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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''British Broadcasting Corporation''' ('''BBC''') is the [[national broadcaster]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. Headquartered at [[Broadcasting House]] in [[London]], it is the world's oldest national broadcaster, and the largest [[broadcasting|broadcaster]] in the world by number of employees, employing over 22,000 staff in total, of whom more than 19,000 are in public-sector broadcasting.<ref name="historicalbroadcaster">{{cite news |title=BBC History – The BBC takes to the Airwaves |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/html/default.stm |access-date=19 July 2007 |work=BBC News |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070306092106/http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/html/default.stm |archive-date=6 March 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MediaNewsline">{{cite web |title=BBC: World's largest broadcaster & Most trusted media brand |publisher=Media Newsline |url= http://www.medianewsline.com/news/151/ARTICLE/4930/2009-08-13.html |access-date=23 September 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005004930/http://www.medianewsline.com/news/151/ARTICLE/4930/2009-08-13.html |archive-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead |date=13 August 2009 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}}</ref><ref name="2019-20-accounts">{{cite web|date=September 2020|title=BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2019-20.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201216123843/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2019-20.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2020|access-date=14 March 2021|website=BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20|publisher=BBC|page=61</del>}}</ref><ref name="ProspectMag">{{cite web|title=Digital licence |publisher=Prospect |url=http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/?p=64654 |access-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107024637/http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/07/digitallicense/ |archive-date=7 November 2011 }}</ref><ref name="AboutBBC">{{cite news|title=About the BBC – What is the BBC |work=BBC Online |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/what.shtml |access-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116202334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/what.shtml |archive-date=16 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name="BBC Annual Report">{{cite web |title=BBC Annual report 2013/14 |publisher=BBC |url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2013-14/bbc_annualreport_201314.pdf |access-date=1 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051716/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2013-14/bbc_annualreport_201314.pdf |archive-date=11 January 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The total number of BBC staff amounts to 35,402 including part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hacker|first=James|title=Freedom of Information Request-RFI20150047|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/247767/response/613905/attach/html/4/RFI20150047%20response.pdf.html|date=4 February 2014|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124111330/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/247767/response/613905/attach/html/4/RFI20150047%20response.pdf.html|archive-date=24 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''British Broadcasting Corporation''' ('''BBC''') is the [[national broadcaster]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. Headquartered at [[Broadcasting House]] in [[London]], it is the world's oldest national broadcaster, and the largest [[broadcasting|broadcaster]] in the world by number of employees, employing over 22,000 staff in total, of whom more than 19,000 are in public-sector broadcasting.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref name="2019-20-accounts">{{cite web|date=September 2020|title=BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2019-20.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201216123843/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/reports/annualreport/2019-20.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2020|access-date=14 March 2021|website=BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20|publisher=BBC|page=61}}</ref></ins><ref name="historicalbroadcaster">{{cite news |title=BBC History – The BBC takes to the Airwaves |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/html/default.stm |access-date=19 July 2007 |work=BBC News |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070306092106/http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/history/html/default.stm |archive-date=6 March 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="MediaNewsline">{{cite web |title=BBC: World's largest broadcaster & Most trusted media brand |publisher=Media Newsline |url= http://www.medianewsline.com/news/151/ARTICLE/4930/2009-08-13.html |access-date=23 September 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005004930/http://www.medianewsline.com/news/151/ARTICLE/4930/2009-08-13.html |archive-date=5 October 2010 |url-status=dead |date=13 August 2009 }}</ref><ref name="ProspectMag">{{cite web|title=Digital licence |publisher=Prospect |url=http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/?p=64654 |access-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107024637/http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2009/07/digitallicense/ |archive-date=7 November 2011 }}</ref><ref name="AboutBBC">{{cite news|title=About the BBC – What is the BBC |work=BBC Online |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/what.shtml |access-date=23 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116202334/http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/purpose/what.shtml |archive-date=16 January 2010 }}</ref><ref name="BBC Annual Report">{{cite web |title=BBC Annual report 2013/14 |publisher=BBC |url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2013-14/bbc_annualreport_201314.pdf |access-date=1 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111051716/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/2013-14/bbc_annualreport_201314.pdf |archive-date=11 January 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> The total number of BBC staff amounts to 35,402 including part-time, flexible, and fixed-contract staff.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hacker|first=James|title=Freedom of Information Request-RFI20150047|url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/247767/response/613905/attach/html/4/RFI20150047%20response.pdf.html|date=4 February 2014|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124111330/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/247767/response/613905/attach/html/4/RFI20150047%20response.pdf.html|archive-date=24 November 2015|url-status=live}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The BBC is established under a [[Royal Charter#United Kingdom|royal charter]]<ref name="crown">{{cite news|author=Andrews, Leighton|work=The handbook of public affairs|title=A UK Case: Lobbying for a new BBC Charter|pages=247–48|editor1=Harris, Phil|editor2=Fleisher, Craig S.|publisher=SAGE|year=2005|isbn=978-0-7619-4393-8}}</ref> and operates under its agreement with the [[secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/2014/bbc-trust/inside-the-trust/governance.html|title=BBC – Governance – Annual Report 2013/14|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705050934/http://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/2014/bbc-trust/inside-the-trust/governance.html|archive-date=5 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Its work is funded principally by an annual [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|television licence fee]]<ref name="TrustAR">{{cite web |title=BBC Annual Report & Accounts 2008/9: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/trust/overview/finan_perf.shtml |access-date=12 February 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100210210957/http://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/trust/overview/finan_perf.shtml| archive-date= 10 February 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live [[television]] broadcasts and [[BBC iPlayer|iPlayer]] catch-up.<ref name="TVLic">{{cite web |title=TV Licensing: ''Legislation and policy'' |url=http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/legislation-and-policy-AB9/#link1 |access-date=12 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129041323/http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/legislation-and-policy-AB9#link1 |archive-date=29 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The fee is set by the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British Government]], agreed by [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]],<ref name="TVLic2">{{cite web|title=BBC Press Office: TV Licence Fee: facts & figures |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/licencefee.shtml |access-date=12 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907023331/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/licencefee.shtml |archive-date=7 September 2010 }}</ref> and is used to fund the BBC's radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK. Since 1 April 2014, it has also funded the [[BBC World Service]] (launched in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in [[Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The BBC is established under a [[Royal Charter#United Kingdom|royal charter]]<ref name="crown">{{cite news|author=Andrews, Leighton|work=The handbook of public affairs|title=A UK Case: Lobbying for a new BBC Charter|pages=247–48|editor1=Harris, Phil|editor2=Fleisher, Craig S.|publisher=SAGE|year=2005|isbn=978-0-7619-4393-8}}</ref> and operates under its agreement with the [[secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/2014/bbc-trust/inside-the-trust/governance.html|title=BBC – Governance – Annual Report 2013/14|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705050934/http://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/2014/bbc-trust/inside-the-trust/governance.html|archive-date=5 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Its work is funded principally by an annual [[Television licensing in the United Kingdom|television licence fee]]<ref name="TrustAR">{{cite web |title=BBC Annual Report & Accounts 2008/9: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/trust/overview/finan_perf.shtml |access-date=12 February 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100210210957/http://www.