Queen Elizabeth II And Prince Philip, Duke Of Edinburgh Visit Manchester(01 of25)
Open Image ModalMANCHESTER, ENGLAND - MARCH 23: Queen Elizabeth II visits the BBC sport offices in Media City in Salford, on March 23, 2012 in Greater Manchester, north-west England. The Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh visited Manchester where she officially opened hospitals, toured the new BBC building at MetroCity and officially started a Sport Relief Mile fun run. (Photo by Andrew Yates - WPA Pool/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBBC employees gather to celebrate the release of their colleague Alan Johnston at the BBC's Television Centre in central London, 04 July 2007. Freed BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston on Wednesday addressed his friends and colleagues back home, thanking them for their support during his 114 days in captivity. In a live address from Jerusalem, where he was taken after being released early Wednesday, the 45-year-old journalist thanked crowds at BBC Television Centre for their support during his ordeal. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/GettyImages) (credit:Getty Images)
AEGON Championships - Day Seven(03 of25)
Open Image ModalLONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 17: BBC's Sue Barker interviews David Nalbandian of Argentina after being disqualified for unsportsmanlike conduct during his mens singles final round match against Marin Cilic of Croatia on day seven of the AEGON Championships at Queens Club on June 17, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Television - Robert Robinson - BBC TV Centre, London(04 of25)
Open Image ModalWith the camera through the lenses of which we will see their as yet unnamed Autumn Saturday night BBC1 Television show are (l-r) Robert Robinson, Bill Oddie, Lynda Baron, Leonard Rossiter and John Bird. Here they are photographed during rehearsals at BBC Television Centre. The new show will run for 75 minutes each Saturday evening for 26 weeks, Robert Robinson will take care of the conversation, John Bird will take care of the sketches, Lynda Baron, singing and dancing, and with general support from Leonard Rossiter and Bill Oddie. (credit:PA)
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Food and Drink - Michael Barry - London(06 of25)
Open Image ModalMedia man Derek James (r) is shown how to toss a pancake by Michael Barry, the BBC's food and wine presenter. (credit:PA)
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Open Image ModalSir Terry Wogan backstage during BBC Children in Need on November 18, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Jon Furniss/WireImage)
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Open Image ModalSimon Groom at the vandalised fishpond, November 1983 (Photo: BBC)
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Open Image ModalWearing one of his typical expressions, comedian Tony Hancock gets his shoulders comfortable on the pillow and relaxes with Bertrand Russell's 'Human Knowledge', during rehearsals for the new BBC Television series, 'Hancock'.
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Open Image Modalcirca 1924: British statesman Sir John Charles Walsham Reith (1889 - 1971), Director General of the BBC with Joseph Albert Pease Gainsford (1860 - 1943) and BBC Consulting Engineer Captain Peter Pendleton Eckersley (1892 - 1963) outside No 2, Savoy Hill, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalDad's Army. (from r-l) Clive Dunn, James Beck, John Le Mesurier, Arthur Lowe, John Laurie, Ian Lavender and Arnold Ridley.
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Open Image Modal26th April 1928: Winston Churchill, Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer, broadcasting a summary of his budget from a BBC radio studio. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalBritish journalist Richard Dimbleby (1913 - 1965), a war correspondent for the BBC, covers the Normandy Landings during World War II, 1944. Original Publication : Picture Post - 1717 - How The BBC Covers The Invasion - pub. 17th June 1944 (Photo by Leonard McCombe/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalHenry Wilfred "Bunny" Austin competes at Wimbledon in the first BBC televised coverage of The Championships in 1937
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Open Image ModalThe warm, friendly smile of the Queen seen in close-up on a television screen as she concludes her traditional Christmas day broadcast to her people, which was televised this year for the first time and carried by both the BBC and ITV. The Queen ended her message: 'I hope that 1958 may bring you God's blessing and all the things you long for. And so I wish you all, young and old, wherever you may be, all the fun and enjoyment and the peace of a very happy Christmas'. She was speaking from the Long Library at Sandringham, where the Royal family is gathered for Christmas. It was the 25th anniversary of the first radio message to the Commonwealth by her grandfather, King George V.
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Open Image ModalThe London Olympic Games are televised on BBC IN 1948. British athlete John Mark carries the Olympic torch into Wembley Stadium at the opening ceremony.
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Open Image Modal19511 January - First broadcast of The Archers, now the world's longest-running soap opera. Actors Leslie Parker, (who plays Clive Lawson-Hope), and Ysanne Churchman, (who plays Grace Fairbrother), in the BBC radio series 'The Archers' pictured in 1953
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Open Image ModalThe Sky at Night lifts off in 1957. A monthly astronomy programme presented by Sir Patrick Moore. Pictured in 1982 with some cake is presenter Patrick Moore. The programme recently celebrated it's 55th Anniversary in May 2012.
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Open Image ModalMatt Smith cuts a dashing new figure in fronT of the TARDIS as 'The Doctor' in the up and coming BBC Christmas Prequel Special of Doctor Who in aid of Children In Need. The programme was originally televised in 1963 starring first ever Timelord William Hartnell.
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Open Image ModalTest Card F was created by the BBC and used on television in the United Kingdom and in countries elsewhere in the world for more than four decades. Like other test cards, it was usually shown while no programmes were being broadcast, but was the first to be transmitted in colour in the UK and has become an iconic British image.The central image on the card shows 8yr old Carole Hersee playing noughts and crosses with Bubbles the Clown. It was first broadcast on 2 July 1967 (the day after the first colour pictures appeared to the public on BBC2 television.
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Open Image ModalBorn in 1972, Ceefax, the BBC text service was originally invisioned as a service for the deaf, Ceefax, meaning 'see facts,' had over a thousand pages of information supplying BBC viewers with their own on screen information service. In 2012 the service was closed.
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Open Image ModalTelevision coverage of proceedings in the House of Lords begins in 1985
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Open Image ModalBirds Of A Feather Girls Doing As Bbc Holday Speacial Driving Jeep 1993- (Photo By Paul Harris/Getty Images)