[00:10.44]Has Big Ben ever gone wrong? [00:15.41]When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, [00:21.99]the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. [00:29.08]If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, [00:35.36]the great clock would never have been erected. [00:39.87]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. [00:52.51]It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. [01:00.35]Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. [01:07.17]On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. [01:17.47]Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. [01:21.16]Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. [01:26.03]A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!