The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known more simply as the BBC, is the world's largest broadcasting corporation.

It has 28,500 employees in the United Kingdom alone with an annual budget of more than £4 billion/$8 billion.

The BBC was the first national broadcasting organisation. Founded on 18 Oc...

The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known more simply as the BBC, is the world's largest broadcasting corporation.

It has 28,500 employees in the United Kingdom alone with an annual budget of more than £4 billion/$8 billion.

The BBC was the first national broadcasting organisation. Founded on 18 October 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd, it was subsequently granted a Royal Charter and was made a publicly funded corporation in 1927. The corporation produces programmes and information services, broadcasting globally on television, radio, and the Internet. The stated mission of the BBC is "to inform, educate and entertain" (as laid down by Parliament in the BBC Charter); its motto is "Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation".

The BBC is a quasi-autonomous public corporation as a public service broadcaster. The Corporation is run by the BBC Trust; and is, per its charter, supposed to be "free from both political and commercial influence and answers only to its viewers and listeners".

The BBC's domestic programming is primarily funded by levying television licence fees (under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949), although money is also raised through commercial activities such as sale of merchandise and programming. The BBC World Service, however, is funded through a grant-in-aid by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. As part of the BBC Charter, the Corporation cannot show commercial advertising on any services in the United Kingdom (television, radio, or internet). Outside the United Kingdom the BBC broadcasts commercially funded channels such as BBC America, BBC Canada, and BBC World News. In order to justify the licence fee, the BBC is expected to produce a number of high-rating shows[citation needed] in addition to programmes that commercial broadcasters would not normally broadcast.

Older domestic UK audiences often refer to the BBC as "the Beeb", a nickname originally dubbed by Peter Sellers in The Goon Show in the 1950s, when he referred to the "Beeb Beeb Ceeb". It was then borrowed, shortened and popularised by Kenny Everett. Another nickname, now less commonly used, is "Auntie", said to originate from the old-fashioned "Auntie knows best" attitude, (but possibly a sly reference to the 'aunties' and 'uncles' who were presenters of children's programmes in early days) in the days when John Reith, the BBC's founder, was in charge. The two nicknames have also been used together as "Auntie Beeb", and Auntie has been used in outtakes programmes such as Auntie's Bloomers.

It is also the largest news gathering system by means of its newsgathering operation, BBC Newsgathering, which includes various regional offices, foreign correspondents and agreements with other news services. It reaches more than 200 countries and is available to more than 274 million households, to CNN's (its nearest competitor) estimated 200 million, which also gives it the largest News channel in the world. Its radio services broadcast on a wide variety of wavelengths, making them available to many regions of the world. It also broadcasts news - by radio or over the Internet - in some 33 languages.

As you can see there is a BBC United Kingdom; BBC Canada; and BBC America as well as BBC World News

I have great memories of watching Doctor Who with the kids. We all had our favorite ones.

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC
The programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world and is also a significant part ...

I have great memories of watching Doctor Who with the kids. We all had our favorite ones.

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC
The programme is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world and is also a significant part of British popular culture.
Note the British spelling I used.
The show's lead character is currently portrayed by David Tennant. In the programme's most recent series, which ran from April 5 to July 5, 2008,
Another Christmas special will air in 2008, followed by four more specials in 2009; the next full series has been confirmed for airing in 2010.
Philip Segal, a British expatriate who worked for Columbia Pictures' television arm in the United States, approached the BBC about such a venture. Segal's negotiations eventually led to a television movie. The Doctor Who television movie was broadcast on the Fox Network in 1996 as a co-production between Fox, Universal Pictures, the BBC, and BBC Worldwide. Although the film was successful in the UK (with 9.1 million viewers), it was less so in the United States and did not lead to a series.
I realize it was controversial for children, but I could not see the harm for mine.
And I liked it also.

BBC is the British Broadcasting Corp. In Canada (my turf) it's CBC - the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. We get a lot of BBC programming on public television here too!