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	Doctor Who - Tardis - A Wikia wiki
		Doctor Who is a science-fiction television programme that originally ran on the BBC from 1963 to 1989.
		A television movie was co-produced with Universal Pictures in 1996, and a new season was broadcast starting in March, 2005 in the United Kingdom, and in March, 2006 in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel.
		The relevation in the 1996 television movie that the Doctor was half-human proved controversial among fans, and some have suggested that only the Eighth Doctor was half-human due to the particularly traumatic circumstances of his regeneration, rather than the Doctor having been half-human all along.
	tardis.wikia.com /wiki/Doctor_Who (1973 words)

	Comprehensive information and links about Dr. Who
		Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as "The Doctor".
		The programme is a significant part of British popular culture, widely recognised for its creative storytelling and use of innovative music (originally produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop).
		In the 1996 television movie it was revealed that the Doctor is half-human (on his mother's side), a revelation which proved controversial in some sections of fandom.
	www.quicknation.com /Dr._Who.htm (4314 words)

	Sydney Newman @ Filmbug
		Sydney Newman OC was a Canadian film and television producer, best remembered for the pioneering work he undertook in British television drama from the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
		When BBC Controller of Programmes Donald Baverstock alerted Newman of the need for a programme to bridge the gap between the sports showcase Grandstand and pop music programme Juke Box Jury on Saturday evenings, he immediately decided that a science-fiction drama would be the perfect vehicle for filling the gap and gaining a family audience.
		The biography of Newman on the British Film Institute's Screenonline website echoes Sutton's praise for the Canadian's aims, pointing out that "Newman's concerns, incidentally, were equally with the viewer: he recognised that television was a mass medium that needed to appeal across the social strata, from porters to professors.
	www.filmbug.com /db/345565 (2611 words)

	A Welsh View: Television
		Belgian television viewers were given a preview of the 25-second film earlier this week, when it was shown on the main evening news.
		About 100 people complained to the station about the advert for a crime show, which claimed people with their surname were being picked off.
		But like the British version of the show, it can't last forever, which is why Ali G is doing more with his other characters Borat and Bruno.
	xo.typepad.com /blog/television (7482 words)

	Society \| Out of the box
		He was horrified and made a radio programme about homelessness for the BBC Home Service, but the broadcast went unnoticed.
		Television drama in those days was still heavily influenced by the theatrical tradition of studio-based drama with famous actors and high production values.
		A poll of industry professionals by the British Film Institute in 2000 named Cathy Come Home second in a list of the 100 greatest British television programmes of the 20th century (Fawlty Towers was the winner).
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5399309-117219,00.html (1214 words)

	Qwika - similar:British_comedy
		A British sitcom is a situation comedy (sitcom) produced in the United Kingdom.
		Album of "Beyond the Fringe" Published by EMI in 1996 Beyond the Fringe was a British comedy stage revue written and performed by Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller.
		Out of a list of 100 sitcoms, viewers were asked to vote for their favourite by phone, text messag...
	www.qwika.com /rels/British_comedy (1588 words)

	Temporal Intervention - The Doctor Who Compendium
		Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as "The Doctor." It is also the title of a 1996 television movie featuring the same character.
		The programme is a significant part of British popular culture, widely recognised for its creative storytelling, use of innovative music (produced by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop) and low-budget special effects.
		The list was produced by the British Film Institute in 2000 and voted on by industry professionals.
	weirdscifi.ratiosemper.com /drwho/index.html (179 words)

	Film details 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Both the television and radio versions were based around Hancock's dilapidated fictional home at 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam, still one of the most famous addresses in British comedy history.
		The television version appeared in 1956 under the same name and with the same writers, and alternated with the radio version until 1959.
		In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, Hancock's Half Hour was placed 24th.
	web.1asphost.com /topps/details2.html (2888 words)

	BLUE PETER BBC CHILDRENS TELEVISION HISTORY THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC LAND SPEED RECORD PROJECT
		The programme was launched with its catchy "Barnacle Bill" signature tune in 1958 as a fifteen-minute slot, involving two presenters, described by Barnes and Baxter as "Chris Trace playing with trains and Lelia Williams playing with dolls." It became a twice-weekly, 30-minute programme in 1963.
		It is successful as a programme because it has remained true to the basic format of its original creator, John Hunter Blair, but has accommodated itself to the social change that has taken place over two generations of television viewing.
		The overall ethos of the programme encourages children by the example of the adult presenters to "have a go", to try something new and be inquisitive about the world around them.
	www.bluebird-electric.net /blue_peter.htm (2018 words)

