British automobile magazine, owned by BBC Worldwide, and published under contract by Immediate Media Company.
See BBC and Top Gear (magazine)
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops (TOTP) is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and broadcast weekly between 1January 1964 and 30 July 2006.
Torquay
Torquay is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay.
See BBC and Torquay
Trusted News Initiative
The Trusted News Initiative (TNI) is an international alliance of news media, social media and technology corporations which claim to be working to identify and combat purported disinformation about national elections, the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccines.
See BBC and Trusted News Initiative
TVARK
TVARK is an online archival website of images, sound and video clips illustrating British television presentation history.
See BBC and TVARK
TVNZ 1
TVNZ 1 (Te Reo Tātaki Tahi) is the first national television channel owned and operated by the state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ).
See BBC and TVNZ 1
U&Dave
U&Dave is a British free-to-air television channel owned by UKTV, a subsidiary of BBC Studios.
See BBC and U&Dave
U&Drama
U&Drama is a British free-to-air television channel broadcasting drama (and, to a lesser extent, comedy, sci-fi) programming in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels.
See BBC and U&Drama
U&W
U&W is a British free-to-air television channel owned by UKTV, a subsidiary of BBC Studios.
See BBC and U&W
U&Yesterday
U&Yesterday is a British free-to-air television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
UKTV
UKTV Media Limited, trading as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC.
See BBC and UKTV
Ulster Orchestra
The Ulster Orchestra, based in Belfast, is a full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland.
United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 66 times.
See BBC and United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest
University of Maryland School of Public Policy
The University of Maryland School of Public Policy is one of 14 schools at the University of Maryland, College Park.
See BBC and University of Maryland School of Public Policy
University Radio York
University Radio York (commonly known as URY) is a University Radio station covering the campuses of the University of York.
See BBC and University Radio York
URL
A uniform resource locator (URL), colloquially known as an address on the Web, is a reference to a resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
See BBC and URL
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
See BBC and Variety (magazine)
Vernon Kell
Major General Sir Vernon George Waldegrave Kell, (21 November 1873 – 27 March 1942) was a British Army general and the founder and first Director of the British Security Service, otherwise known as MI5.
Vice (magazine)
Vice (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics.
Virgin Media
Virgin Media is a telecommunications company from Britain, founded in 2007, which provides telephone, television and internet services in the United Kingdom. BBC and Virgin Media are British brands.
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress.
Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
See BBC and Wales
Wartime Broadcasting Service
The Wartime Broadcasting Service is a service of the BBC that is intended to broadcast in the United Kingdom either after a nuclear attack or if conventional bombing destroyed regular BBC facilities in a conventional war.
See BBC and Wartime Broadcasting Service
Web portal
A web portal is a specially designed website that brings information from diverse sources, like emails, online forums and search engines, together in a uniform way.
Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.
White City Place
White City Place is the name given to the collection of buildings formerly known as BBC Media Village (more commonly simply as White City or W12 within the BBC).
White City, London
White City is a district of London, England, in the northern part of Shepherd's Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross.
See BBC and White City, London
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
See BBC and William Shakespeare
William Temple (bishop)
William Temple (15 October 1881 – 26 October 1944) was an English Anglican priest, who served as Bishop of Manchester (1921–1929), Archbishop of York (1929–1942) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1942–1944).
See BBC and William Temple (bishop)
Wilmslow Road
Wilmslow Road is a major road in Manchester, England, running from Parrs Wood northwards to Rusholme where it becomes the Oxford Road.
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.
Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
The Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) is a Trotskyist group in Britain once led by Gerry Healy.
See BBC and Workers Revolutionary Party (UK)
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Zarin Patel
Zarin Patel is a British accountant and company executive who was the BBC's Chief Financial Officer from 2004, following the promotion of John Smith to chief operating officer, until 2013.
1926 United Kingdom general strike
The 1926 General Strike in the United Kingdom was a general strike that lasted nine days, from 4 to 12 May 1926.
See BBC and 1926 United Kingdom general strike
2002 Gujarat riots
The 2002 Gujarat riots, also known as the 2002 Gujarat violence or the Gujarat pogrom, was a three-day period of inter-communal violence in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
See BBC and 2002 Gujarat riots
2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War.
See BBC and 2003 invasion of Iraq
2005 BBC strike
The 2005 BBC strike was a strike of more than 11,000 BBC workers over a proposal to cut 4,000 jobs and to privatise parts of the BBC under the management of Mark Thompson.
2007 British Academy Television Awards
The 2007 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday 20 May at the London Palladium Theatre in London.
