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  2. World of Sport (British TV programme) - Wikipedia

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    World of Sport is a British television sport programme which ran on ITV between 2 January 1965 and 28 September 1985 in competition with the BBC 's Grandstand. Like Grandstand, the programme ran throughout Saturday afternoon. From the programme's launch until the lifting of restrictions on broadcasting hours in 1972, sports coverage was one of ...

  3. Shipping Forecast - Wikipedia

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    Robert FitzRoy. Original release. 24 August 1867 (by telegraph) The Shipping Forecast is a BBC Radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the British Isles. It is produced by the Met Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The forecast dates back over 150 years.

  4. List of languages by total number of speakers - Wikipedia

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    Ethnologue (2023) The following languages are listed as having 45 million or more total speakers in the 26th edition of Ethnologue published in 2023. [4] This section does not include entries that Ethnologue identifies as macrolanguages encompassing all their respective varieties, such as Arabic, Lahnda, Persian, Malay, Pashto, and Chinese .

  5. BBC World Service - Wikipedia

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    BBC World Service Logo used since 2022 Type Radio broadcasting news, speech, discussions, state media Country United Kingdom Availability Worldwide Headquarters Broadcasting House, London Broadcast area Worldwide Owner BBC Key people Liliane Landor Launch date 19 December 1932 ; 91 years ago (1932-12-19) Former names BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC Webcast ...

  6. Mark Pougatch - Wikipedia

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    Spouse. Lady Victoria Scott (m. 2000) Mark Charles Albert Pougatch (born 27 January 1968) is an English radio and television broadcaster, journalist, and author who is currently the Chief Sports Presenter for ITV Sport, fronting their major football and rugby coverage. He is also the sideline reporter for Stan Sport 's UEFA competition coverage ...

  7. Doctors (2000 TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Doctors. (2000 TV series) Doctors is a British medical soap opera, first broadcast on BBC One on 26 March 2000. Filmed in Birmingham and set in the fictional West Midlands town of Letherbridge, the soap follows the lives of the staff of both an NHS doctor's surgery and a university campus surgery, as well as the lives of their families and ...

  8. Louise Lear - Wikipedia

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    Louise Lear. Louise Lear (born Tracy Louise Barden, 14 December 1967) is a British television and radio journalist who works as a presenter for BBC Weather. She has appeared on BBC News, BBC World News, BBC Red Button and BBC Radio. She is also a regular forecaster on the BBC News at Six and was previously a weekend presenter on BBC Breakfast .

  9. Around the World in 80 Days (2021 TV series) - Wikipedia

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    RAI. Release. 5 December 2021. ( 2021-12-05) [1] –. present. ( present) Around the World in 80 Days is a historical drama adventure television series based on the 1872 Jules Verne novel of the same name, in which, for a bet, Phileas Fogg travels the world in 80 days by various means both traditional and new. It was commissioned by the ...