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/trust/overview/finan_perf.shtml| archive-date= 10 February 2010 | url-status=live}}</ref> which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live [[television]] broadcasts and [[BBC iPlayer|iPlayer]] catch-up.<ref name="TVLic">{{cite web |title=TV Licensing: ''Legislation and policy'' |url=http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/legislation-and-policy-AB9/#link1 |access-date=12 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100129041323/http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/legislation-and-policy-AB9#link1 |archive-date=29 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The fee is set by the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British Government]], agreed by [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]],<ref name="TVLic2">{{cite web|title=BBC Press Office: TV Licence Fee: facts & figures |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/licencefee.shtml |access-date=12 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907023331/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/keyfacts/stories/licencefee.shtml |archive-date=7 September 2010 }}</ref> and is used to fund the BBC's radio, TV, and online services covering the nations and regions of the UK. Since 1 April 2014, it has also funded the [[BBC World Service]] (launched in 1932 as the BBC Empire Service), which broadcasts in 28 languages and provides comprehensive TV, radio, and online services in [[Arabic]] and [[Persian language|Persian]].</div></td></tr>
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It was expected that they tailored their content to accommodate the modest, church-going elderly or a member of the [[Clergy]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dawkins|first=Charlie|date=Spring 2016|title=Harold Nicolson, Ulysses, Reithianism|journal=The Review of English Studies|volume=67|issue=280|pages=558–578|doi=10.1093/res/hgv063|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:977bed97-a430-4524-a0dc-1ba68898ba04}}</ref> Until 1928, entertainers broadcasting on the BBC, both singers and "talkers" were expected to avoid biblical quotations, Clerical impersonations and references, references to drink or [[Prohibition in America]], vulgar and doubtful matter and political allusions.<ref name=":02"/> The BBC excluded popular foreign music and musicians from its broadcasts, while promoting British alternatives.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922–1936: Shaping a Nation's Taste|last=Doctor|first=Jennifer|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0521661171|location=New York, New York}}</ref> On 5 March 1928, [[Stanley Baldwin]], the Prime Minister, maintained the censorship of editorial opinions on public policy, but allowed the BBC to address matters of religious, political or industrial controversy.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book|title=A Social History of British Broadcasting|last1=Scanell|first1=Paddy|last2=Cardiff|first2=David|publisher=Basil Blackwell|year=1991|isbn=978-0631175438|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=75}}</ref> The resulting political "talk series", designed to inform England on political issues, were criticised by members of parliament, including [[Winston Churchill]], [[David Lloyd George]] and [[Austen Chamberlain|Sir Austen Chamberlain]]. Those who opposed these chats claimed that they silence the opinions of those in Parliament who are not nominated by Party Leaders or Party Whips, thus stifling independent, non-official views.<ref name=":15"/> In October 1932, the policemen of the [[Metropolitan Police Federation]] marched in protest at a proposed pay cut. Fearing dissent within the police force and public support for the movement, the BBC censored its coverage of the events, only broadcasting official statements from the government.<ref name=":15"/></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[John Reith, 1st Baron Reith|John Reith]] and the BBC, with support from [[the Crown]], determined the universal needs of the people of Britain and broadcast content according to these perceived standards.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The BBC and national identity in Britain, 1922–53|last=Hajkowski|first=Thomas|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2010|isbn=9780719079443|location=New York, New York|pages=11}}</ref> Reith effectively censored anything that he felt would be harmful, directly or indirectly.