But Big Ben was broadcast to usher in 1924, and later, a microphone was installed inside the clock tower and connected directly to Broadcasting House. This moving coil microphone is one of a ...

A pavilion was built in the city’s Highland Park where Ben resides today. Ben is truly a Big Ben — the largest steer on record. “As far as we know that world record still remains,” Matlock ...

In answer to letters from viewers requesting ideas for places to visit in London, Blue Peter recommends Big Ben. Valerie Singleton provides a quick overview of its origins, including how the 13 ...

The current restoration has seen it out of action for the longest time in its history. In Pictures: Big Ben turns 160 What it's like to work in a crumbling Parliament Radio Four's nationwide hunt ...

NASA is closely monitoring an asteroid thought to be up to the size of Big Ben as it "skims" past the ... by bits of space rock in our 4.5bn-year history. The most significant was a 110-mile ...

For more on the 100 year anniversary of Big Ben's bongs on the radio, go to History of the BBC and BBC Oral History Collection. And you can hear a special programme with the Radio 4 continuity ...

With some semblence to Big Ben, no one would be frowned upon for thinking this clock tower is based in London at first glance. But it's actually sitting as one of the world's tallest buildings in ...

Big Ben's clock stopped for more than hour today, leaving Westminster sleuths baffled. The timepiece in the structure was frozen at 9am until gone 10am, before its hands were seen being moved ...