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  2. Greenwich Time Signal - Wikipedia

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    The Greenwich Time Signal ( GTS ), popularly known as the pips, is a series of six short tones (or "pips") broadcast at one-second intervals by many BBC Radio stations to mark the precise start of each hour. The pips were introduced in 1924, generated by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and from 1990 were generated by the BBC in London. [ 1]

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  4. List of current BBC newsreaders and reporters - Wikipedia

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    BBC News provides television journalism to BBC network bulletins (on BBC One and BBC Two) and programmes as well as the BBC News Channel available around the world and in the United Kingdom. BBC News runs BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC World Service as part of its rolling news coverage, journalists and presenters also contribute to podcasts produced by BBC News for BBC Radio 4 , as well as solely ...

  5. BBC News - Wikipedia

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    bbc.com (global) 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 ...

  6. Mass media in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Mass media in the United Kingdom. Coat of arms of the BBC. There are several different types of mass media in the United Kingdom: television, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites. The United Kingdom is known for its large music industry, along with its new and upcoming artists. The country also has a large broadcasting, film, video games ...

  7. The Office (British TV series) - Wikipedia

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    The Office is a British mockumentary television sitcom first broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, it follows the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictional Wernham Hogg paper company. Gervais also starred in the series as the central ...

  8. BBC News (TV channel) - Wikipedia

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    TVPlayer. Watch live (UK only) BBC News (TV channel) Watch live (Worldwide access is available) FilmOn. Watch live (Worldwide access is available) The BBC News channel is a British free-to-air [ 1] public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the BBC. The channel is based at and broadcasts from Broadcasting House in the West ...

  9. The BBC, whose broadcasting in the UK is funded by a licence fee and does not sell advertising time, is most notable for being the first public service broadcaster in the UK. Its first director general, Lord Reith introduced many of the concepts that would later define public service broadcasting in the UK when he adopted the mission to " inform, educate and entertain ".