Abstract
Everybody, even one who has never seen or listened to an Anglophone broadcast, has alteast once, heard of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the famous ‘BBC', or the nicknames ‘Beeb' or ‘Auntie'. In fact, the BBC is the biggest broadcasting company in the world, with 26,000 employees in the United-Kingdom and nearly a £4 billion budget.
Created in 1922, the company has one motto (=short sentence or phrase that expresses the aims or beliefs, and is used as a rule of behavior, according to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary): “Nation Shall Speak Peace unto Nation”. It broadcasts on radio, television and the Internet.
First, let's talk about its history and the new challenges the BBC has had to face; then, we will see how the Corporation is run and what services it proposes.
