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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927.
The BBC used to broadcast Welsh-language programmes on its own channels in Wales, but these were transferred to S4C when it started broadcasting in 1982. S4C is available on iPlayer but without adverts there. BBC Alba; A part-time Scottish Gaelic channel.
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. List of television channels
BBC News is an operational business division [2] of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well ...
Only the first two series were broadcast on the BBC. Moved to Netflix: Mayans M.C. Two 2 February 2019 – 4 July 2021 Acquired from FX Only the first three series were broadcast on the BBC. Moved to Disney+: Baptiste: One 17 February 2019 – 22 August 2021 Pose: Two 21 March 2019 – 8 August 2021 Acquired from FX: Gentleman Jack: One
The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting. The BBC was established under a royal charter, and operates under an agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
12 May – The BBC use their outside broadcast unit for the first time to televise the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. A fragment of this broadcast is one of the earliest surviving examples of British television, filmed off-screen at home by an engineer with an 8 mm cine camera.
Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the building was officially opened two months later, on 15 May.