[00:00.49]When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C.
[00:12.84]If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.
[00:22.14]Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.
[00:34.80]It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well.
[00:42.16]Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.
[00:48.45]On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.
[00:58.36]Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.
[01:01.49]Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
[01:05.86]A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!