The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, owned and operated by the BBC and transmitting from London in English and dozens of other languages. It began on 19 December 1932 as the Empire Service, broadcasting by shortwave from Daventry, and carried King George V's first royal Christmas message days later. Renamed the World Service in 1965, it remains renowned for trusted global news, analysis and programmes such as Newshour and the Global News Podcast.
