BBC Two

BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. BBC Two - History. The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20 pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts, a performance from Soviet comedian Arkady Raikin, and a production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, culminating with a fireworks display. However, at around 6:45 pm a huge power failure, originating from Battersea Pow ...

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• BBC Two - History
• BBC Two - Programming
• BBC Two - Some popular programmes
• BBC Two - On screen identity
• BBC Two - BBC Two today
• BBC Two - Controllers of BBC Two

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The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20 pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts, a performance from Soviet comedian Arkady Raikin, and a production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, culminating with a fireworks display. However, at around 6:45 pm a huge power failure, originating from Battersea Power Station, caused the Television Centre to lose all power. BBC One was able to continue broadcasting via its facilities at Alexandra Palace, but all attempts to show ...

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BBC Two, BBC Two - History, BBC Two - Programming, BBC Two - Some popular programmes, BBC Two - On screen identity, BBC Two - BBC Two today, BBC Two - Controllers of BBC Two

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Anthony Horowitz (born April 5, 1955) is a British author and television scriptwriter. His most successful work has included creating and writing the series Foyle's War for ITV and writing several episodes of another ITV series, Midsomer Murders. Both of these are detective murder mystery series. He is also the author of the highly successful Alex Rider series of adventure novels for children. He began writing for television in the 1980s, contributing to Granada Television's anthology series Dramarama

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Farscape was a science fiction television series produced in Australia by the Jim Henson Company with the backing of U.S. cable broadcaster the Sci Fi Channel. Originally conceived in the early 1990s by Rockne S. O'Bannon, Brian Henson and writer/executive producer David Kemper under the title Space Chase, the show centers on present day American astronaut John Crichton (played by American actor Ben Browder), who has found himself flung through a wormhole to a distant part of the galaxy, where he is constantly caught in the middle of conflicts between planets, empires, and the incompatible personalities of the e ...

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• Farscape - Cancellation and Rebirth
• Farscape - Plot Summary
• Farscape - Season One
• Farscape - Season Two
• Farscape - Season Three
• Farscape - Season Four
• Farscape - Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars miniseries
• Farscape - DVD Release
• Farscape - Cast
• Farscape - Main Cast
• Farscape - Supporting Cast
• Farscape - Recurring Guest Stars
• Farscape - Episodes
• Farscape - Farscape terminology
• Farscape - Bibliography

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Arrested Development is a character-driven comedy television series about a formerly wealthy, habitually dysfunctional family. New episodes currently air in the USA on Mondays at 8:00pm EST on Fox. The show is presented in a way reminiscent of documentary, with omniscient narration (by Ron Howard), archival photographs, and historic footage. Although set in Newport Beach and Balboa Island, California, it is primarily filmed in locations around Culver City and Marina del Rey. The show was created by Mitchell Hurwitz (T ...

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• Arrested Development - Origins
• Arrested Development - Characters
• Arrested Development - Casting
• Arrested Development - Plot synopsis
• Arrested Development - First season
• Arrested Development - Second season
• Arrested Development - Third season
• Arrested Development - Themes and other characteristics
• Arrested Development - Unique presentation
• Arrested Development - Intertextuality and reflexivity
• Arrested Development - Topicality
• Arrested Development - Continuity
• Arrested Development - Music
• Arrested Development - Response
• Arrested Development - Ratings
• Arrested Development - Future
• Arrested Development - Critical reviews
• Arrested Development - Nominations and awards
• Arrested Development - Broadcast history
• Arrested Development - DVD release
• Arrested Development - Episode list
• Arrested Development - Trivia
• Arrested Development - Celebrity guests
• Arrested Development - Recurring roles
• Arrested Development - Cameo appearances
• Arrested Development - Broadcasters

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). It produces programmes and information services, broadcasting on television, radio, and the Internet. It is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. The BBC's main domestic services on television include BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, the news channel BBC News 24, BBC Parliament and the children's channels CBBC and CBeebies. BBC One and BBC Two are available via conventio ...

