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Auntie Beeb en · PROPN
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(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, qualifier:affectionate nickname) The BBC.
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.
1989, Johnny Morris, There's Lovely: An Autobiography, page 72: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?
2007 November 3, John T., “Re: Can you explain this BBC presentation?”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet):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".
1971 August 13, “MoD try to gag programme”, in Peace News, number 1832, page 4:
Synonyms
Auntie (BBC) · Beeb (BBC)