The BBC
Day 549, 05:55
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by Colt Silver
The British Broadcasting Corporation
Music and Themes
The Hustle theme music is claimed to be the 'best ever television title sequence in the world'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGyIDtBX7f0
Eastenders is argueably one of the most recognised theme tunes in Britain. It is the most widely watched soap in Britain if anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYa_KfLTtM
Sport Tunes
Cricket - Soul Limba is used by the BBC as an introduction to Cricket matches, and remains the most popular sports theme in the UK. The ''Match of The Day'' is a close second.
Cricket: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvsCjJtz4fs - Closest I could find.
Match of the Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAF9ICMAdUo
Grand Prix (F1) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAF9ICMAdUo
Snooker Tune - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh1RIBRbR_8
- Bill Bailey's rendition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkhslOhxl_M
Wimbledon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwKV__zHtPY
Quick Fire Facts
* It's the World's Largest Broadcaster
* The first ever Monarch on Public Radio was King George V delivering the 1932 Christmas day broadcast.
* BBC television channels are available to 274 million homes across the world.
* Shows that are 1 hour long are actually 1 hour long. Not 40 minutes of show and 20 minutes of adverts.
* BBC has news correspondents pernamently based in more than 200 countries.
* Almost every single BBC show has won a Bafta.
* 80% of all British emmys have been awarded to BBC shows, presenters, and producers.
* There are 10 BBC channels in the UK, and BBC 1 and 2 predominantly recieve more views than any other channel (even on satellite/ cable tv) in the UK.
Radio Shows
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (ISIHAC) is the oldest and longest running broadcasted comedy/ quiz panel show in the world. It ran for 51 seasons up since 1972.
It is widely popularised that ISIHAC created the idea of Music Mash-up. The round 'Sing one song to the tune of another' involves doing as the title suggests. Here is a very funny one I found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X5igpUi7I8&feature=related
Mornington Cresent is a very popular game on ISIHAC. The general jist of the game is that panelists can use the Tube Map, London streets, Landmarks and even Airports to arrive at the final destinatation 'Mornington Cresent'. The idea behind the game is that the rules are never explained so the audience just listens to the panelists play. The rules are always percieved to be overly complicated involving traps, sin-bins and spoons. Many variations are brought to the game, and are sometimes explained. For example in 'Tudor Court Rules' you may collect tokens. 5 tokens earns you two consecutive turns. Other variations include the 'Windows 98 collectors edition Rules' and the 'Stephen Fry Black out Variation'. Most often, extra rules will be enforced, such as 'no Cross-rail on sundays' or 'No through line at Finchley Road and Frognal'.
When listening to the game, it seems as though it follows no order, with panelists making query noises, questioning other people turns, being impressed by the cleverness of a particular move etc, until someone calls out Mornington Cresent seeminly at random.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w7EvDRBERg&feature=quicklist
The UK Top 40 is officially the UK's charts list, even though it started as the presenters 'opinions'.
Television
Doctor Who ran for 11 series up until 1989 and started again in 2005. Its merchandice revenue is estimated at £106 million a year. The iconic image of the blue Police Box, is more associated with the show than the Metropolitan Police, even inside the UK.
There have been 16 spin-off shows, 10 actors, the 4th Doctor (Tom Bake) being one of the most popular. The current doctor is played by David Tennant.
Doctor Who was the first ever non-American character to be portrayed in South Park, the Simpsons, Futurama and Family Guy.
Top Gear ran for 45 seasons between 1977 and 2001. It was relaunched in 2002 and has since won many Baftas, NTA's and emmys. Top Gear has been bought by 4 other television channels, and it widely popular, not just because of cars, but because the presenters are extremely funny.
This is one of the funniest thing you will see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GZRmzuiig8
Little Britain despite only running for 25 episodes, remains one of the most popular sketch shows in the UK. Little Britain was broadcast in 39 different countries (not including continental Europe), and recieved such a strong reception in the US that 'Little Britain USA' was produced. It attracted just under 1 million viewers overseas.
Planet Earth produced by the BBC in 2007 has been the biggest selling Blu-Ray since its release.
Internet
Apart from being the first Radio to offer internet live streaming, and offering the UK's first free catchup-TV system, the BBC website (www.bbc.co.uk) is the single most expensive website to run in the world (partly because its an entirely free service).