	BBC TV SERIES DOCTOR WHO HISTORY \| ROBOTS, ANDROIDS AND CYBERNETIC ORGANISMS - THE FUTURE OF MANKIND.
		is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as "The Doctor".
		Produced by BBC Wales in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), the 2005 series has concluded in the United Kingdom, and the programme will be returning for a Christmas special later in the year, followed by a second and third series (including a second Christmas special in 2006).
		The programme was initially devised to be partly educational and for family viewing on the early Saturday evening schedule.
	www.solarnavigator.net /doctor_who_bbc_tv_series.htm (4530 words)

	The Phil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Tim Collins OBE is a former colonel in the British Army.
		He put together a group called Band Aid, consisting of leading British and Irish rock and pop musicians, all of whom were at the top of the industry.
		In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, Parkinson was placed 8th.
	www.tcdphil.com /n_patrons.php (4095 words)

	David Holford - Holford Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is based upon a survey done last year that resulted in a list of the top 100 British people of all time.
		At least 61 of the top 100 are alive or lived in the 20th century.
		The British public were able to discern that as important as the prevention of deadly epidemics might be, it isn't as important as the music of Robbie Williams, the charity rock concert organised by Bob Geldof, or the occult writings of Aleister Crowley.
	www.holford.org.uk /meanderings/meanderings12-11-02.htm (690 words)

	100 Greatest British Television Programmes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The listing was split into six categories: Single Dramas, Drama Series and Serials, Comedy and Variety, Factual, Children's / Youth, and Lifestyle and Light Entertainment.
		Sports were excluded for similar reasons, and also because many events such as the 1966 World Cup, while important to those in England, would not matter to those in other areas of the United Kingdom.
		Early television programmes no longer existing in the archives were excluded from consideration.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/100_Greatest_British_Television_Programmes (342 words)

	Independent Online Edition > News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It was a comedy of suburban manners that pitilessly lampooned lower middle-class aspirations and the desert of emotional desperation hidden beneath.
		It was televised by the BBC on a night when ITV was hit by a strike.
		The then doyen of television playwrights, Dennis Potter, fulminated that it was "based on nothing more edifying than rancid disdain, for it was a prolonged jeer, twitching with genuine hatred, about the dreadful suburban tastes of the dreadful lower middle classes".
	enjoyment.independent.co.uk /theatre/news/article307844.ece (1628 words)

	BBC television drama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		BBC television broadcasting ceased on September 1 1939, and the station remained off-air for the duration of the war, with the technicians and engineers needed for war efforts such as the RADAR programme, and the government afraid that the VHF transmission signals would act as a guiding beacon for German bombers targeting central London.
		One of the major figures in commercial television drama of the late 1950s and early 1960s was Canadian producer Sydney Newman, the Head of Drama at ABC Television responsible for such programmes as Armchair Theatre and The Avengers.
		Created by Liverpudlian dramatist Phil Redmond, the intention of the programme was to present issues relevant to children in a realistic manner, showing characters in a modern Comprehensive school and concentrating on the issues facing children in such schools.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BBC_television_drama (5328 words)

	British Film Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is also maintains the world's largest film archive, the National Film and Television Archive, containing in total about 500,000 works of television and film.
		The BFI also devotes a large amount of its time to the preservation and study of British television programming and its history.
		In 2000, it published a high-profile list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes, as voted for by a range of industry figures.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Film_Institute (618 words)

	GMHTV - Television Nostalgia - 1960-1969
		In the world of advertising, in the days before cigarette advertising were banned on television because of the early signs of the dangers of smoking, we were told that you're never alone with a Strand.
		And these were the days when not everyone had a television set; depending on the level of their local community spirit they would sit in a neighbour's house and watch it there.
		Ideally Westward Television wanted the Channel Islands to be covered as part of their region, but besides this, the 1954 television act didn't cover the Channel Islands and so in later years this problem became quite marginal.
	www.webspawner.com /users/asperger/1960s.html (5582 words)

	Classic TV & Movie Hits - Doctor Who
		Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as "The Doctor".
		Doctor Who was ranked third in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century, produced by the British Film Institute in 2000 and voted on by industry professionals.
		The Daleks' debut in the programme's second serial, The Daleks, caused a tremendous reaction in the viewership ratings, and put Doctor Who on the map.
	www.classictvhits.com /show.php?id=758 (2608 words)

