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  2. Westminster Quarters - Wikipedia

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    The Westminster Quarters, from its use at the Palace of Westminster, is a melody used by a set of four quarter bells to mark each quarter-hour. It is also known as the Westminster Chimes, Cambridge Quarters, or Cambridge Chimes, from its place of origin, the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge.

  3. Striking clock - Wikipedia

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    The Elizabeth Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, commonly referred to as Big Ben, is a famous striking clock. A striking clock is a clock that sounds the hours audibly on a bell, gong, or other audible device. In 12-hour striking, used most commonly in striking clocks today, the clock strikes once at 1:00 am, twice at 2:00 am ...

  4. Big Ben - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, on Remembrance Day, the chimes of Big Ben are broadcast to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and the start of the two minutes' silence. [100] In 1999, prior to the millennium New Year, a recording of the clock was released by London Records under the title "Millennium Chimes", with the artist labelled as Big Ben ...

  5. Big Ben Fast Facts - AOL

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    View CNN’s Big Ben Fast Facts and learn more about the clock and bell in Elizabeth Tower.

  6. Big Ben to chime on New Year’s Eve as restoration ... - AOL

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  7. Big Ben to strike 11 times to mark start of two-minute silence

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    Big Ben will be struck 11 times at 11am to mark the start of the two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday. Over the past five years the Elizabeth Tower, and the clockwork and bell mechanism within ...

  8. The Chimes of Big Ben - Wikipedia

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    "The Chimes of Big Ben" is an episode of the allegorical British science fiction TV series, The Prisoner. It was written by Vincent Tilsley and directed by Don Chaffey and fifth to be produced. It was the second episode to be broadcast in the UK on ITV ( ATV Midlands and Grampian ) on Friday 6 October 1967 and first aired in the United States ...

  9. List of The Prisoner episodes - Wikipedia

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    An early edit of "The Chimes of Big Ben", again with an unbroadcast music score and additional scenes and dialogue not in the broadcast version, was located in the 1980s and initially released on VHS videotape by MPI Home Video. It was later included as a bonus feature on the A&E Home Video DVD release of the series in the early 2000s.