BBC

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broadcasting company media organisation public service broadcaster

The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is the United Kingdom’s publicly funded national broadcaster, known worldwide for producing and distributing television, radio, and online content.

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All labels observed (39)

Label Occurrences
BBC canonical 1,869
British Broadcasting Corporation 104
BBC News 30

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf broadcasting company ⓘ
media organisation ⓘ
public service broadcaster ⓘ
broadcastMedium online ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
city London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
commercialArm BBC Studios ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
foundedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government
foundingDate 1922-10-18 ⓘ
fullName BBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
fundingType publicly funded ⓘ
globalReputation one of the world’s leading broadcasters ⓘ
governedBy Royal Charter ⓘ
hasDivision BBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Children’s

BBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Nations and Regions

BBC News Channel ⓘ
surface form: BBC News

BBC Radio and Music ⓘ
BBC Studios ⓘ
BBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC World Service
headquartersLocation Broadcasting House ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
industry broadcasting ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
language English ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ
legalForm public corporation ⓘ
motto Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation ⓘ
notableProgram BBC News at Ten ⓘ
Blue Peter ⓘ
Doctor Who ⓘ
BBC Sport ⓘ
surface form: Match of the Day

Newsnight ⓘ
Panorama ⓘ
Sherlock ⓘ
Strictly Come Dancing ⓘ
Top Gear ⓘ
operatesChannel BBC Four ⓘ
BBC News Channel ⓘ
BBC One ⓘ
BBC television services ⓘ
surface form: BBC Parliament

BBC Three ⓘ
BBC Two ⓘ
CBBC ⓘ
CBeebies ⓘ
operatesRadioNetwork BBC Radio 1 ⓘ
BBC Radio 2 ⓘ
BBC Radio 3 ⓘ
BBC Radio 4 ⓘ
BBC Radio 5 Live ⓘ
BBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC World Service
operatesService BBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Online

BBC Sounds ⓘ
BBC iPlayer ⓘ
originalName BBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British Broadcasting Company
ownership publicly owned ⓘ
parentOrganization BBC self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Board
publicFundingModel television licence fee ⓘ
regulator Ofcom ⓘ
scope national broadcaster of the United Kingdom ⓘ
serviceArea United Kingdom ⓘ
worldwide ⓘ

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Referenced by (2,055)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peter Sissons → employer → BBC ⓘ
BBC National Chorus of Wales → affiliation → BBC ⓘ
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Chorus → partOf → BBC ⓘ
BBC Philharmonic Chorus → associatedWith → BBC ⓘ
BBC Philharmonic Chorus → parentOrganization → BBC ⓘ
BBC Radio → parentOrganization → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Radio → operatedBy → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Concert Orchestra → ownedBy → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Concert Orchestra → partOf → BBC ⓘ
lying-in-state of George VI → hasMediaCoverage → BBC ⓘ
BBC Big Read list → creator → BBC ⓘ
BBC Big Read list → publisher → BBC ⓘ
BBC Productions → parentOrganization → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Productions → parentOrganization → BBC ⓘ
BBC Productions → owner → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Productions → operatedBy → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Productions → publicServiceBroadcasterAffiliation → BBC ⓘ
Samantha Zoe Janus → employer → BBC ⓘ
Richard Sharp → employer → BBC ⓘ
Frank Thornton → employer → BBC ⓘ
The Long Firm → producer → BBC ⓘ
Frank Spotnitz → employer → BBC ⓘ
BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes series → producer → BBC ⓘ
Yes, Prime Minister → productionCompany → BBC ⓘ
Yes, Prime Minister → distributor → BBC ⓘ
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George → producer → BBC ⓘ
Ian McNaught-Davis → employer → BBC ⓘ
Masterpiece Theatre → sourceOfContent → BBC ⓘ
Poldark → producedBy → BBC ⓘ
Wallander → originallyBroadcastBy → BBC ⓘ
Elizabeth R → producer → BBC ⓘ
The Six Wives of Henry VIII → producer → BBC ⓘ
Garrow's Law → producer → BBC ⓘ
Dirk Gently (2010 TV series) → producer → BBC ⓘ
Doctor Who story "Shada" → productionCompany → BBC ⓘ
subject surface form: Shada
That Mitchell and Webb Look → productionCompany → BBC ⓘ
The Quiz Broadcast → productionCompany → BBC ⓘ
Robert MacNeil → employer → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
Twenty Twelve → productionCompany → BBC ⓘ
Ian Fletcher – Twenty Twelve → productionCompanyOfWork → BBC ⓘ
subject surface form: Ian Fletcher
Ian Fletcher – W1A → employer → BBC ⓘ
subject surface form: Ian Fletcher
Ian Fletcher – W1A → productionCompanyOfWork → BBC ⓘ
subject surface form: Ian Fletcher
theme for BBC coverage of 1990 FIFA World Cup → broadcastBy → BBC ⓘ
Marvellous (2014 television film) → productionCompany → BBC ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvellous
Marvellous (2014 television film) → distributor → BBC ⓘ
subject surface form: Marvellous
The Girl (2012 television film) → distributor → BBC ⓘ
BBC Pronunciation Dictionary → publisher → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC Pronunciation Dictionary → abbreviation → BBC ⓘ
BBC Pronunciation Dictionary → usedBy → BBC ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC online services
Caversham Park, Oxfordshire → ownedBy → BBC ⓘ