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book|title=Radio Modernism|last=Avery|first=Todd|publisher=Ashgate Publishing Limited|year=2006|isbn=9780754655176|pages=21}}</ref> While recounting his time with the BBC in 1935, [[Raymond Postgate]] claims that BBC broadcasters were made to submit a draft of their potential broadcast for approval. It was expected that they tailored their content to accommodate the modest, church-going elderly or a member of the [[Clergy]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dawkins|first=Charlie|date=Spring 2016|title=Harold Nicolson, Ulysses, Reithianism|journal=The Review of English Studies|volume=67|issue=280|pages=558–578|doi=10.1093/res/hgv063|url=https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:977bed97-a430-4524-a0dc-1ba68898ba04}}</ref> Until 1928, entertainers broadcasting on the BBC, both singers and "talkers" were expected to avoid biblical quotations, Clerical impersonations and references, references to drink or [[Prohibition in America]], vulgar and doubtful matter and political allusions.<ref name=":02"/> The BBC excluded popular foreign music and musicians from its broadcasts, while promoting British alternatives.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The BBC and Ultra-Modern Music, 1922–1936: Shaping a Nation's Taste|last=Doctor|first=Jennifer|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0521661171|location=New York, New York}}</ref> On 5 March 1928, [[Stanley Baldwin]], the Prime Minister, maintained the censorship of editorial opinions on public policy, but allowed the BBC to address matters of religious, political or industrial controversy.<ref name=":15">{{Cite book|title=A Social History of British Broadcasting|last1=Scanell|first1=Paddy|last2=Cardiff|first2=David|publisher=Basil Blackwell|year=1991|isbn=978-0631175438|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|pages=75}}</ref> The resulting political "talk series", designed to inform England on political issues, were criticised by members of parliament, including [[Winston Churchill]], [[David Lloyd George]] and [[Austen Chamberlain|Sir Austen Chamberlain]]. Those who opposed these chats claimed that they silence the opinions of those in Parliament who are not nominated by Party Leaders or Party Whips, thus stifling independent, non-official views.<ref name=":15"/> In October 1932, the policemen of the [[Metropolitan Police Federation]] marched in protest at a proposed pay cut. Fearing dissent within the police force and public support for the movement, the BBC censored its coverage of the events, only broadcasting official statements from the government.<ref name=":15"/></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Throughout the 1930s, political broadcasts had been closely monitored by the BBC.<ref name=":23">{{Cite book|title=Truth Betrayed|last=West|first=W.J.|publisher=Redwood Burn Limited, Trowbridge|year=1987|isbn=978-0715621820|location=London, England|pages=15}}</ref> In 1935, the BBC censored the broadcasts of [[Oswald Mosley]] and [[Harry Pollitt]].<ref name=":15"/> Mosley was a leader of the [[British Union of Fascists]], and Pollitt a leader of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]]. They had been contracted to provide a series of five broadcasts on their parties' politics. The BBC, in conjunction with [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|The Foreign Office]] of Britain, first suspended this series and ultimately cancelled it without the notice of the public.<ref name=":<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">23</del>"/><ref name=":<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">15</del>"/> Less radical politicians faced similar censorship. In 1938, Winston Churchill proposed a series of talks regarding British domestic and foreign politics and affairs but was similarly censored.<ref name=":23"/> The censorship of political discourse by the BBC was a precursor to the total shutdown of political debate that manifested over the BBC's wartime airwaves.<ref name=":23" /> The Foreign Office maintained that the public should not be aware of their role in the censorship.<ref name=":15"/> From 1935 to 1939, the BBC also attempted to unite the British Empire's radio waves, sending staff to [[Egypt]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], [[Jamaica]], [[India]], [[Canada]] and [[South Africa]].<ref name=":32">{{Cite book|title=Broadcasting Empire|last=Potter|first=Simon|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|isbn=9780199568963|location=Oxford, England|pages=85}}</ref> Reith personally visited South Africa, lobbying for state-run radio programmes which was accepted by [[Parliament of South Africa|South African Parliament]] in 1936.<ref name=":32"/> A similar programme was adopted in Canada. Through collaboration with these state-run broadcasting centres, Reith left a legacy of cultural influence across the empire of Great Britain with his departure from the corporation in 1938.<ref name=":32" /></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Throughout the 1930s, political broadcasts had been closely monitored by the BBC.<ref name=":23">{{Cite book|title=Truth Betrayed|last=West|first=W.J.|publisher=Redwood Burn Limited, Trowbridge|year=1987|isbn=978-0715621820|location=London, England|pages=15}}</ref> In 1935, the BBC censored the broadcasts of [[Oswald Mosley]] and [[Harry Pollitt]].