THE BBC COMPANY

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the public-service broadcaster of the United Kingdom which constitutes the oldest and the second largest national broadcasting organisation all over the world. Since 2014, the BBC World Service has made this company expand throughout many other countries, as it provides lots of services in 28 different languages. The BBC has long remained one of the main elements in British popular culture, due to its production of TV and radio for mass audiences. 

Talking about me, I like particulary this company because of two main reasons:

1.         One year ago, I was recommended to listen to the radio in English, so as I could improve my listening skills. At first, I did not like the experience because I could not find anything interesting on the Internet. But when my English teacher in the second year of Bachillerato told us about BBC radio, I really changed my mind. Every night before going to sleep, I used to listening to this radio (BBC radio channel 4 in particular) because the English they spoke was so easily understandable, and also because the chosen topics were current, varied and interesting.

2.         I´m studying bassoon at the Superior Conservatory of Murcia, and that´s because I´m so fond of music and professional orchestras. I wish in the future I could earn my living performing with one of the best orchestras in the world (Berlin Philarmoniker, Wiener Philarmoniker, London Royal Symphoniker, Frankfurt Operahaus, etc.). However, a new orchestra financed by the BBC (which is called BBC Proms Orchestra) has recently been born, and it´s revolutioning the world of the music. The BBC company employs the best musicians all over the world to play together in this orchestra: it sounds incredibly amazing! They usually rehearse in well known buildings in London, such as the Opera or the Royal Albert Hall.

In Spain, there are some public broadcasting companies too, but I think they are not as unified as the BBC. The people´s support and the companies achievements are neither measured on such a large scale. In my opinion, the BBC is much more engaged with people than Spanish broadcasting companies, and that is an important fact which usually leads to success. It´s a pitty that Spanish communications (and culture, in general terms) are not in the same level than English ones, isn´t it?