| THESHIPPINGFORECAST | Service started in 1861 by Robert FitzRoy (formerly HMS Beagle's captain), aired by the BBC since 1925 |
| EASTLYNNE | Novel of 1861 by Mrs Henry Wood (4,5) |
| HOM | Celebrity chef who has appeared on the BBC since the 1980s, Ken _ (3) |
| DIRECTORGENERAL | Post occupied by Tim Davie at the BBC since 2020 |
| BEAGLE | Captained by Robert FitzRoy, the naval vessel aboard which Charles Darwin served as naturalist on his voyage around the world (6) |
| METOFFICE | National agency founded by Robert FitzRoy in 1854 |
| ORIENTEXPRESS | Luxury passenger train service, started in 1883, originally from Paris to Constantinople (6,7) |
| THESTATENISLANDFERRY | Free service started in 1905 |
| RFD | Mail service started in 1896, for short |
| STORMGLASS | Weather forecasting device developed by Admiral Robert FitzRoy and used on his voyage with Charles Darwin on the HMS Beagle |
| TIANT | Pitcher Luis whose 1.60 ERA in 1968 is the lowest single-season mark in the American League since 19 |
| REDSTAR | Parcel service started by British Rail in 1963 (3, 4) |
| WILKIE | ___ Collins, author of The Woman In White, which was adapted by the BBC for TV earlier this year (6) |
| REITHLECTURE | One of a series of annual radio presentations given by leading figures of the day, commissioned by the BBC (5,7) |
| BAWDEN | Author of The Peppermint Pig, Keeping Henry and Carrie's War, the latter adapted twice for screen by the BBC (6) |
| THELISTENER | Weekly magazine launched by the BBC in 1929 which ceased publication in 1991 (3,8) |
| PANORAMA | Launched in 1953 by the BBC, what is the world's longest-running news television programme? (8) |
| POLDARK | Series of novels by Winston Graham, set in Cornwall and televised by the BBC (7) |
| FINISTERRE | Peninsula in western Spain, former name of what is now the FitzRoy sea area in the UK Shipping Forecast (10) |
| FITZROY | Captain of HMS Beagle during Charles Darwin's voyage who wrote The Weather Book, invented a barometer and founded in 1854 what became the Met Office (7) |
