Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
International football finals are a particular problem as research has shown that 71% of people in the UK will watch them at home instead of public venues such as pubs. [4] The Grid predicted a pickup of around 3000 MW, equivalent to 1.2 million kettles being turned on at once, if England made the later stages of the 2010 FIFA World Cup .
22 November 1980: BBC1 [5] Coronation Street: Ken and Deirdre Barlow finalise their divorce. 21.60: 8 January 1992: ITV (Granada) [2] 20 Eurovision Song Contest 1973: Staged in Luxembourg City – the UK was represented by Cliff Richard, and the contest was won by Anne-Marie David. 21.56: 7 April 1973: BBC1 [4]
20 October - A Wales international, a 1-1 draw with England, is televised live for the first time. It is the first live football broadcast from outside England. [32] 1952. The FA blocks live television coverage of the FA Cup Final. [33] [34] Coverage was restricted to filmed excerpts, and could only be shown from the following Monday. Every ...
2 September – A regional news bulletin following the Nine O'Clock News is launched. 22 December – Having been broadcast every Sunday teatime since the launch of BBC2 in 1964, News Review is broadcast for the final time. 1986. 4 January – The first edition of NewsView is broadcast on BBC2. The new Saturday early evening programme lasts 40 ...
The British Home Championship (also known as the Home International Championship, the Home Internationals and the British Championship) was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (the last of whom competed as Ireland for most of the competition's ...
14 July – Watchdog launches as a stand-alone programme on BBC1, [25] having previously been a segment within the teatime news magazine programmes Nationwide and Sixty Minutes. 27 July – BBC2 airs "Blues Night", an Arena special dedicated to the Blues and featuring artists from the genre, including Sonny Boy Williamson , B. B. King , Blind ...
The Friday night draws showed the EuroMillions results and the Thunderball draw and are usually broadcast at 23:15. The Friday night draws were the only draws not to be broadcast live. From January 2013, the Friday draws are available to watch exclusively on the National Lottery's website. There is still a results update on BBC One at 22:35.
2 1966, 1981 Everton: 0 — 2 1977, 1984 Bolton Wanderers: 0 — 2 1995, 2004 Sunderland: 0 — 2 1985, 2014 Southampton: 0 — 2 1979, 2017 Newcastle United: 0 — 2 1976, 2023 Rotherham United: 0 — 1 1961 Rochdale: 0 — 1 1962 Oldham Athletic: 0 — 1 1990 Tranmere Rovers: 0 — 1 2000 Wigan Athletic: 0 — 1 2006 Cardiff City: 0 — 1 ...