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bbc.co.uk

Category: News & Media

Scanned: Apr 27, 2026, 04:26 PM UTC · First seen: Apr 27, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
91 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of bbc.co.uk Captured Apr 27, 2026
https://bbc.co.uk
Screenshot of bbc.co.uk
31 years
Extremely Popular - #218 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Fastly, Inc.
Montreal, Canada
BBC-GTM
Next.js
151.101.0.81
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar British Broadcasting Corporation
Registered December 13, 1994
Expires December 13, 2034
Name Servers ddns0.bbc.co.uk.
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Fastly, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
5 files scanned
No threats
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Low Risk
0
Medium Risk
2
High Risk
0
No threats Low Risk Medium Risk High Risk
www.bbc.co.uk/alba 431.4 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.bbc.co.uk/cymru 296.2 KB Flagged: medium risk
www.bbc.co.uk.http-redirect 78 B No threats
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcnewsletter 157.8 KB No threats
www.bbc.co.uk/contact 123.7 KB No threats
Quttera flagged medium risk files - is this your website?
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External Links & Domains
372
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
75
Referenced Domains
1 Flagged
1
Flagged Resources
Detected
www.newsdesk.lexisnexis.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://bbc.co.uk/bitesizeNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z769f4jNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb22gwxNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zj3qbdmNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zshkg7h/articles/z4d4cmnNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt8mxbk/articles/zgf77ycNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/seall-seo-cbeebies-albaNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/alba-dean-fhein-e-maighdeann-mharaNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/albaNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alba-cleas-13-tomhaisNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/alba-co-laithean-breithNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/chwilio?d%3Dhomepage_psNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/contact/sites/default/files/css/css_7KF0rGFdl2k9vL-aqB_CG1uTO5CJ4Sey5lGo6iPZ_zI.css?delta%3D0&amp%3Blanguage%3Den&amp%3Btheme%3Dbbc_contact&amp%3Binclude%3DeJxtyUEOgDAIAMEPVXlSAxSrEYsRLv29NvFkvG12sJQwbB3wjXm5rEUiYqhqhDp5dN1aHSvzY8jxJaM8tImUvIqemdR4h_-dvNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/contact/sites/default/files/css/css_zmLMzZ9-vCPSspXw7MsSCbhasyViOlrw4g-YXdaSnQQ.css?delta%3D1&amp%3Blanguage%3Den&amp%3Btheme%3Dbbc_contact&amp%3Binclude%3DeJxtyUEOgDAIAMEPVXlSAxSrEYsRLv29NvFkvG12sJQwbB3wjXm5rEUiYqhqhDp5dN1aHSvzY8jxJaM8tImUvIqemdR4h_-dvNot flagged
http://bbc.co.uk/contact/sites/default/files/favicon-new_0.icoNot flagged
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www.newsdesk.lexisnexis.comFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
a1.api.bbc.co.ukNot flagged
account.bbc.comNot flagged
apps.apple.comNot flagged
b.scorecardresearch.comNot flagged
bam.files.bbci.co.ukNot flagged
bbc.co.ukNot flagged
bbc.github.ioNot flagged
bitesize.files.bbci.co.ukNot flagged
bucksfire.gov.ukNot flagged
cdnjs.cloudflare.comNot flagged
cloud.email.bbc.comNot flagged
cuckmerechurches.org.ukNot flagged
downloads.bbc.co.ukNot flagged
flo.uri.shNot flagged
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bbc.co.uk Overview

Description of bbc.co.uk

bbc.co.uk appears to be the main UK web presence for the British Broadcasting Corporation, a longstanding public service broadcaster and news organization. Based on the domain, page title, and screenshot, the site provides breaking news, world news, sport, business, technology, culture, travel, video, and audio content for a broad public audience.

The domain is directly registered to the British Broadcasting Corporation and has been active since 1994, which is consistent with an established institutional website rather than a newly created property. The homepage layout shown in the screenshot matches a large-scale media publisher, with navigation across multiple editorial sections, live coverage, subscription prompts, and prominently featured current-affairs reporting.

Safety Assessment for bbc.co.uk

Scan results are broadly reassuring at the time of this scan. No security engines flagged the domain, blacklist checks were clean, and no malicious external links were identified in the reported crawl. The domain also has a very high traffic ranking and a long registration history, both of which are commonly associated with well-established websites.

One malware scan did report a suspicious finding on two BBC regional paths and referenced one external domain as a generic suspicious object. However, these findings appear limited and are not corroborated by the broader set of security engines or blacklist databases in the provided data. In large media environments, isolated heuristic alerts can sometimes reflect embedded third-party content, archived resources, or false positives rather than active compromise.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan, though the isolated suspicious indicators suggest routine caution and continued monitoring would still be appropriate.

Technical Description

The site is using a valid SSL/TLS certificate that is current until 2026-07-27, which indicates encrypted connections were available at the time of testing. It is hosted on Fastly infrastructure and resolves to an IP in Montreal, Canada, with the web server identified as BBC-GTM. The nameserver setup spans both bbc.co.uk and bbc.com, which is consistent with a mature enterprise DNS configuration.

A minor technical note is that DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, meaning DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. Aside from that, the provided infrastructure details do not show major technical warning signs, and the domain age and registrar information are consistent with an established organization.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://bbc.co.uk
200 https://www.bbc.co.uk/
Website Insights
#218
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: News & Media
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 16 Apr 26
36 cookies detected
Essential36
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
1 1st party cookie
35 3rd party (trackers)
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