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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Radio_Times_1931_(masthead).jpg
Basic data
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BBC Alternative Names
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London, England
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Broadcaster, Radio
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https://www.bbc.com
Iconography
.jpg "The Radio Times masthead from 25 December 1931, including the BBC motto \"Nation shall speak peace unto Nation\" (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Television pioneer John Logie Baird (seen here in 1917) televised the BBC's first drama, The Man with the Flower in His Mouth, on 14 July 1930, and the first live outside broadcast, The Derby, on 2 June 1931.[28][29] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Logie_Baird_in_1917.jpg "Television pioneer John Logie Baird (seen here in 1917) televised the BBC's first drama, The Man with the Flower in His Mouth, on 14 July 1930, and the first live outside broadcast, The Derby, on 2 June 1931.[28][29] (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "King George V giving the 1934 Royal Christmas Message on BBC Radio. The annual message typically reflects on the year's major events. (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "Statue of George Orwell outside Broadcasting House, headquarters of the BBC (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Produced between 1934 and 1959, the BBC-Marconi Type A microphone has been described as an iconic symbol of the BBC alongside the channel's most famous emblem, the rotating globe, which was introduced in 1963.[58] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BBC_AXBT_Microphone_(designed_in_1944).jpg "Produced between 1934 and 1959, the BBC-Marconi Type A microphone has been described as an iconic symbol of the BBC alongside the channel's most famous emblem, the rotating globe, which was introduced in 1963.[58] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Weekly reach of the BBC's domestic services from 2011 to 2012[156][157] Reach is the number of people who use the service at any point for more than 15 minutes in a week.[157] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BBC_weekly_reach_2011-12.png "Weekly reach of the BBC's domestic services from 2011 to 2012[156][157] Reach is the number of people who use the service at any point for more than 15 minutes in a week.[157] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Weekly reach of the BBC's domestic television channels 2011–12[160] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BBC_Television_weekly_reach_2011-12.png "Weekly reach of the BBC's domestic television channels 2011–12[160] (Source: Wikimedia)")
.JPG "Filming an episode of BBC One's Sherlock (with Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes pictured) in July 2011 (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Weekly reach of the BBC's national radio stations, on both analogue and digital (2012)[157] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BBC_Radio_weekly_reach_2011-12.png "Weekly reach of the BBC's national radio stations, on both analogue and digital (2012)[157] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![The BBC's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the broadcaster's biggest bureau outside of the UK.[207] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Makosi_Musambasi.jpg "The BBC's East Africa bureau in Nairobi, Kenya. It is the broadcaster's biggest bureau outside of the UK.[207] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![The nature documentaries of David Attenborough, such as The Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Life on Earth, are produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, the largest wildlife documentary production house in the world.[216] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:David_Attenborough_at_Great_Barrier_Reef.jpg "The nature documentaries of David Attenborough, such as The Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Life on Earth, are produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, the largest wildlife documentary production house in the world.[216] (Source: Wikimedia)")
.jpg "BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) mask and the BBC logo. The BBC broadcasts BAFTA's film and television award ceremonies. (Source: Wikimedia)"){kind=logo}
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