A Real IRA car bomb exploded in front of the BBC’s headquarters in London, injuring one person.
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Newsroom on BBC2 switched to color, making it the first color news in the UK.
The British Broadcasting Company Ltd (BBC) was founded.
The BBC broadcast the world's first science fiction television program, an adaptation of the play R.U.R.
The world's first live global satellite TV program is aired.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) resumed TV broadcasting for the first time since the end of WWII.
