![]() ![]() The BBC first broadcast Big Ben’s chimes to the country during a New Year’s Eve radio broadcast in 1923.ġ1. It also fell silent during nine months of repairs in 1976.ġ0. ![]() For seven weeks in 2007 its chimes were snuffed out so repairs could be made. It has since been quietened on other occasions. That September, a crack caused it to fall silent for four years. Big Ben chimed for the first time on Jbut it would not ring for long. ![]()
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