BBC News | In Depth | Broadcasting | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.A short history of the BBC- April 19, 2002 The British Broadcasting Company started life in 1922, with a staff of only four who were financed by a 10-shilling licence fee.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1231593.stm |