Inside London's newly refurbished Big Ben - BBC News

[@By-the_Way]

Wow, it looks beautiful. Hats off to all the people who worked to restore it.

[@fastertrackcreative]

"hats off" so fittingly British old boy 🧐

[@CaptainLuckyDuck]

@@Michael020 So, what? She's a woman. Have you never seen a woman on a construction site or as a business/project manager? I think the Queen would like to have a strong few words with you about that- whilst she deconstructs your car's engine.

[@CaptainLuckyDuck]

@Howard Slatter I belivev you've misinterpreted the meaning behind the insult of "Karen". I'm not demanding to see your boss or throwing a fit, I'm questioning why your behaviour and viewpoint towards women is so antiquated. I worry you're also the type of person who only sees a woman's worth in pumping out babies and making you dinner, which is baffling as you wouldn't exist without one. An immediate female family member used to defuse bombs for the military. My own mother used to test chemical deposits from coal mines. One of my closest friends is a well-known chef with her own business that moves with her. I, myself, have worked on cars, painted houses, helped as a mover, enjoy building and construction, and worked farming potatoes in a field, but have gone on to be a manager in several business and to lead multiple projects across multiple countries. I'm quite disappointed that your scope of the world is so narrow. Maybe one day it will be broadened. I never want to believe that we all don't have the ability to grow and be better people (I wouldn't be where I am today if I didn't, myself).

[@CaptainLuckyDuck]

@Howard Again, you don't seem to understand the definitions you're using. Nothing that was said falls into the realm that is victim culture. They're simply factual statements that appear to make you very uncomfortable. I am lead to believe you are more than likely a person who follows the mantra of "facts don't care about your feelings", correct? If so, then the fact of what all of these women, including myself, have done negates the feelings of insecurity you have that we've achieved more than you may have. You still have the opportunity to do amazing things, but, I will state, you're more likely to achieve greater heights in your career with more people in your corner than by alienating yourself into an incel-esque headspace that is lonely, unforgiving to you, and, put simply, will never get you laid. Most women find a man that is her partner attractive. If you live in a constant state of this thought, then it's childish as a teenager sees only themselves and not the input of others or how women contribute to the workplace- it's clear you've not been old enough to actually work a job that would give you that opportunity, or you haven't been successful enough to be humbled by others (not just women, either, but others that are excelling in your field that cause you to feel inferior, instead of as an example of what you can do better to achieve more). Please note that women are preferred over men as fighter pilots as we can normally sustain the gravitational force exerted from the quick movements of dives and banks better due to our smaller size. Also, the multitasking ability needed to command a flight console also a positive that women contribute in such a role. Anyway, give yourself time to grow into an adult and meet people, specifically females that don't fit your preconceived notions. You're doing yourself a disservice as we're a hell of a good time... and can drink you under the table.

[@gordonsmith8899]

@@Michael020 Grow up Michael. The 'nerdy woman' is a qualified engineer - what do you do, make cakes?

[@ellasmommy9278]

I wish they did it before and after side by side. It looks beautiful right now

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[@mattiemclean9882]

@@AdmiralBonetoPick weird huh?

[@momoted1512]

Looks incredible and so much more colorful. Feels like only a year ago when the Big Ben chimed for the last time before repairs began.

[@Digital111]

It loooks so beautiful. And a good investment considering what an icon of tourism it is. Renovations probably paid themselves off before it was even unveiled. From Canada, hoping to see the Elizabeth Tower someday 🍁❤🇬🇧

[@petercampbell8284]

I was so enjoying this. I wished it was longer. What a masterpiece of clockwork engineering.

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

Zelenskyy Pleads was the way to go home and do a lot more to the point than the others in this case the only way I could do this with the other side in a little time with

[@m42037]

"So"

[@BlackHayateTheThird]

could def use a full-on 1hr documentary on it

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

@JL over my dead body

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

@JL im in Texas wtf are you talking about

[@geomodelrailroader]

Soon the world will hear Big Ben once again. This clock is the face of London and the British Empire and its restoration is important because this clock is their identity.

[@precepts6097]

Imagine travelling to London in the old days through pokey little villages and over rolling hills, having never seen anything higher than a few stories and then you get to the capital city and see that beautiful clocktower, would be a sight to behold

[@jemima330]

I went there today and it’s been greatly renovated! It’s very golden now which is absolutely beautiful and a lovely sight

[@The-Great-Brindian]

One can't help but feel immense pride and joy at the sight of Big Ben, especially if you're a Londoner. Its prestige and grandeur is quite something. Beautiful cultural and historical landmark.

