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Here's Looking At You! - the first television programme from Alexandra Palace - took the air on August 26, 1936, and the first artist to appear on the screens was Helen McKay.

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The BBC is regulated by OfCom.

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Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest.

Audiences are at the heart of everything we do.

We take pride in delivering quality and value for money.

Creativity is the lifeblood of our organisation.

We respect each other and celebrate our diversity so that everyone can give their best.

We are one BBC: great things happen when we work together.

The Royal Charter and Agreement also sets out five public purposes for the BBC.

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The license fee covers a multitude of things. These are the TV, radio and online content, as well as funding the BBC to develop their technology. It also allows them to have ad free channels.

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To be the most creative organisation in the world.

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"Values. Our mission, vision, and values inform the work of the BBC and are how we promote our public purposes. The public purposes are set out by the Royal Charter and Agreement, the constitutional basis for the BBC."

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What are the BBC's five Public Purposes, as set out in the Royal Charter?

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What are the BBC's five Public Purposes, as set out in the Royal Charter?

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The BBC's core mission is to inform, educate and entertain however, the five Public Purposes, as set out in the Royal Charter is:

1. To provide impartial news and information to help people understand and engage with the world around them.

2. To support learning for people of all ages

3. To show the most creative, highest quality and distinctive output and services

4. To reflect, represent and serve the diverse communities of all of the United Kingdom’s nations and regions and, in doing so, support the creative economy across the United Kingdom

5. To reflect the United Kingdom, its culture and values to the world

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John Reith (1889-1971) was the founder of the BBC.  He was its first general manager when it was set up as the British Broadcasting Company in 1922; and he was its first director general when it became a public corporation in 1927.

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Radio 1's fist broadcast was on the 30 September 1967

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95 years old (Been around since 18th October 1922)