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• BBC - History
• BBC - The Corporation
• BBC - Funding
• BBC - Management
• BBC - Current review of Royal Charter
• BBC - Political and commercial independence
• BBC - Location
• BBC - BBC Services
• BBC - BBC Departments
• BBC - BBC News
• BBC - Radio
• BBC - Television
• BBC - Worldwide
• BBC - Internet
• BBC - Interactive
• BBC - Unencrypted satellite transmissions

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Adam Curtis is a British television documentary producer. He currently works for BBC Current Affairs. He is noted for making programmes which express a clear (and sometimes controversial) opinion about their subject, and for narrating the programmes himself. Curtis previously taught politics at Oxford University but left for a career in television. He got a job on the show That's Life! where he learned to find humor in serious subjects. He went on to make documentaries on mo ...

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• Adam Curtis - Works

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BBC America is the BBC Worldwide owned-and-operated television network in the United States, which was launched on March 29, 1998, available on both cable and satellite. Since its launch, BBC America has carried programming from the BBC and other British television networks, including comedy, drama, and lifestyle programmes. The entire schedule is given to repeats of drama, comedy such as Benny Hill and home-improvement series such as Changing Rooms. There are also four half-hour BBC World news bulletins included on weekdays -- no regularly-scheduled documentary or current affairs pro ...

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• BBC America - Examples of Idents

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BBC Three, the successor of the similar BBC Choice, is a British television channel from the BBC broadcasting only on digital cable, terrestrial and satellite. BBC Three was launched on February 9, 2003, eleven months after its originally planned launch date (and that of BBC Four). The delay was due to debate over its proposed format - some felt it would not be sufficiently different to existi ...

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• BBC Three - Identity
• BBC Three - Programmes
• BBC Three - Viewership
• BBC Three - Awards and criticism

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Wales (Welsh: Cymru; pronounced IPA: /ˈkəmɹi/, approximately "CUM-ree") is one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. Wales is located in the south-west of Great Britain and is bordered by Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the east, the Bristol Channel to the south, St George's Channel ...

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• Wales - Origin of Name
• Wales - History
• Wales - Politics
• Wales - Law
• Wales - Geography
• Wales - Subdivisions
• Wales - Economy
• Wales - Demographics
• Wales - Language
• Wales - Religion
• Wales - Culture
• Wales - Food
• Wales - Music
• Wales - Sport
• Wales - Media
• Wales - National symbols
• Wales - Photos of Wales
• Wales - Notable Welsh people

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The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a campus university located in Norwich, Norfolk, England, founded as part of the British Government's New Universities programme in the 1960s. Academically, it has been one of the most successful universities founded in the 1960s, consistently ranking amongst Britain's top higher education institutions. University of East Anglia - History and overview. UEA admitted its first students in 1963 in temporary accommodation in Earlham Hall, on the western edge of the ...

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• University of East Anglia - History and overview
• University of East Anglia - Recent developments
• University of East Anglia - Future developments
• University of East Anglia - Notable alumni

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QI, standing for Quite Interesting, is a comedy panel game television show shown on BBC Two and BBC Four and hosted by Stephen Fry. It is distinguished by the awarding of points not necessarily for the correct answer, but rather for an interesting one. Many of the questions and answers are extremely obscure. Points can also be deducted, but, quite interestingly, not for wrong answers, but only for obvious but wrong answers; this often results in a negative points score at the end of the ...

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• QI - Format
• QI - Episodes
• QI - Frequent participants
• QI - Criticism
• QI - QI culture

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BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporation's newsgathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. It claims to be the largest broadcast news gathering operation in the world and produces almost 100 hours of output daily. The current director is Helen Boaden. BBC News carries out a key objective of the BBC's Royal Charter: to "collect news and information in any part of the wo ...

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• BBC News - History
• BBC News - News output
• BBC News - Television news
• BBC News - Radio news
• BBC News - Online news
• BBC News - Opinions of BBC News
• BBC News - Censorship
• BBC News - Hutton Inquiry
• BBC News - Aftermath of Hutton report
• BBC News - Editors

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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. The United States, which had become an influential global power, experienced much of the transition. While the sixties saw social activism, society became more self-absorbed in the seventies. Analyst and writer Tom Wolfe epitomized this feeling in 1976, calling the seventies th ...

