Beeb

Telly network nickname

Beeb is British slang for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), Britain's national public broadcaster.

The nickname is affectionate and informal: What's on the Beeb tonight?

She works for the Beeb.

The term reflects the familiar place the broadcaster holds in British cultural life.

BBC

licence fee

Payment for official permission

  • BBC OneUK's primary public channel
  • BBC TwoUK public television channel
  • BBC NewsBritish public broadcaster's journalism arm

Question Time · Panorama · Blue Peter · Doctor Who · EastEnders · CBeebies · CBBC

Opposites
formality of reference

BeebBBC

British public broadcaster

broadcasting institution rivalry

BeebITV

UK commercial broadcaster

Sky · Channel 4 · Sky News · Fox News

public vs commercial media

BeebNews Corp

Global media holding company

Fox

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G