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___MASK83___ is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom , Isle of Man and Channel Islands . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service , and was the world ' s first regular television service with a high level of image resolution . It was renamed BBC TV in 1960 , using this name until the launch of sister channel BBC2 in 1964 , whereupon the BBC TV channel became known as BBC1 , with the current spelling adopted in 1997 . Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the ___MASK60___ , in Portland Place and Langham Place , London . The first radio broadcast was made on 15 March 1932 , and the building was officially opened two months later , on 15 May . The main building is in Art Deco style , with a facing of Portland stone over a steel frame . It is a Grade II * listed building and includes the ___MASK60___ Radio Theatre , where music and speech programmes are recorded in front of a studio audience , and lobby that was used as a location for filming the 1998 ___MASK60___ television series " In the Red ". Eamonn Holmes ( born 3 December 1959 ) is a journalist and broadcaster from Northern Ireland , best known for presenting " ___MASK72___ Sunrise " and " This Morning ". Hard Spell is a United Kingdom televised spelling bee programme for children between the ages of ___MASK10___ and fourteen , presented by Eamonn Holmes , with Nina Hossain reading the words . It was first broadcast on ___MASK83___ in late 2004 . Heats were held in different parts of the country leading to the grand final , at the end of which Gayathri Kumar was crowned Britain ' s best young speller . Star Spell is a ___MASK60___ game show which put celebrities against each other in spelling related games , each one was subsequently eliminated until there was one Star Spell Champion . It was presented by Eamonn Holmes and was a spin - off from the ___MASK60___ programme Hard Spell . London is the capital and most populous ___MASK81___ of England and the United Kingdom , as well as the most populous ___MASK81___ proper in the European Union . Standing on the River Thames in the south east of the island of Great Britain , London has been a major settlement for two millennia . It was founded by the Romans , who named it " Londinium ". London ' s ancient core , the ___MASK81___ of London , largely retains its medieval boundaries . Since at least the 19th century , " London " has also referred to the metropolis around this core , historically split between Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , Kent , and Hertfordshire , which today largely makes up Greater London , governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly . ___MASK72___ is a 24 - hour international multimedia news operation based in Britain . Originally a 24 - hour television news channel in the UK , ___MASK72___ now provides rolling news on television , online , and on a range of mobile devices . ___MASK72___ emphasises breaking news . John Ryley is the Head of " ___MASK72___ ", a role he has held since June 2006 . A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words , usually with a varying degree of difficulty . The concept is thought to have originated in the United States , and spelling bee events , along with variants , are now also held in some other countries around the world . The first winner of an official spelling bee was Frank Neuhauser , who won the 1st National Spelling Bee ( now known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee ) in Washington , D . C . in 1925 at age ___MASK10___ . The British Broadcasting Corporation ( ___MASK60___ ) is a British public service broadcaster . It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London , is the world ' s oldest national broadcasting organisation , and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees , with over 20 , 950 staff in total , of whom 16 , 672 are in public sector broadcasting ; including part - time , flexible as well as fixed contract staff , the total number is 35 , 402 . Nina Hossain ( born 15 December 1973 ) is an English journalist and presenter employed by ITN as a main newscaster on " ___MASK97___ Lunchtime News " and lead anchor on " ___MASK97___ News London ".