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• 1970s - Worldwide trends in the Seventies
• 1970s - Economy of the Seventies
• 1970s - Oil crisis
• 1970s - Social movements
• 1970s - Environmentalism
• 1970s - Feminism
• 1970s - Gay rights
• 1970s - Culture during the Seventies
• 1970s - Emerging social perspectives in the Seventies
• 1970s - The Seventies in music
• 1970s - The Seventies in cinema
• 1970s - The Seventies in television
• 1970s - The Seventies in literature
• 1970s - The Seventies in architecture
• 1970s - The Seventies in science and philosophy
• 1970s - The Seventies in sports
• 1970s - The Seventies in technology
• 1970s - National issues
• 1970s - In the Middle East
• 1970s - In Africa
• 1970s - In India and Pakistan
• 1970s - In Southeast Asia
• 1970s - In Japan
• 1970s - In the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc
• 1970s - In the United States
• 1970s - In the United Kingdom

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This is a list of television-related events in 1994. 1993 in film 1994 in film 1995 in film 1993 in home video 1994 in home video 1995 in home video 1993 in television 1994 in television 1995 in television For the American network television schedule, please see 1994-95 American network television schedule. 1994 in television - Events. Fe ...

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• 1994 in television - Events
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• 1994 in television - Miniseries
• 1994 in television - Television shows
• 1994 in television - Ending this year
• 1994 in television - Deaths

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This is a list of television-related events in 2005. 2004 in film 2005 in film 2006 in film 2004 in home video 2005 in home video 2006 in home video 2004 in television 2005 in television 2006 in television 2005 in television - Events. January 1 - The U.S. channel package "PT East", originally created by the New York, New York, company PrimeTime 24, and ...

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• 2005 in television - Events
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• 2005 in television - Ending this year
• 2005 in television - Changes of Network Affiliation
• 2005 in television - Deaths
• 2005 in television - Movies

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Danny Wallace (born 16 November 1976; also referred to as Leader and King Danny I of Lovely) is a British writer, living in London, best known for his work with the comedian Dave Gorman and for starting both the collective, Join Me and the micronation Lovely. Walllace was born in Dundee in Scotland and began writing at 13, writing reviews for videogames magazines like Sega Power and Super Play. At 18 he then began writing about entertainment and comedy, mainly through the magazine Comedy ReviewIncluding:

• Danny Wallace writer - Join Me
• Danny Wallace writer - Yes Man
• Danny Wallace writer - How to Start Your Own Country
• Danny Wallace writer - Upcoming Projects
• Danny Wallace writer - Trivia

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This is a list of television-related events in 1996. 1995 in film 1996 in film 1997 in film 1995 in home video 1996 in home video 1997 in home video 1995 in television 1996 in television 1997 in television For the American network television schedule, please see 1996-97 American network television schedule. 1996 in television - Events. Ja ...

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• 1996 in television - Television shows
• 1996 in television - Ending this year
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• 1996 in television - Deaths

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BBC One (or BBC1 as it was formerly styled) is the oldest television station in the world. It is the primary channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation, and first broadcast as the 'BBC Television Service' on November 2, 1936, although the BBC had been broadcasting experimental and test transmissions in a variety of formats since 1929. The station held a complete monopoly on television broadcasting in the UK until ITV was launched in 1955. BBC One - History. Baird Television Ltd. made Brit ...

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• BBC One - History
• BBC One - Programming
• BBC One - On-screen identity
• BBC One - Channel Controllers

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This is a list of television-related events in 2000. 1999 in film 2000 in film 2001 in film 1999 in home video 2000 in home video 2001 in home video 1999 in television 2000 in television 2001 in television 2000 in television - Events. January 17 - Robin Givens replaces Mother Love as host of the talk show Forgive or Forget. January - Ta ...

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• 2000 in television - Events
• 2000 in television - Debuts
• 2000 in television - Television shows
• 2000 in television - Ending this year
• 2000 in television - Changes of Network Affiliation
• 2000 in television - Deaths

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