BBC News is an operational business division 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 each day, as well as online news coverage. The service has over 5,500 Journalists working across its output including in 50 foreign news bureaus where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed.
Television News moved to BBC Television Centre in September 1969.
Angela Rippon, pictured in 1983, became the first female news presenter in 1975.
The combined newsroom for domestic television and radio was opened at Television Centre in West London in 1998.
The new newsroom in Broadcasting House
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,900 are in public-sector broadcasting.
The Radio Times masthead from 25 December 1931, including the BBC motto "Nation shall speak peace unto Nation"
Television pioneer John Logie Baird (seen here in 1917) televised the BBC's first drama, The Man with the Flower in His Mouth, on 14 July 1930, and the first live outside broadcast, The Derby, on 2 June 1931.
King George V giving the 1934 Royal Christmas message on BBC Radio. The annual message typically reflects on the year's major events.
Statue of George Orwell outside Broadcasting House, headquarters of the BBC
