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BBC

public service broadcaster of the UK

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logo image
BBC Logo 2021.svg
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start time
20 October 2021
media legend
BBC logo 2021 (Welsh)
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image
BBCBroadcastingHouse.JPG
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media legend
المقر الرئيسي لـ BBC (Arabic)
BBC Broadcasting House o'r tu fewn (Welsh)
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short name
BBC (English)
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director / manager
board member
William Haley
start time
1944
end time
1952
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subject named as
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation (London)
stated in
20th Century Press Archives
PM20 folder ID
co/002772
retrieved
5 October 2019
motto text
Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation (British English)
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country
United Kingdom
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member of
European Broadcasting Union
start time
1950
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reference URL
http://www3.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/About/EBU_Directory/EBU-Active-Members.pdf
editor
European Broadcasting Union
title
MEMBERS (73) OF THE EUROPEAN BROADCASTING UNION (56 COUNTRIES) (English)
MEMBRES (73) DE L'UNION EUROPÉENNE DE RADIO-TÉLÉVISION (56 PAYS) (French)
language of work or name
English
French
publication date
9 March 2016
retrieved
19 March 2016
page(s)
3
quotation
71. BBC British Broadcasting Corporation (English)
legal form
royal charter
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statutory corporation
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total revenue
4,963,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
31 March 2016
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reference URL
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf
title
BBC Full Financial Statements 2015/16 (British English)
5,166,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
2014
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reference URL
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2013-14/BBC_Financial_statements_201314.pdf
title
BBC Full Financial Statements 2015/16 (British English)
5,064,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
31 March 2021
1 reference
reference URL
https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2020-21.pdf
title
BBC Annual Report and Accounts (British English)
publication date
6 July 2021
retrieved
5 September 2021
net profit
59,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
31 March 2016
1 reference
reference URL
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf
title
BBC Full Financial Statements 2015/16 (British English)
−125,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
31 March 2015
1 reference
reference URL
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf
title
BBC Full Financial Statements 2015/16 (British English)
227,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
31 March 2021
1 reference
reference URL
https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2020-21.pdf
title
BBC Annual Report and Accounts (British English)
publication date
6 July 2021
retrieved
5 September 2021
operating income
166,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
31 March 2016
1 reference
reference URL
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf
title
BBC Full Financial Statements 2015/16 (British English)
48,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
31 March 2015
1 reference
reference URL
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf
title
BBC Full Financial Statements 2015/16 (British English)
290,000,000 pound sterling
point in time
31 March 2021
1 reference
reference URL
https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2020-21.pdf
title
BBC Annual Report and Accounts (British English)
publication date
6 July 2021
retrieved
5 September 2021
subsidiary
BBC Worldwide
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BBC Radio
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BBC News
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BBC Concert Orchestra
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BBC Film
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BBC Symphony Orchestra
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BBC Philharmonic
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BBC Multimedia
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BBC Yorkshire
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BBC North
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BBC Studios
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BBC World News
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owner of
BBC Online
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BBC Radio 3
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BBC Parliament
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BBC Four
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BBC News
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BBC Asian Network
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BBC Radio 1Xtra
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BBC Radio 2
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BBC Radio 4 Extra
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BBC Radio 1
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BBC Radio 5 Live
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BBC Red Button
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BBC Radio 4
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BBC Radio 6 Music
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Television Centre
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CBBC
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BBC Film
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BBC Arabic Television
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BBC Radio Wales
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BBC Knowledge
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BBC News
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BBC Radio
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BBC HD
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BBC Choice
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BBC Worldwide
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BBC 2W
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BBC Radio Shetland
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BBC Persian Television
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BBC Radio Scotland
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Broadcasting House
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BBC Radio Cymru
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BBC Radio Ulster
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2BD
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BBC News Online
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BBC Archives
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BBC Domesday Reloaded
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BBC Radio London
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BBC Music
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BBC Radio Newcastle
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BBC Radio 5
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BBC Radio Foyle
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BBC Radio Orkney
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BBC Records
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BBC School Radio
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BBC South Asia
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BBC Switch
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BBC Weather
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BBC WebWise
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On This Day
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Pebble Mill Studios
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Radio 4 News FM
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BBC HD
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BBC Radio 2 Eurovision
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BBC Genome
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BBC Things
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BBC Radio 2 Country
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BBC Music Jazz
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BBC Three
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BBC Radio 2 50s
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BBC World Service
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BBC Sport
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BBC Three
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BBC Alba
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BBC One
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BBC World News
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BBC Two
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BBC Scotland
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employees
20,916
point in time
2016
1 reference
reference URL
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/insidethebbc/reports/pdf/BBC-FS-2016.pdf
title
BBC Full Financial Statements 2015/16 (English)
22,219
point in time
2021
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reference URL
https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2020-21.pdf
title
BBC Annual Report and Accounts (British English)
publication date
6 July 2021
retrieved
5 September 2021
foundational text
1927 BBC Charter
start time
1 January 1927Gregorian
end time
31 December 1936
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1937 BBC Charter
start time
1 January 1937
end time
31 December 1946
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1947 BBC Charter
start time
1 January 1947
end time
31 December 1951
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1952 Supplemental BBC Charter
start time
1 January 1952
end time
30 June 1952
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1952 BBC Charter
start time
1 July 1952
end time
30 June 1962
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1962 Supplemental BBC Charter
start time
1 July 1962
end time
29 July 1964
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1964 BBC Charter
start time
31 July 1964
end time
1 July 1981
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1981 BBC Charter
start time
1 August 1981
end time
31 December 1996
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1997 BBC Charter
start time
1 January 1997
end time
31 December 2006
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2007 BBC Charter
start time
1 January 2007
end time
31 December 2016
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2017 BBC Charter
start time
1 January 2017
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replaces
British Broadcasting Company Limited
point in time
1 January 1927Gregorian
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award received
Peabody Awards
point in time
1986
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Peabody Awards
point in time
1983
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Peabody Awards
point in time
2005
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royal charter
start time
1 January 2017
end time
31 December 2026
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coat of arms image
Arms of the BBC.svg
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Commons category
BBC
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Identifiers

FAST ID
534503
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NKCR AUT ID
ko2004238888
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Ávvir topic ID
bbc
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bgm.tv person ID
39225
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BVMC person ID
46684
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Den Store Danske ID
BBC
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DR topic ID
bbc
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Giphy username
bbc
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GitHub topic
bbc
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HAL structure ID
519312
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stated in
HAL
retrieved
7 May 2019
Hoopla publisher ID
429
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IMDb ID
co0043107
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Kallías ID
KS00014629
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NE.se ID
bbc
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NicoNicoPedia ID
BBC
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OpenPlaques subject ID
10415
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10414
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PermID
4296021020
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PM20 folder ID
co/002772
number of works
94
number of works accessible online
94
subject named as
BBC British Broadcasting Corporation (London)
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Quora topic ID
BBC
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ROR ID
01qepzr42
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SNAC ARK ID
w6pk45t7
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Tate artist ID
19140
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TikTok username
bbc
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