Auntie Beeb

English Proper noun en UK Irish Commonwealth affectionate nickname The BBC. en 1971-08-13 MoD try to gag programme Peace News https://archive.org/details/peace-news_1971-08-13_1832 1832 4 The producers reluctantly agreed to this. It seems that the Armed Forces virility image can not extend to a stand up debate with Auntie Beeb: and it remains to be seen what kind of fools they make of themselves if they use their "right of reply". en 1989 Johnny Morris Johnny Morris (television presenter) There's Lovely: An Autobiography https://archive.org/details/thereslovelyauto0000morr 72 It sometimes happened that if a programme under-ran, or if there was a bit of a gap between programmes, dear old Auntie Beeb would play a gramophone record of church bells. It was comforting to know that the Good Lord was filling in for a minute or two. en 2007-11-03 John T. Re: Can you explain this BBC presentation? uk.politics.misc https://groups.google.com/g/uk.politics.misc/c/93PTO2Rt6sg/m/z7YsVctFdv4J I sometimes wonder just how many of us have views of our own, as opposed to the manufactured variety handed down to us by "Auntie Beeb" who always did know best, dont y' know? Synonyms BBC en Beeb, en Auntie en Television Personifications Organizations Nicknames