<ref name=":15"/> Mosley was a leader of the [[British Union of Fascists]], and Pollitt a leader of the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]]. They had been contracted to provide a series of five broadcasts on their parties' politics. The BBC, in conjunction with [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|The Foreign Office]] of Britain, first suspended this series and ultimately cancelled it without the notice of the public.<ref name=":<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">15</ins>"/><ref name=":<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">23</ins>"/> Less radical politicians faced similar censorship. In 1938, Winston Churchill proposed a series of talks regarding British domestic and foreign politics and affairs but was similarly censored.<ref name=":23"/> The censorship of political discourse by the BBC was a precursor to the total shutdown of political debate that manifested over the BBC's wartime airwaves.<ref name=":23" /> The Foreign Office maintained that the public should not be aware of their role in the censorship.<ref name=":15"/> From 1935 to 1939, the BBC also attempted to unite the British Empire's radio waves, sending staff to [[Egypt]], [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], [[Jamaica]], [[India]], [[Canada]] and [[South Africa]].<ref name=":32">{{Cite book|title=Broadcasting Empire|last=Potter|first=Simon|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2012|isbn=9780199568963|location=Oxford, England|pages=85}}</ref> Reith personally visited South Africa, lobbying for state-run radio programmes which was accepted by [[Parliament of South Africa|South African Parliament]] in 1936.<ref name=":32"/> A similar programme was adopted in Canada. Through collaboration with these state-run broadcasting centres, Reith left a legacy of cultural influence across the empire of Great Britain with his departure from the corporation in 1938.<ref name=":32" /></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Experimental television broadcasts were started in 1929, using an electromechanical 30-line system developed by [[John Logie Baird]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1920s|url=http://bbc.com/historyofthebbc//timelines/1920s|access-date=18 November 2020|website=bbc.com|language=en}}</ref> Limited regular broadcasts using this system began in 1934, and [[First day of television programmes|an expanded service]] (now named the [[BBC Television#History of BBC Television|BBC Television Service]]) started from [[Alexandra Palace]] in November 1936, alternating between an improved Baird mechanical 240-line system and the all-electronic [[405-line television system|405-line]] Marconi-EMI system which had been developed by an [[EMI]] research team led by Sir [[Isaac Shoenberg]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Isaac Shoenberg, British inventor|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Shoenberg |access-date=22 July 2021 |work=Encyclopaedia Britannica|quote=principal inventor of the first high-definition television system}}</ref> The superiority of the electronic system saw the mechanical system dropped early the following year, with the Marconi-EMI system the first fully electronic television system in the world to be used in regular broadcasting.<ref>{{cite book|author=Norman, Bruce|url=https://archive.org/details/hereslookingatyo0000norm/page/99|title=Here's Looking at You: The Story of British Television 1908–1939|year=1984|isbn=978-0-563-20102-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/hereslookingatyo0000norm/page/99 99]}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Experimental television broadcasts were started in 1929, using an electromechanical 30-line system developed by [[John Logie Baird]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1920s|url=http://bbc.com/historyofthebbc//timelines/1920s|access-date=18 November 2020|website=bbc.com|language=en}}</ref> Limited regular broadcasts using this system began in 1934, and [[First day of television programmes|an expanded service]] (now named the [[BBC Television#History of BBC Television|BBC Television Service]]) started from [[Alexandra Palace]] in November 1936, alternating between an improved Baird mechanical 240-line system and the all-electronic [[405-line television system|405-line]] Marconi-EMI system which had been developed by an [[EMI]] research team led by Sir [[Isaac Shoenberg]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir Isaac Shoenberg, British inventor|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isaac-Shoenberg |access-date=22 July 2021 |work=Encyclopaedia Britannica|quote=principal inventor of the first high-definition television system}}</ref> The superiority of the electronic system saw the mechanical system dropped early the following year, with the Marconi-EMI system the first fully electronic television system in the world to be used in regular broadcasting.<ref>{{cite book|author=Norman, Bruce|url=https://archive.org/details/hereslookingatyo0000norm/page/99|title=Here's Looking at You: The Story of British Television 1908–1939|year=1984|isbn=978-0-563-20102-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/hereslookingatyo0000norm/page/99 99]}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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