[@Zeptus1488]

Ok street shitter

[@Luifalcone1]

Such a beautiful country

[@mercoid]

Nice to see it so meticulously restored. It’s a beautiful clock tower.

[@femagallanes3177]

An iconic clock of UK...a symbol of its greatness and beauty...God is so good...

[@petey960]

Going to be in London with my wife for first time ever so can’t wait. Love from Melbourne.

[@blazednlovinit]

Hope you have a good time mate.

[@rorus9530]

Hope you won’t be too disappointed.

[@sksfenomeno]

Looked great when I was there a few days ago. Born and bred Londoner, and I used to live opposite it in Waterloo, but still a very special tower everytime I see it.

[@ezacher4634]

Do they use the bells on the hour?

[@iorifori91]

breed londoner

[@coffeepot3123]

@@iorifori91 What he's saying is: "I came out of a woman, i came in a woman, and out came my offspring. - Londoners

[@Hardy00000]

Very beautiful city icon ⚡️ Much love to UK 🇰🇿

[@Scottish_Transport_Explorer]

@Happy life 😊 Stop spamming your link, nobody cares about the biggest sale in the uk

[@abhigyanbg5764]

Very Nice

[@StainGaming]

i cant wait for the bells test

[@ps8463]

We have a clock tower here in Nepal too that’s a centuries old, originally inspired by the Ben. Sadly, it’s poorly maintained now.

[@Haris1]

What is it called?

[@ps8463]

@@Haris1 Ghantaghar

[@thejfoshow1320]

@@ps8463 does that translate to anything?

[@blazednlovinit]

That's really interesting mate :)

[@rorus9530]

What is life like in Nepal in 2022?

[@tomm_m_m6378]

Cant even lie , it does look amazing

[@gundam5281]

What a marvel in restoration.

[@mattiemclean9882]

What a waste of money!

[@mattiemclean9882]

@@gordonsmith8899 Why do you say that? You don't need to be on benefits to see this is a massive over-spend. Restore it sure, but they've gone mental! I wonder if the renovators were friends of Boris? 🤔

[@gordonsmith8899]

@@mattiemclean9882 A slight diversion: For over a century Buckingham Palace was patched up using the cheapest methods and materials they could get away with. The result? The place was about to fall down requiring the current and on-going massive restoration. The same make-do-and-mend regime has been the story at the Palace of Westminster where in addition to corroding metal and flaking masonry the Elizabeth Tower was found to be listing. My apology for the 'benefit' remark Mattie, it was an unkind flash comment that I'll remove. I'm sure none of Boris' mates are involved with the restoration.

[@1977JohnBoy]

clock face looks lovely, one of the luxury watch brands should do a big ben version

[@DDddddm653]

Back in 1985, when I visited London it was covered in scaffolding. Can't wait to actually really see it for real this time in August

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

Looks like a beautiful traditional 19th century clock tower once again.

[@blazednlovinit]

I feel a certain amount of regression is progress at this stage.

[@roberthoyt7921]

Beautiful. Now we'll have to see how the restoration on the Eiffel Tower in Paris goes.

[@jessicachurchill7326]

🙏

[@cgbgaming9363]

It's great that Big Ben will start chiming again.

[@jessica25864]

I have been waiting for the restorations to be done to visit London for the first time. London 2023 here I come!

[@L-mo]

Well done. I wish we spent more effort restoring things.

[@kelvinsurname7051]

Rebuild our historical cities with classic architecture the heart of our cities shouldn't contain any modernistic building!

[@mikehutchison4892]

We do ! Try looking at the money that goes to the National Trust….from your taxes.Wiki Helena de Chair(wife of Rees-Mogg) …despite her millions,you’ve just paid millions to restore one of her former homes,which she didn’t need and didn’t want to pay for its upkeep.Pay £8.50 and you can go and look at it,like the other peasants !!!

[@m42037]

Maybe Missy they could get you to guide them you're so knowledgeable!

[@L-mo]

@@m42037 why the snarky comment Ken? Someone pissed in your cornflakes this morning?

[@m42037]

@@L-mo Put your money where your mouth is instead of putting other things in there 🤣

[@thetravellingsteampunkkitt5710]

I love the colour blue hands and the numbers on the faces…they did a lovely job on the refurbished

[@googledoodle3977]

We have pictures from the BIG BEN from all angles, and WestMinister Abbey,10 Downing Street,The London Bridge, river Thames,St James Park,Hyde Park way back in 1996! Love London! Love UK!

[@mumkeymaan4600]

Big Ben: Remastered Edition

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Wonderful, the most well known clock in the world.

[@dean1039]

London isn't the same without the old girl. Can't wait to hear those chimes ring across the city again.