See BBC and 2007 British Academy Television Awards
2008 Mumbai attacks
The 2008 Mumbai attacks (also referred to as 26/11 attacks) were a series of terrorist attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a militant Islamist organisation from Pakistan, carried out 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days across Mumbai.
See BBC and 2008 Mumbai attacks
2009 Iranian presidential election protests
After incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared victory in the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests broke out in major cities across Iran in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
See BBC and 2009 Iranian presidential election protests
2010 Kyrgyz Revolution
The 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution, also known as the Second Kyrgyz Revolution, the Melon Revolution, the April Events or officially as the People's April Revolution, began in April 2010 with the ousting of Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev in the capital Bishkek.
See BBC and 2010 Kyrgyz Revolution
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.
See BBC and 2012 Summer Olympics
2014 Scottish independence referendum
A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014.
See BBC and 2014 Scottish independence referendum
405-line television system
The 405-line monochrome analogue television broadcasting system was the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting.
See BBC and 405-line television system
7 July 2005 London bombings
The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour.
See BBC and 7 July 2005 London bombings
See also
British companies established in 1922
- Adana Printing Machines
- BBC
- British Broadcasting Company
- Crescent Toys
- Davies and Newman
- Gregynog Press
- Hillbrush
- Martin Hopkinson & Co.
- Nonesuch Press
- Packman & Poppe Motorcycles
- University of Wales Press
- Wall's (ice cream)
- William Harvey (department store)
Mass media companies established in 1922
- ABP Group
- BBC
- Bayerischer Rundfunk
- British Broadcasting Company
- Cameo Comedies
- Crosley Broadcasting Corporation
- Daily Mail and General Trust
- DuArt Film and Video
- Felsom Film
- Films Albatros
- Grupo Bloch
- Mingxing
- Minxin
- Standard Gravure
- The Outlet Company
Public corporations of the United Kingdom with a Royal Charter
Publicly funded English language broadcasters
- Al Jazeera English
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- BBC
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Deutsche Welle
- Gambia Radio & Television Service
- Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation
- NPR
- PBS
- Public Broadcast Service
- Public Broadcasting Service
- Public Broadcasting Services
- RNZ Concert
- RTHK
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- Radio New Zealand
- SABC
- Samoa Broadcasting Corporation
- Seychelles News Agency
- Special Broadcasting Service
- TRT World
- TVNZ
- Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
- Voice of America
- ZNS-TV
- Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
Radio broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
- Adventure Radio
- BBC
- BBC Radio
- Bauer Media Audio UK
- British Broadcasting Company
- CE Digital
- CN Group
- Chiltern Radio Network
- East Anglian Radio
- Faze FM
- Forward Media
- GCap Media
- GMG Radio
- Global Media & Entertainment
- Global Radio
- KM Group
- KM Media Group
- Laser Broadcasting
- Lincs FM Group
- Marcher Radio Group
- Metro Radio group
- Mid-Anglia Radio
- Midlands Radio
- Murfin Music International
- Nation Broadcasting
- Nation Radio East Yorkshire
- Orion Media
- Radio Free Virgin
- South West Radio
- Southern Radio Group
- Suffolk Group Radio
- Sunrise Radio Group
- Supergold
- The Local Radio Company
- The Radio Partnership
- Tindle Radio
- Total Sense Media
- Total Star
- Trans World Communications
- UKRD Group
Radio in the United Kingdom
- BBC
- BBC Theatre Organ
- Broadcast (magazine)
- Burghead Transmitting Station
- CB radio in the United Kingdom
- Continuity announcers in the United Kingdom
- Crystal Palace transmitting station
- Digital radio in the United Kingdom
- Droitwich Transmitting Station
- Engineering Announcements
- FM broadcasting in the United Kingdom
- Imperial Wireless Chain
- Incremental Radio (IBA)
- Independent Local Radio
- Independent National Radio
- List of continuity announcers in the United Kingdom
- Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967
- Moorside Edge transmitting station
- Ofcom
- Pilkington Committee on Broadcasting
- Pirate radio in the United Kingdom
- RAJAR
- Radio Independents Group
- Radio Times
- Radio Today (website)
- Radio in England
- Radio in Northern Ireland
- Radio in Scotland
- Radio in Wales
- Radio in the United Kingdom
- Restricted Service Licence
- Sandford St Martin Trust
- Soul Train Radio
- Westerglen transmitting station
- Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
- Wireless Telegraphy Acts
Television broadcasting companies of the United Kingdom
- AMC Networks International UK
- BBC
- BBC Television
- Cellcast Group
- Channel 4
- Gateway Television
- Granada plc
- Kemsley-Winnick Television
- Living TV Group
- Marjan Television Network
- R TV Network
- S4C
- Sky Group
- TalkTalk TV
- Thames Television
- Trident Television
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