The ninth and current BBC Royal Charter, held at the BBC Written Archives Centre
An accompanying agreement recognises its editorial independence and sets out its public obligations in detail.[1]
The initial BBC Charter established the BBC on 1 January 1927[2] as a replacement for the British Broadcasting Company Ltd. which had provided the broadcasting service until that point. As the royal charter created an entirely new body, separate arrangements were made to transfer the assets of the British Broadcasting Company to the new British Broadcasting Corporation via the Postmaster General.[3] It was felt that establishing a body under a royal charter to replace the private company would allow the creation of a body that acted "as a trustee for the national interest" and would "endow the [BBC] with a prestige and influence which will be of special value to it."[4]
Upon the expiry of the first charter, it was renewed with a replacement charter – a process that has continued ever since. It, and each subsequent royal charter, was initially for a period for ten years, except for the charter from 1947 to 1952, which ran for five years, and the charter from 2006 to 2017, which ran for eleven years. However, several charters were extended in duration, including 1947 (six months), 1952 (two years), and 1964 (two extensions totalling five years).[5]
The most recent charter took effect on 1 January 2017 and will run until 31 December 2027.[6][7]
References
^An Agreement Between Her Majesty's Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and the British Broadcasting Corporation(PDF). 7 November 2016. ISBN978-1-4741-3894-9. Cm 9366.
^"Royal Charter for the incorporation of the British Broadcasting Corporation" (PDF). BBC. 20 December 2016.
^Balfour, Arthur (19 November 1926). "Letter to Lord Chancellor on the granting of a Royal Charter to the BBC". The National Archives. PC 8/1089. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^"BBC Royal Charter archive". History of the BBC. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^"BBC Charter and Agreement". About the BBC. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^Copy of Royal Charter for the continuance of the British Broadcasting Corporation(PDF). 2016. ISBN978-1-4741-3892-5. Cm 9365. (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
External links
"BBC Charter and Agreement". About the BBC. British Broadcasting Corporation.
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