[@EAWanderer]

Lovely! Ding dong! 🔔 I cannot wait to hear the real Thing on BBC Radio 4 news intro 😁👍

[@wlchao5852]

I was in london before the pandemic, hope to see refurbished big ben again soon

[@ethanol1586]

I'm from the US and I went to London on a school trip in 2019 and I was so sad to see all the scaffolding around the tower. But it does looks very nice. All that scaffolding was definitely worth it.

[@arze8147]

I love to visit this beautiful big ben. ❤️

[@rjjcms1]

It looks beautiful. Excellent restoration job.

[@Nickotron]

Can’t wait to see it once again in all of its glory

[@gamingflixx]

Well done to everyone who worked on this to get it finished, you were really working against the clock.

[@HaiTaiBai]

HA

[@PinkPanther4958]

Or around the clock😂

[@rock_oclock]

I never knew how beautiful it use to look. No wonder Big Ben was so iconic.

[@allsorts-allshorts]

The Great Bell (Big Ben) looks great inside The Clock Tower (Elizabeth Tower) 🤩

[@justinsingh221]

Awesome, great job team. I remember when I first moved to London back in 2017, the big ben was already wrapped itself up.

[@shiva.chennai]

One world, one service,The world service. BBC.

[@ilahildasissac1943]

I am from Chicago, I love to hear Big Ben on TV.

[@KingKong187911]

We British are a special people, let’s hope future generations of this great country will still be enjoying Big Ben 500 years from now

[@beejar9737]

Ahem

[@Degjoy]

@0:14 “it’s the nation’s clock” said with such gusto! Bless 🙏🏻

[@aheat3036]

It looks much better than before. Great job guys.

[@realBaronFletcher]

Very beautiful and lovely. Greetings from Tulare county, California, USA.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Love the sound of it. The official Sound Of London

[@jeanash9502]

I so agree 👍

[@Greenpoloboy3]

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[@spectatorza2186]

Omg i always wanted to see the big ben ever sense i was 9 and now its been 3 years and now it looks way more cool

[@julianaylor4351]

London's alarm clock is coming back. ❤️

[@qerwerg2341]

I love the vivid blue and gold paint on the facings!

[@nagualdesign]

The gold isn't paint. I believe it's guilded (using gold leaf).

[@nagualdesign]

...I just double checked. Yup, that's real gold.

[@qerwerg2341]

@@nagualdesign whatever it is, it looks fantastic!

[@jamescarney9138]

With all things going on its truly magnificent....

[@Jordan77831]

It looks fantastic. Long live England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@LKSimonTsang]

Thank you all!

[@tonyfrantz9942]

Can’t wait to fly to London from PA USA! So much I want to see!

[@TheOnlyCathyCat]

Don't come here, stay in the USA.

[@rahimali8258]

Wow 😲 very amazing,,, love you London and all Europe,,, from Pakistan

[@sarfaraz.hosseini]

Many years ago, as a student in London, a Thai girl moved into my halls of residence, and I offered to take her to Central London, as she had never been, we emerged from the Tubes on the South Bank, near the London Eye, across the river was the Palaces of Westminister, as a bright, firely, orange summer sun reflected off it's surface before sunset I was amazed even though i had seen it many times before, I turned to the girl who was literally crying at its beauty. Absolutely one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, and the world's most incredible Parliament building.

[@BKKNOW1]

Tell us more about the Thai girl, I bet it’s interesting.

[@Michael020]

Amazing really what man can design and build... They knew how to build in those days ,and didn't have half the stuff we use now... Well done to the men who built it

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@jordonhanlan]

Went to London last week for vacation. Took wonderful photos of Big Ben. So glad the construction work was done. I would have been really sad to see all that stuff covering it

[@dallastaylor5479]

Beautiful!

[@helenamoniqueclarke8135]

Built to last.💯♥️🇬🇧

[@00kizuna00]

After 5 years and £75 million, it sure looks beautiful.

[@nagualdesign]

I'd like to say the money would have been better spent elsewhere but I guess it will pay for itself as a tourist attraction in no time.

[@mikehutchison4892]

£80 million !

[@rorus9530]

It looks great, but that doesn’t seem like good value for money.

[@michaelschmidt9708]

A true work of art!

[@AlBundyFan365]

1:53 The short crack and the square segment of the bell removed [to prevent the crack from getting larger (or so I've read)] is why Big Ben has harmonic undertones and sounds somewhat haunting. Very unique and fitting for London.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

I don't care what anyone says. I call the Tower "Big Ben"

[@peterbarton9856]

Yes, I think they should just give up the name Elizabeth Tower and rename it Big Ben Tower.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@peterbarton9856 Me too. The Queen has more than enough property. She does not need this named after her also. I have never called it the Elizabeth Tower

[@Allaiya.]

