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The music from the Gamecube TV commercial

TV commercials used to feature hits we all knew and loved. Then they started to feature popular new bands. And now the new Nintendo Gamecube ad is set to turn ad composer Vince Pope into a popstar.12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

The music from the T-Mobile advertising campaign

Norwegians have been a little slow in producing music that anyone else might care to listen to - just think Eurovision - but R yksopp are changing all that. And they've started by providing the music12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

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Can you answer these questions

What vaccinations are needed for travel to Dubai What is the power rating of the supply in Bermuda Know anything about the Honda Falcon 12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

Get your motor running, head out on the highway

Forget about planes and trains and take an automobile across the USA. We plot a course from New York to San Francisco and remember some of those who blazed the trail.12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

Everything you ever wanted to know about Paraguay

There's more to Paraguay than its World Cup football team, but this South American state has been off the beaten track since the despotic rule of Doctor Jose Gaspar Rodr guez de Francia - El12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

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Cricket special...

Who are favourites to scoop cricket's major honours this summer 20-over cricket - crowd-puller or the end of the game as we know it 12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

People want YOUR opinion about...

Who was the tallest ever professional boxer The Man U player to win the most medals with the club Where to find information on ex-football referees12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

Stay on the ball about the offside rule...

You already know that football will be everywhere this summer, and there is no escape. So make sure you can be authoritative, with a simple explanation that ensures there is no need to fall foul of12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

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Getting down to the Nitty Gritty

We were asked why some people regard the phrase 'nitty gritty' as being offensive. Sadly the answer is that they just don't know what they are talking about!12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

Off the record, on the QT and very hush-hush

Don't shout about it but we've got details of the origins of the phrase 'on the QT' and a link between West Ham United and Russell Crowe. Not surprisingly, it's pretty tenuous.12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

On being separated by a common tongue

The world is getting smaller and, let's face it, we all watch American televisoin and listen to American music. But there are still plenty of opportunities for linguistic misunderstandings.12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

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Drivin' USA

It's 3000 miles from New York to San Francisco. How long will it take to drive 12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

Typhoid Mary's reign

Who was Typhoid Mary - and how did she get away with it for so long Click here12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

Enquiring minds want to know

... what to give for a twentieth wedding anniversary ... who was Henry Habberley Price 12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

What's all the drama about Jeremy Thorpe

Not so much drama as documentary: with ITV broadcasting a major review of the court case that stunned the nation in 1979, we recall some of the events that led to the trial of the former leader of12:12 Mon 10th Mar 2003

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