Big Ben
About Big Ben
Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower which stands at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. Originally named the Clock Tower, the structure was renamed the Elizabeth Tower in 2012 to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The clock is a striking clock with five bells.
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The Big Ben Tower has a prison in it that they keep naughty MPs in. If an MP breaches codes of conduct, they'll get put in there.
from 143: No Such Thing As Chariots in Space, 2016-12-10 at 00:11:21 · read transcript
Other times Big Ben came up
No, I think they're doing basic restoration. I don't think they can do anything about that. I don't think so, no. But it's causing cracks in the offices next to it because it's basically pulling the wall away. They're going to fill those up for a start. The Big Ben Tower has a prison in it that they keep. naughty MPs in. Does it? What? What? They have a prison room.
No Such Thing As Chariots in Space, 2016-12-09 · listen
Facts like that. Shut up. We didn't even put that in the show. Can I tell you one more fact I found about the Big Ben thing as a result of this? It's last year a company won a special prize in Elevator World's Project of the Year awards for the lifts in the Big Ben Tower, okay? Can you guess which company it was? Schindler. It wasn't Schindler.
Little Fish: A Biscuit, A Railway Station, And A Mutt, 2025-12-28 · listen
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143: No Such Thing As Chariots in Space put 2 places on the map.
- San Francisco Millennium Tower · United States
Coordinates: 51.5007, -0.1246