Looks beautiful!

[@christopherdean1326]

They were half way through the job when I left London in 2019. Going back next month for a visit, will be sure to go and see the finished article!

[@callxmx9213]

travelling from wales to see it for the second time tomorrow! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 my friend cancelled on me so i’m going alone which i’m anxious about but i’d regret it if i didn’t go ….

[@agushll74]

Now I can visit London again. I remember my first trip, I was kind of anxious to see the Big Ben with my own eyes.

[@busterman5557]

I remember the very last time it rang before renovations. What a sight.

[@stevepashley795]

It's a wonderful tower and the bells are superb.

[@lyndiealegre8395]

I can't believe it can be this good

[@not2tees]

Good wishes to Ben from Canada!

[@claudiadaboit8115]

Stunning!!! Can't wait to see it!!

[@momoiunder17]

輝く文字盤を観るのは新鮮です！建造当時の輝きを取り戻しましたね！

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

Wow looks amazing! Well done to the workers!

[@stratman9449]

looks better and cleaner, than it did when first installed.....great job.....and nice colour scheme now......looks noble....

[@nagualdesign]

I suspect it was pristine when it was new. And the bell wasn't cracked.

[@MotoTvWoodsFarm]

nice - well done - looks great

[@whiterabbit1632]

I agree with many, many others; Big Ben looks BRAND NEW!!!!!

[@redsquirrel1086]

The most famous clock tower in the world and following the renovation it looks wonderful.

[@danielpareste2683]

Excellent work done by the team to refurbish the Elizabeth tower

[@EnterShikari01]

Big Ben.

[@roachtoasties]

My $20 Casio watch does everything that big clock does. I'm set. I don't need Big Ben. :)

[@Hugh.G.Rectionx]

your watch helps draw in tourists from all over the world does it?

[@roachtoasties]

@@Hugh.G.Rectionx Yes. If it wasn't for Big Ben, people would be taking pictures of me. They just don't know my Casio is superior to Big Ben.

[@lesleywallace5748]

I saw it in 2018, still clothed in black, congratulations

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

She looks beautiful. Well done everyone!

[@tristenmccormick2909]

at the very start, i like how the river thames are raving

[@claudiocavaliere856]

Absolutely fabulous work! The most beautiful clock in the world looks more beautiful then ever! Congratulations to all of you for your excellence and dedication to the Kingdom’s clock! To be very proud of! MY God bless you all!

[@cheriefsadeksadek2108]

I really Want to Visit England One day But Living In Algeria Having a weak Passport and all the visa application procedures and weak Currency makes Traveling A bit hard, Hopefully One day It would be Possible

[@dietznutz1]

You aren't missing out on much. I recommend going out to the countryside like Yorkshire London sucks

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

Dietz Nuts: There are beautiful places in and around London, you bitter northerner

[@zxenn_]

Hope you can visit one day!

[@dylanlanham-cook2706]

@@TheOrlandoTrustfull nah London is kinda depressing, and I'm not even northern

[@cheriefsadeksadek2108]

@@zxenn_ Thanks mate

[@angelstrong792]

Excellent!

[@NickLoTurco]

Is it not chiming at the moment? I'm taking my kids to London on 27th May and would love for them to hear it.

[@tycoon6]

BIG BEN IS COMING BACK WOOOOO

[@jeanash9502]

Fabulous, well worth the money 💰 an icon.

[@andrewmwells9606]

I hope the tree I planted in the speaker's garden is still alright, I planted it with a group of other kids many years ago when my mum fell out of the lift in the houses of Parliament. She was fine, she doesn't laugh about it now, but I do!!

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Big HDB

[@KatelynsAdventures707]

Looks beautiful.

[@lander77477]

1:36 Can we stop this annoying visual cliche of starting a shot all blurry and coming into focus? Just start the shot in focus. Waiting for it to come in to focus is like the internet of 20 years ago and waiting for a photo to download and slowly get clearer, its dumb

[@Evercreeper]

i visited england and they had started renovating so i never got to see the no-scaffold tower

[@abraham.j]

That's magnificent ❤️

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[@bgthtr6404]

The new reconstructed Big Ben was shown this morning. Awesome job. Big Ben looks as handsome as ever.

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[@RileyS.G]

im glad its kept its great old look

[@looneytoons171]

long time coming and very much worth the cost. In today's world we need to keep our identity strong especially when so many others lose their national treasures so easily.

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