Graduate Careers at the BBC

The Beeb is a truly diverse organisation offering a huge range of jobs. Opportunities are available year-round in all areas, as well as work experience and training programmes. Regular programmes are offered in journalism, production, engineering, IT and new media. Be warned: they are notoriously difficult to get on.

Search for and apply to positions on the BBC Jobs website: jobs.bbc.co.uk

To find out more about work experience write to:

BBC Work Experience

MC2 C6 Media Centre

201 Wood Lane

London W12 7TQ

Alternatively, you can email: work.experience@bbc.co.uk

or check out the website: www.bbc.co.uk/workexperience

BBC Graduate Recruitment Info

Recruitment BBC HR Direct
PO Box 1133
Belfast BT1 9GP
careers@bbchrdirect.co.uk

BBC Profile & Stats

Since its first broadcasts were transmitted from a studio on London’s Strand, in 1922, the BBC has expanded to become the world’s largest broadcasting corporation and a leading global media brand. The television age in the UK began with the BBC’s broadcast of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. And by 1938, it was delivering foreign language services with the launch of the Arabic Service. Although neutrality is the Beeb’s guiding principle, the organisation has come under fire in the past: in 1940, Winston Churchill famously called it, “The enemy within the gates”.

The organisation stretches out to numerous television channels, radio networks, magazines and new media ventures. In some parts of the world, the BBC World Service – actually run by part of the Foreign Office – is the only available source of reliable news.

Content is sub-divided into four key areas: future media and technology (BBC Online), vision (programming ranging from drama and documentary, to films and comedy), audio, and journalism. BBC News is the world’s largest broadcast news operation, with more than 2000 journalists and 48 international bureaux under its wing. Stretching from local to national to international news, the organisation prides itself on impartiality and reliability. 

Established under a Royal Charter, the BBC’s editorial independence is explicitly recognised. The most recent charter which came into effect, in January 2007, replaced the old Board of Governors – an institution often charged with criticisms of possessing a political agenda – with the BBC Trust. The remit of the new body was to involve the BBC’s audience more critically in developing the station’s strategy.

This is just one episode in a series of developments that the BBC is going through at this moment in time. Plans are afoot to sell its London TV headquarters, with many departments relocating northwards to Salford Quays, and its budget is once again up for consideration.