A Quick History of the BBC

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.5 • 82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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The BBC has been around as long as there has been radio. Today we salute the venerable institution that's as British as tea and crumpets.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:05.6	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio.
0:15.2	Hey, and welcome to the podcast.
0:17.2	I'm Josh, and there's Chuck and Jerry's here too and this is stuff you should know.
0:21.6	That's right. You got a quick announcement, huh?
0:25.6	I do, huh?
0:27.6	I think so.
0:29.6	Well, if you're talking about our new playlist that's coming out, that one?
0:33.6	That's right.
0:34.6	Yeah, we have a new playlist coming out, right, Chuck?
0:36.6	Yeah, this holiday season,
0:38.5	I think coming out very soon, actually. We have the 12 days of holiday toys because we've got
0:43.3	lots of great toy episodes over the years, and we've compiled them together for the whole family
0:50.2	to enjoy. That's right. We love those toy episodes. I think it comes out on December 12th, right? I think so. And that's what, like, I mean, in real time, this probably, or not real time, but in real podcast time this week, I think. I think so, too. And what do you have to do to get these episodes, you may ask? Nothing. You don't have to lift a single finger.
1:12.4	We're going to put them in the feed like we have been, and I hope you enjoy them.
1:17.2	Yeah, totally.
1:18.1	And I have another announcement for this BBC episode.
1:21.6	Okay.
1:22.3	Is that how you say it?
1:23.9	The Beeb?
1:25.6	Yeah, I've heard that, too.
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