	NevOn: Television
		NevOn is the archive weblog of Neville Hobson, a British business communicator based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a record of commentary and conversations from December 2002 until 22 February 2006.
		BBC blogs the G8 Newsnight, the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme in the UK, will be blogging the G8 summit in Scotland on 6-8 July.
		I think what's more valuable is that both blogs do provide a means for anyone to contribute comment, however poorly implemented it is at the moment, and represent a big step forward for the media in embracing blogging and raising its profile (CNN are highlighting their blog in their broadcast TV coverage of the DNC).
	www.nevon.net /nevon/television/index.html (6776 words)

	Screenography - Ted Kotcheff (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ted Kotcheff (sometimes credited as William Kotcheff or William T. Kotcheff, born April 7 1931 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canada film and television director, who is well known for his work on several high-profile British television productions and as a director of films such as First Blood.
		After graduating in English Literature from the University of Toronto, Kotcheff began his television career at the age of twenty-four when he joined the staff of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with television still very much in its infancy in the country.
		In 2000, the play was voted one of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century in a poll of industry professionals conducted by the British Film Institute.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Adachi4101/ted-kotcheff-screenography.html (538 words)

	BFI \| Features \| The BFI TV 100
		The bfi TV 100 is a list of all-time top British television programmes.
		Thousands of votes have been cast by members of the TV industry to choose their favourite programmes.
		In addition to the 100, we asked our voters to vote for their single favourite overseas TV programme.
	www.bfi.org.uk /features/tv/100/index.html (189 words)

	WATCHED IT! - Classic Kids TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		100 Greatest Kids' Shows, broadcast by Channel 4 on Bank Holiday Monday 27 August, should have been an enjoyable feast of nostalgia for lovers of classic children's television.
		Instead, it was a superficial skimp filled with pointless interjection from unknown commentators (who are these people?), disappointing choice of clips, and a completely infuriating number one - Fox's The Simpsons.
		But of course, The Simpsons is not a children's programme.
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/1011/index.html (327 words)

	5/22 Sir Laurence Kerr Olivier - Classic Film Fans - tribe.net
		He was regarded by many critics as the greatest actor of the 20th century.
		Olivier narrated the famous The World at War miniseries on British television, an extensive documentary of the Second World War.
		In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, The World at War was placed 19th.
	classicfilmfans.tribe.net /thread/00f8c8a2-a3a8-469c-bf82-c58c99476b2f (843 words)

	Near-miss asteroid could have wiped out Greater London area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		But astronomers warned that there are potentially thousands of much smaller objects that could devastate an area as large as the M25 region which are not being picked up because governments are failing to fund the detection of one of the greatest threats to the planet.
		Toutatis is one of thousands of asteroids left over from the formation of the solar system six billion years ago which could still crash into the Earth.
		But even smaller objects, as small as 100 to 200 metres across, could wipe out an area the size of London, warned Kevin Yates of the Near-Earth Objects group at the British National Space Centre.
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/september2004/300904nearmiss.htm (486 words)

	100 Great Black Britons
		The 100 Great Black Britons were compiled as a response to the BBC Great Britons debate that took place last year.
		The BBC commissioned separate programmes on the top ten along with a live debate during the height of Black History Month last year.
		Mary Seacole, a skilful nurse and 'doctress' from Kingston, Jamaica, made her mark on British public life when she went to the Crimea by her own efforts to bring comfort to the wounded and dying soldiers, after her offers to help were rejected by the government.
	rastaites.com /news/hearticals/100greatest.htm (1996 words)

	homerpalooza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Simpsons cartoon hero was voted for by the public as part of a Channel 4 programme devoted to TV favourites.
		The four-hour programme was hosted by comedian Ardal O'Hanlon, whose Father Dougal creation in Father Ted was voted the fifth favourite.
		Of the top 10, eight were from British television programmes.
	www.simpsoncrazy.com /homer/article3.shtml (296 words)

	Think Progress » The Story of How Bush Went Into Iraq, As Told by the British
		In fact, while reputable British papers such as the Guardian, the Independent, and the Financial Times have already reported on the most recent memo, no American newspaper has.
		That means that the greenback is the greatest swindle in the history of mankind.
		The action is strikingly similar to the 2 British commandoes who were apprehended in Basra a few months ago dressed as Arabs with a truckload of explosives during the week of religious festival.
	thinkprogress.org /2006/02/04/british-memos (10592 words)

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