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BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The depa
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
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster that serves as the primary national public broadcasting company of the United Kingdom, headquartered at Broadcasting House
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