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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a semi-autonomous public service broadcaster in the United Kingdom providing television and radio programmes. It is funded by an annual television licence fee charged to all British households, companies and organisations using the service. The fee is set annually by the British Government and agreed by Parliament. Founded in October 1922, it was initially privately owned but became a non-commercial entity in 1927. Its first transmission as the BBC went out in 1934, and an expanded service (now named the BBC Television Service) started from Alexandra Palace in 1936. It is governed by the BBC Trust and operates under a Royal Charter.
- The BBC found that more than 27,300 Russian soldiers died during the second year of the war, a 25-percent increase on the first year
- Responding to the report, the Kremlin said it did not disclose any information on military deaths and casualties, which falls under the defence ministry’s remit
The BBC’s wildlife team strikes gold again with Mammals, a documentary series that marvels at some of the planet’s famous and less mentioned animals, from wolves to snow leopards to Singapore’s otters.
Ní Leannáin said she felt like a ‘rabbit in the headlights’ when the demand was made by Dublin Airport security.
Pouria Zeraati, a presenter at London-based Iran International, was stabbed in the leg on Friday. The Farsi-language news channel has long been critical of Iran’s theocratic government.
Since 2018, documentary series Herne Katha has been travelling to ‘unexplored places’ in Nepal to tell deeply personal stories of people who rarely receive prominent media coverage
Report covered sentencing of Hong Kong actor Gregory Wong, who was among three political activists and 10 others charged with rioting and breaching Legco complex.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that a Conservative lawmaker was wrong to say the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists, and denied his party tolerates anti-Muslim prejudice.
The UK-based American actor - a 1970s icon for his role as Detective Kenneth ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson in the classic TV crime series - died on Thursday, his wife Helen Snell said.
Wilkinson was nominated for 2 Academy Awards, for In The Bedroom in 2001 and Michael Clayton in 2007. The British actor also appeared in the Rush Hour franchise alongside Jackie Chan.
Eight Korean actors and Japanese actresses share a house, and maybe find love, in Netflix’s Love Like a K-drama, while BBC First airs three murder mystery Christmas specials.
The British comedian and actor was interviewed under caution last week over six ‘non-recent’ allegations, UK media reported on Monday. Brand was questioned by police in November over three other claims.
Earth on BBC Earth looks at evolution and extinction on our planet over billions of years, while Netflix K-drama Castaway Diva follows an aspiring singer who spends 15 years on a desert island.
India-born Samir Shah has worked in television for more than 40 years, including roles at the BBC.
Upmarket crime makes a comeback in The Chelsea Detective season 2 on BBC First, while Seoul goes all Gotham in K-thriller Vigilante.
Sultan Al Jaber, who is also CEO of his country’s oil giant ADNOC, denied reports he used his position as Cop28 president to pitch new oil and gas investments to governments.
Rishi Sunak triggered a diplomatic spat with Greece over the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles by cancelling at the last minute a one-on-one in London.
The death of Venables was announced on Sunday in a statement by his family to British media, saying he died on Saturday after a long illness.
BBC First drama Annika stars Nicola Walker as Detective Inspector Annika Strandhed, investigating murders around Scotland and raising her rebellious teenage daughter (Silvie Furneaux).
The king, Sunak, MPs and royal family members held a two-minute silence and laid wreaths at the Cenotaph in London to honour those killed in war.
British broadcaster turns wildlife and landscape images from around the world shot by its Natural History Unit for David Attenborough series into a 360-degree immersive experience in Australia.
BBC Earth’s Michael Palin: Into Iraq takes the genial former comedian, now 80, around the Middle Eastern country, visiting ancient cities, scenes of devastation from recent wars, and disputed lands.
Produced in Cairo and London by BBC News Arabic, the radio service will run one programme from November 3 and begin a second daily broadcast from November 10.
BBC First’s black comedy The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies follows unrepentant con man Robert Chance (played by Alistair Petrie) and the vulnerable women he swindles.
Popular, cynical Dutch detective ‘Piet’ Van der Valk, played by Marc Warren, returns for the third season of Van der Valk, and is joined by new recruit Sergeant Citra Li, played by Django Chan-Reeves.
Adventurer-presenter Ben Fogle goes from California to the Caribbean to Scotland in Ben Fogle’s Lost Worlds on BBC Earth, while nothing is what it seems in Netflix K-drama Destined With You.
‘The Met received a report of a sexual assault which was alleged to have taken place in Soho in central London in 2003,’ the Metropolitan Police said. Brand denies allegations of rape and sexual assaults.
BBC Earth’s Changing Planet II examines how conservation in six geographical areas of concern is helping to improve their delicate ecosystems, while a Seoul detective is demoted to a rural town in Behind Your Touch.
The BBC’s second series of Changing Planet sends presenters to look at conservation efforts in vulnerable habitats in California, Brazil, the Arctic, Cambodia, Maldives and Kenya.
Daniel Abed Khalife was on the run four days before a massive search managed to nab him in Chiswick in west London.
Santosh Shah, winner of Masterchef: The Professionals, Rematch, wants to raise the global profile of Nepali food by showcasing various indigenous cuisines and communities.
