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  2. Telegraph Road (song) - Wikipedia

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    Telegraph Road is a major north-south 70-mile (110 km) thoroughfare in Michigan, and Mark Knopfler was inspired to write the song while riding in the front of the tour bus, which made the journey down Telegraph Road. At the same time, Knopfler was reading the novel Growth of the Soil by the Nobel Prize winning Norwegian author Knut Hamsun and ...

  3. List of television channels in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of platforms, b) duplication of services, c) regional services, d) part time operations, and e) audio. For the Sky platform alone, there were 485 TV stations, additionally 57 "timeshifted versions", 36 HDTV versions, 42 regional TV options, 81 audio channels, and 5 promotion channels as of mid-2010.

  4. List of programmes broadcast by Challenge - Wikipedia

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    Sale of the Century (second revival) 1997–1998. 1997–2003. Challenge TV's version of Anglia 's classic gameshow, it was presented by Keith Chegwin . Say the Word. 1997. 1997–2008. Hosted by one of Challenge's original continuity presenters, Andy Crane . Showbiz Blackjack.

  5. Television in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Television broadcasts in the United Kingdom began in 1932, however, regular broadcasts would only begin four years later. Television began as a public service which was free of advertising, which followed the first demonstration of a transmitted moving image in 1926. Currently, the United Kingdom has a collection of free-to-air, free-to-view ...

  6. BFI TV 100 - Wikipedia

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    BFI TV 100. The BFI TV 100 is a list of 100 television programmes or series that was compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute (BFI), as chosen by a poll of industry professionals, with the aim to determine the best British television programmes of any genre that had been screened up to that time. [ 1]

  7. BET International - Wikipedia

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    BET International. BET International ( Black Entertainment Television) is an international television channel centred towards black culture. It is available in Africa, along with the Middle East/North Africa region. It was launched on 28 February 2008 in the UK & in South Africa It was launched on 1 December 2015 [1] with headquarters in London.

  8. 1996 in British television - Wikipedia

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    It is later renamed .tv (pronounced Dot TV). Two US weather channels launch UK versions. The Weather Channel begins broadcasting in the UK. It transmits for five hours each morning on Sky and 24 hours on cable in some areas. The Weather Network launches on the same day on many other cable networks. They take advantage of the localness of cable ...

  9. List of years in British television - Wikipedia

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    1935 in British television – Baird stops broadcasting in September. 1936 in British television – Electronically scanned television begins from Alexandra Palace. 1937 in British television – First outside broadcast at the Coronation of King George VI. 1938 in British television – First news bulletin carried by BBC television, in sound only.