BBC

===Colloquial terms===
Older domestic UK audiences often refer to the BBC as "the Beeb", a nickname originally coined by [[Peter Sellers]] on ''[[The Goon Show]]'' in the 1950s, when he referred to the "Beeb Beeb Ceeb". It was then borrowed, shortened and popularised by radio DJ [[Kenny Everett]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/kenny_everett_page.htm |title=Radio Rewind: Kenny Everett |last=Davies |first=Alan |work=Radio Rewind |access-date=10 May 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070501114549/http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/kenny_everett_page.htm |archive-date=1 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[David Bowie]]'s recording sessions at the BBC were released as ''[[Bowie at the Beeb]]'', while [[Queen (band)|Queen]]'s recording sessions with the BBC were released as ''[[At the Beeb (Queen album)|At the Beeb]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/queen/albumguide |title=Queen: Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |location=New York |access-date=30 March 2018 |date=n.d. |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120427175109/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/queen/albumguide |archive-date=27 April 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> Another nickname, now less commonly used, is "Auntie", said to originate from the old-fashioned "Auntie knows best" attitude, or the idea of aunties and uncles who are present in the background of one's life (but possibly a reference to the "aunties" and "uncles" who presented children's programmes in the early days)<ref>{{cite press release |title=Mark Thompson celebrates the official opening of a new state-of-the art BBC building in Hull |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/10_october/21/hull.shtml |date=21 October 2004 |publisher=BBC Press Office |access-date= 6 July 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060628183705/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/10_october/21/hull.shtml |archive-date= 28 June 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> in the days when John Reith, the BBC's first director general, was in charge. The term "Auntie" for the BBC is often credited to radio disc-jockey [[Jack Jackson (radio personality)|Jack Jackson]].<ref name="Jackson"/> To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the BBC the song "[[Auntie (song)|Auntie]]" was released in 1972.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=30 June 1973| title=Hits of the World |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |location=New York |volume=85 |issue=26 |page=57 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The two nicknames have also been used together as "Auntie Beeb".<ref>{{cite news |title= Auntie Beeb suffers a relapse |url= http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article400120.ece |date=7 December 2004 |access-date=12 February 2007 |location= London |newspaper=The Times |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110814012018/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article400120.ece |archive-date=14 August 2011 |url-status= live}}</ref>