BBC

===Coat of arms===
{{Main|Coat of arms of the BBC}}
{{Infobox COA wide
|name             = the British Broadcasting Corporation
|image            = File:Coat_of_Arms_BBC.svg
|image_width      = 200px
|year_adopted     = 1927
|crest            = On a Wreath of the Colours, a Lion passant Or, grasping in the dexter fore-paw a Thunderbolt proper.<ref name="Briggs">{{cite book |last1=Briggs |first1=Geoffrey |title=Civic & corporate heraldry: a dictionary of impersonal arms of England, Wales, & N. Ireland; |date=1971 |publisher=Heraldry Today |location=London (10 Beauchamp Place, S.W.3) |isbn=9780900455216 |page=76}}</ref>
|torse            = A Wreath of the Colours<ref name="Briggs" />
|shield           = Azure a Terrestrial Globe proper encircled by an Annulet Or, and seven Estoiles in Orle Argent.<ref name="Briggs" />
|supporters       = On either side an Eagle, wings addorsed proper collared Azure pendant therefrom a Bugle horn stringed Or.<ref name="Briggs" />
|motto            = Nation shall speak peace unto Nation<ref name="Briggs" />
|other_elements   = Badge – A Thunderbolt proper thereon a Pellet inscribed with the letters BBC Or.<ref name="Briggs" />
}}