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The Battle of Winwick was fought on 19 August 1648 between a Scottish Royalist army and a Parliamentarian army during the Second English Civil War. The Scottish army invaded north-west England and was attacked and defeated at Preston on 17 August. The surviving Royalists fled south, closely pursued. Two days later, hungry, cold, soaking wet ...
The highest earners at the box-office are mostly American films and UK-US co-productions. Sequels, remakes and adaptations dominate, with seven films in the Harry Potter franchise, five Star Wars instalments, the five Daniel Craig James Bond films, five films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Peter Jackson's first four Tolkien adaptations having earned in excess of £50 million.
The majority of special events attracting large audiences are often carried on more than one channel. The most watched special event programme of all time on a single channel in the UK is the 1973 wedding ceremony of Princess Anne, shown only on BBC One. Pre-1981 figures supplied by the British Film Institute (BFI)
Free-to-air, free-to-view and subscription providers operate, with differences in the number of channels, capabilities such as the programme guide (EPG), video on demand (VOD), high-definition (HD), interactive television via the red button, and coverage across the UK. All providers make available the UK's five most-watched channels: BBC One ...
The 93rd Academy Awards, honouring the best films of 2020 and early 2021, were held on 25 April 2021. British winners: The Father (Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay) Promising Young Woman (Best Original Screenplay) Tenet (Best Visual Effects) Andrew Jackson (Best Special Visual Effects – Tenet)
u.co.uk U (formerly known as UKTV Play ) is a video on demand service owned by UKTV , a subsidiary of BBC Studios . The service launched on 4 August 2014 and offers catch-up programming from UKTV's free-to-air channels, which include U&Dave , U&Drama , U&W and U&Yesterday .
Video, Screen, and View. Yahoo! (as Yahoo! Video) [1] The company Yahoo! ran several similar video services. Yahoo! Video, a video hosting service, was established in 2006. Later, the ability to upload videos was removed, changing it to a more pure video on demand service; the website became a portal for curated video content hosted by Yahoo's ...
Alex Holmes (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Maiden. Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Retablo. Andy Nelson (Best Sound) – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Anthony Hopkins (Best Supporting Actor) – The Two Popes.