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Organisation

British Broadcasting Corporation

British public service broadcaster

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Key information

TypeChartered corporation, public broadcaster

IndustryMass media, media industry, broadcasting, journalism

Founded18 October 1922

Employees21,918 (2024)

Connections6

Founders 3

GOGovernment of the United KingdomFounder GVGeorge Villiers, 6th Earl of ClarendonFounder JRJohn Reith, 1st Baron ReithFounder

Subsidiaries 3

BSBBC StudiosSubsidiary BFBBC FilmSubsidiary BSBBC StudioworksSubsidiary

Appears in Reports2

Trump looms large as Nato grapples with challenge of rearming Europe
BBC7 July 2026
Marine Le Pen to run for French presidency and appeal conviction in top court
BBC7 July 2026

Source-backed identifiers6

Details		Identifier	Actions
	LEI (Legal Entity Identifier)	5493000IBP32UQZ0KL24	Open ↗
	System LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) (lei) Value 5493000IBP32UQZ0KL24 Record https://search.gleif.org/#/record/5493000IBP32UQZ0KL24
	OpenCorporates	gb/RC000057	Open ↗
	System OpenCorporates (opencorporates) Value gb/RC000057 Record https://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/RC000057
	ROR	01qepzr42	Open ↗
	System ROR (ror) Value 01qepzr42 Record https://ror.org/01qepzr42
	GRID	grid.28371.3f	Open ↗
	System GRID (grid) Value grid.28371.3f Record https://www.grid.ac/institutes/grid.28371.3f
	ISNI	000000009830888X	Open ↗
	System ISNI (isni) Value 000000009830888X Record https://isni.org/isni/000000009830888X
	VIAF	127458402	Open ↗
	System VIAF (viaf) Value 127458402 Record https://viaf.org/viaf/127458402