Within 2 weeks BBC iPlayer contributed to more than 50% of the UK's live streaming memory.
BBC news website is globlally the 4th most viewed news website.
Other than It's own website, the BBC has a youtube channel (BBC), Facebook, MySpace and Bebo page and other social networking and sharing sites.
History
*Founded in 1922
*1927 - the BBC changed its name for British Broadcasting Comapany to British Broadcasting Corporation.
*1936 regular television services start.
*1938 - the European Broadcast starts.
* Television service is suspended between 1939 and 1946. The tapes have been lost, but an urban myth says that the presenter started the 1946 broadcast by saying ''As I was saying before I was so rudely interupted...''
*1955 - ITV is launched, Britains first comercial television station.
*1960 - BBC HQ is moved to Hammersmith.
*1967 - BBC Radio 1 is launched. The first government funded pop music station in response to pirate radio. BBC Radio 1 is not to be confused as BBC's first Radio Channel, it was called Radio 1 simply to attract listeners to it.
*1969 - BBC start broadcasting in colour.
*1981 - Premiere of Only Fools and Horses
*1985 - Premiere of Eastenders.
*1996 - BBC Radio is available for live stream on the internet.
*1998 - BBC is available on satelite and cable.
*2000 - The Breakfast News becomes the Breakfast show.
*2002 - CBBC and Cbeebies (childrens channels) launch.
*2003 - BBC 3 replaces BBC Choice.
*2006 - Launch of BBC HD
*2007 - Launch of BBC iPlayer (the free first catch-up TV service in the UK)
Music and Themes
The Hustle theme music is claimed to be the 'best ever television title sequence in the world'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGyIDtBX7f0
Eastenders is argueably one of the most recognised theme tunes in Britain. It is the most widely watched soap in Britain if anything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYa_KfLTtM
Sport Tunes
Cricket - Soul Limba is used by the BBC as an introduction to Cricket matches, and remains the most popular sports theme in the UK. The ''Match of The Day'' is a close second.
Cricket: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvsCjJtz4fs - Closest I could find.
Match of the Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAF9ICMAdUo
Grand Prix (F1) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAF9ICMAdUo
Snooker Tune - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh1RIBRbR_8
- Bill Bailey's rendition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkhslOhxl_M
Wimbledon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwKV__zHtPY
Quick Fire Facts
* It's the World's Largest Broadcaster
* The first ever Monarch on Public Radio was King George V delivering the 1932 Christmas day broadcast.
* BBC television channels are available to 274 million homes across the world.
* Shows that are 1 hour long are actually 1 hour long. Not 40 minutes of show and 20 minutes of adverts.
* BBC has news correspondents pernamently based in more than 200 countries.
* Almost every single BBC show has won a Bafta.
* 80% of all British emmys have been awarded to BBC shows, presenters, and producers.
* There are 10 BBC channels in the UK, and BBC 1 and 2 predominantly recieve more views than any other channel (even on satellite/ cable tv) in the UK.
Radio Shows
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (ISIHAC) is the oldest and longest running broadcasted comedy/ quiz panel show in the world. It ran for 51 seasons up since 1972.
It is widely popularised that ISIHAC created the idea of Music Mash-up. The round 'Sing one song to the tune of another' involves doing as the title suggests. Here is a very funny one I found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X5igpUi7I8&feature=related
Mornington Cresent is a very popular game on ISIHAC. The general jist of the game is that panelists can use the Tube Map, London streets, Landmarks and even Airports to arrive at the final destinatation 'Mornington Cresent'. The idea behind the game is that the rules are never explained so the audience just listens to the panelists play. The rules are always percieved to be overly complicated involving traps, sin-bins and spoons. Many variations are brought to the game, and are sometimes explained. For example in 'Tudor Court Rules' you may collect tokens. 5 tokens earns you two consecutive turns. Other variations include the 'Windows 98 collectors edition Rules' and the 'Stephen Fry Black out Variation'. Most often, extra rules will be enforced, such as 'no Cross-rail on sundays' or 'No through line at Finchley Road and Frognal'.
When listening to the game, it seems as though it follows no order, with panelists making query noises, questioning other people turns, being impressed by the cleverness of a particular move etc, until someone calls out Mornington Cresent seeminly at random.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w7EvDRBERg&feature=quicklist
The UK Top 40 is officially the UK's charts list, even though it started as the presenters 'opinions'.
