A. Breakfast television was launched in a blaze of glory in 1983. Helped by a government grant for computer equipment, the BBC won the race to start first on January 17 at 6.30am. The first anchors
00:00 Mon 12th Nov 2001A. UK Food began broadcasting to 5.5 million homes with digital satellite plus further subscribers to Telewest's digital cable service from November 5. The new channel churns out a non-stop diet of
00:00 Mon 12th Nov 2001A. Research carried out by Total Film magazine suggests big budget movies have been a letdown for audiences. The survey, which questioned 2,000 cinema-goers, says films such as Titanic, Pearl Harbor
00:00 Mon 12th Nov 2001A. Movie analysts are predicting the two films, out later this year, will be the biggest this century. They are both from the same genre - of magic and fantasy - and there are surface similarities.
00:00 Mon 05th Nov 2001A. The government lifted restrictions on broadcasting hours in 1972 which meant the BBC and ITV could cater for housewives at home. Q. What were the first lunchtime programmes A. Emmerdale Farm
00:00 Mon 05th Nov 2001When did "afternoon telly" start A. The Government lifted restrictions on broadcasting hours in 1972 which meant the BBC and ITV could start proucing "housewives drama" after lunch. Q. What were
00:00 Mon 05th Nov 2001A. The Government lifted restrictions on broadcasting hours in 1972 which meant the BBC and ITV could start proucing "housewives drama" after lunch. Q. What were the first programmes shown A.
00:00 Mon 05th Nov 2001A. Queen Elizabeth 11 was crowned in Westminster Abbey on June 2 1953. At that time, fewer than two million homes had television, and these were mainly grouped around the cities of London,
00:00 Mon 05th Nov 2001A. There is an under-rated cartoon called Stressed Eric, which has failed to capture viewers' attention. But all that is about to change with Aaagh! It's The Mr Hell Show!, which is the first
00:00 Mon 29th Oct 2001A. ITV was launched on September 22 1955, and it soon went on to steal nearly 70 per cent of the BBC's viewers. There were around 4.5 million television licence holders in 1955, and 95 per cent of
00:00 Mon 29th Oct 2001A. Producers often simply can't get permission to use a specific location for a film. Or the landmarks or look of a particular period may have disappeared altogether, so the crew just have to try and
00:00 Mon 29th Oct 2001A. ITV1's Saturday night line-up has failed to make the impact the station hoped for. The station has admitted that The Premiership had just one more month to prove its worth in the 7pm slot. ITV1
00:00 Mon 22nd Oct 2001A. Production companies in Britain are proving they can get punchy low-budget films noticed by Hollywood. The growing appetite for indie films among the UK's film culture is good news for small
00:00 Mon 22nd Oct 2001A. Berkoff and Blessed are leading a cast of 27 British actors who are suing the American producers of one of the most expensive television series ever made. War and Remembrance, which starred
00:00 Mon 22nd Oct 2001The British Board of Film Censors arrived in 1913 as it became obvious to government that 'moving pictures' were more than a passing fad. In the first year no less than 166 films were cut or banned.
00:00 Mon 15th Oct 2001A. Film classification in the States is quite different to the UK. Moves are rated as follows: G - General Audience (suitable for all ages) PG - Parental Guidance Suggested (some material may not be
00:00 Mon 08th Oct 2001Q. The world's most commercially viable film-maker is Steven Spielberg, who has directed 19 features. He arguably invented the summer blockbuster with the 70s classic Jaws, and reinvented it with
00:00 Mon 08th Oct 2001A. The Isle of Man, would you believe For a couple of reasons I'll go into in a minute, it's becoming an increasingly popular film location. Perhaps the most well-publicised recently was a
00:00 Mon 08th Oct 2001A. Critics say Brando's early performances were his best, and he was most noteworthy as the sweaty Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951, in which he is dubbed
00:00 Mon 01st Oct 2001A. Hollywood has reacted quickly to events in New York. One of the first things to be censored are materials - trailers and print adverts as well as films themselves - featuring imagery of the twin
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