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Kay Alexander – main presenter on Midlands Today. She retired in 2012 after nearly 40 years of continuous service. Linda Alexander – reporter and presenter on Newsnight from 1980 until 1983. She died in 2015. She was married to the BBC's former political editor David Holmes. Kenneth Allsop – reporter for Tonight in the 1960s. He died in 1973.
The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK. Consequently, BBC News 24 is now available to all digital viewers. BBC Parliament is carried but due to bandwidth issues, the channel is broadcast in sound only. The first edition of UK Today is broadcast. It airs as a replacement for the regional news bulletins because broadcasting English ...
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The UK versions of The Weakest Link and Big Brother also debut this year. Coronation Street celebrates 40 years on air with a live episode and the ITV News Channel launches. Channel 5 outbids ITV for the broadcasting rights to Home and Away. 2001 in British television – The world witnesses the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City ...
"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" debuted 40 years ago this week, introducing the world to one of the most recognizable little aliens in pop culture. The film tells the story of a friendship between a ...
April – The Soviet car maker Lada, founded four years ago as a result of an enterprise by Italian automotive giant Fiat, begins selling cars in the United Kingdom: its 1200 four-door saloon is based on the Fiat 124 and retails for £999 (equivalent to £7,648.51 in 2022). They would be sold in Britain until 1997.
Cinemagoing reaches an all-time peak, with 1,635 million admissions during the year. [8] Lifting of prohibition on married women working in the Civil Service. [8] Fred Pontin opens the first Pontins holiday camp, at Brean Sands, Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. The University of Bristol establishes the first university drama department in the UK. [17]
It’s that time of the year again in Finland. Mid-March is release date for the annual UN World Happiness Report and we’re top of the charts – for the seventh consecutive time.