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BBC is a corporation organisation. It started in 1927. That's all for now.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation 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 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting.

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BBC created BBC Micro December 1981

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John Reith worked at BBC 1922 1938

John Reith has role Director-General at BBC 1927 1938

Eric Morecambe worked at BBC 1961 1984

David Attenborough worked at BBC 1969 1972

Julia Donaldson worked at BBC 1970 1974

Alexei Sayle worked at BBC 1981

Stephen Fry worked at BBC 1982

David Mitchell worked at BBC 2000

BBC logo (1997-2021) features BBC

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Worked at BBC

John Reith

1927 – 1938

Eric Morecambe

1961 – 1984

David Attenborough

1969 – 1972

Julia Donaldson

1970 – 1974

Alexei Sayle

from 1981

Stephen Fry

from 1982

David Mitchell

from 2000

Private person

2006-02 – 2015-07

Sources

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC

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