BBC internal name

[David Hodgkinson]

On 7 Dec 2005, at 22:40, Ian Malpass wrote:

> On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, David Hodgkinson wrote:
>
>> On 7 Dec 2005, at 22:16, John Costello wrote:
>>
>>> A friend mentioned that the BBC has a name they use internally to  
>>> refer to
>>> the Beeb.  It isn't "Beeb" but something along the lines of  
>>> "Mother".  Can
>>> someone confirm this?
>>
>> "Auntie"
>
> Indeed, although I thought it was in more general circulation than  
> just BBCites. For example, the show "Auntie's Bloomers" makes  
> reference to it.

I stand to be corrected, but AFAIK it's common Britspeak.