Television
Doctor Who ran for 11 series up until 1989 and started again in 2005. Its merchandice revenue is estimated at £106 million a year. The iconic image of the blue Police Box, is more associated with the show than the Metropolitan Police, even inside the UK.
There have been 16 spin-off shows, 10 actors, the 4th Doctor (Tom Bake) being one of the most popular. The current doctor is played by David Tennant.
Doctor Who was the first ever non-American character to be portrayed in South Park, the Simpsons, Futurama and Family Guy.
Top Gear ran for 45 seasons between 1977 and 2001. It was relaunched in 2002 and has since won many Baftas, NTA's and emmys. Top Gear has been bought by 4 other television channels, and it widely popular, not just because of cars, but because the presenters are extremely funny.
This is one of the funniest thing you will see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GZRmzuiig8
Little Britain despite only running for 25 episodes, remains one of the most popular sketch shows in the UK. Little Britain was broadcast in 39 different countries (not including continental Europe), and recieved such a strong reception in the US that 'Little Britain USA' was produced. It attracted just under 1 million viewers overseas.
Planet Earth produced by the BBC in 2007 has been the biggest selling Blu-Ray since its release.
Internet
Apart from being the first Radio to offer internet live streaming, and offering the UK's first free catchup-TV system, the BBC website (www.bbc.co.uk) is the single most expensive website to run in the world (partly because its an entirely free service).
Within 2 weeks BBC iPlayer contributed to more than 50% of the UK's live streaming memory.
BBC news website is globlally the 4th most viewed news website.
Other than It's own website, the BBC has a youtube channel (BBC), Facebook, MySpace and Bebo page and other social networking and sharing sites.
History
*Founded in 1922
*1927 - the BBC changed its name for British Broadcasting Comapany to British Broadcasting Corporation.
*1936 regular television services start.
*1938 - the European Broadcast starts.
* Television service is suspended between 1939 and 1946. The tapes have been lost, but an urban myth says that the presenter started the 1946 broadcast by saying ''As I was saying before I was so rudely interupted...''
*1955 - ITV is launched, Britains first comercial television station.
*1960 - BBC HQ is moved to Hammersmith.
*1967 - BBC Radio 1 is launched. The first government funded pop music station in response to pirate radio. BBC Radio 1 is not to be confused as BBC's first Radio Channel, it was called Radio 1 simply to attract listeners to it.
*1969 - BBC start broadcasting in colour.
*1981 - Premiere of Only Fools and Horses
*1985 - Premiere of Eastenders.
*1996 - BBC Radio is available for live stream on the internet.
*1998 - BBC is available on satelite and cable.
*2000 - The Breakfast News becomes the Breakfast show.
*2002 - CBBC and Cbeebies (childrens channels) launch.
*2003 - BBC 3 replaces BBC Choice.
*2006 - Launch of BBC HD
*2007 - Launch of BBC iPlayer (the free first catch-up TV service in the UK)
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Very good 😉
Did you know they are thinking of charging for iPlayer use? 😒
i dont get the point of this 😒
They're not going to charge for iPlayer use. Illegal due to the licence fee.
Also, 'satelite'? Proof read. It's satellite. I suppose it's not as bad as the arseholes who write 'satalight' though.
Even so, 'even on satellite' is kind of irrelevant. 8 million households have satellite compared to 27 million on terrestrial, and the other channels only broadcast part of the day or are niche.
Good article otherwise.
Being non erep related isn't this article about to be deleted ? 🙁
Despite having some nostalgic pride in my for nations broadcaster, I must say I think the BBC is disgustingly over priced at £142.50 a year for the license fee. Their business model, if they truly believe in it should not require such extortionate amounts of money, they operate an outdated monopoly, and keep producing extra digital channels and radio stations that majority of their audience will never or would never enjoy. Television in this day and age should be a basic right of every british child. With the current economic climate they can in no way justify their license fee.
@Teh User :
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1184474/BBC-chief-demands-charge-iPlayer-stop-viewers-getting-free-ride.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-[..]html
I'm sorry I haven't a clue is hilarious.
Is it back on yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7KUqXOAPgU&NR=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7KUqXOAP[..]&NR=1 xD
I have never heard them get it wrong