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The withdrawal of the Big Top 40 from their stations leads Bauer Radio to roll out the UK Chart Show across the Hits Radio network, built on the Sunday afternoon show introduced on Hits Radio Manchester in 2018, [15] whilst Wireless Group begins its own weekly show across its FM network, the Total Access Top 40, hosted by Olivia Jones. [16]
It was filmed at the Top Gear aerodrome studio in Surrey on Sunday, 11 March 2007, although it bore little resemblance to the usual Top of the Pops format. [ citation needed ] On 13 March 2009, Top of The Pops was once again revived, this time in its usual format, for a special live Comic Relief edition, airing on BBC Two while the main ...
February 11 in recent years 2024 (Sunday) ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
30 March – Channel 5 begins broadcasting 24 hours a day from day one, with American sport being shown through the night on weekdays. 9 November – BBC News 24 launches and from that day, instead of closing down, BBC One simulcasts the new news channel throughout the night. 1998. 14 January – ITV Nightscreen launches as an overnight filler ...
28–29 July – BBC2 hosts Jazz on a Summer's Day, a weekend of programmes devoted to jazz music. [12] 28 July–12 August – The BBC airs the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. Due to the Games taking place in Los Angeles, BBC1 stays on the air into the night to provide live coverage of the major events. 30 July
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the television version of Douglas Adams' radio comedy of the same name, makes its debut on BBC2. [5] 20 January – BBC2 airs live coverage of the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 40th President of the United States. [6] 22 January – The US sitcom Benson makes its UK debut on ITV.
9 August – The Yorkshire ITV region becomes the first UK terrestrial channel to broadcast 24 hours a day, simulcasting the cable and satellite music video channel Music Box throughout the night. The other ITV regions gradually switch to 24-hour television over the next two years.
5 May – As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations of VE Day, ITV airs A Royal Celebration: 40 Years of Peace, featuring the music of British artists such as Lonnie Donegan, Paul Jones, Brian Poole, Joe Brown, Wayne Fontana, Marty Wilde and Cliff Richard. 7 May – The American action series Street Hawk makes its UK debut on ITV.