BBC

The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the United Kingdom’s public-service broadcaster and the world’s oldest national broadcasting organisation, founded in London in 1922. Funded principally by a licence fee paid by British households, it is designed to operate independently of commercial and political interests and reaches its audience across television, radio and online, including its on-demand service BBC iPlayer.

Beyond Britain, the BBC is one of the most influential media institutions in the world: its journalism is carried globally by the BBC World Service and its programming is exported through BBC Studios. It is renowned for landmark drama, natural-history documentaries and news coverage, a reputation built over decades by series that have shaped popular culture far beyond the United Kingdom.