From 2008, the BBC gradually began to drop the BBCi name from its digital interactive TV services also, replacing it with the name BBC Red Button.

The show took its name from the message ( frequently seen on the TV screen in those days ) which was displayed when there was a problem with transmission.

David Thomas " Davy " Jones ( 30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012 ) was an English recording artist, actor, and businessman, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name.

At about this time he changed his name, drawing " Gavin " from a cerebral palsy victim in a TV drama, and " MacLeod " from his Ithaca drama coach, Beatrice MacLeod.

In the modern world, Jason has emerged as a character in various adaptations of his myths, such as the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts and the 2000 TV miniseries of the same name.

This was followed briefly by Smith and Goody ( with Bob Goody ) and then the comedy sketch series Alas Smith and Jones, co-starring Griff Rhys Jones, its title being a pun on the name of the American TV series Alias Smith and Jones.

Coincidentally, he was known as " Richie ," which was also the name of her TV son on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

* Optimum TV, the brand name of a suite of digital media services offered by Cablevision Systems Corporation

* Each episode of the TV series Harper's Island was given an onomatopoeic name which imitates the sound made in that episode when a character dies.

* OSS ( series ), the name of an ITC Entertainment TV series which aired in 1957

* Rosemary & Thyme is the name of a British TV detective series, starring Felicity Kendal and Pam Ferris.

* A copy of the Rubaiyat plays a role in an episode of the TV series New Amsterdam and is shown to be the inspiration for the name of one of the lead character's children, Omar York.

Prior to the release of the TV series, the name Robotech was used by model kit manufacturer Revell on their Robotech Defenders line in the mid-1980s.

In the end, both parties signed into a co-licensing agreement and the Robotech name was adopted into the TV syndication of Macross combined with Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA.

In 1964, he launched Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ( TV series ), based on his 1961 film of the same name.

The Saint had a band of compatriots, including Roger Conway, Norman Kent, Archie Sheridan, Richard " Dicky " Tremayne ( a name that appeared in the 1990s TV series, Twin Peaks ), Peter Quentin, Monty Hayward, and his ex-military valet, Orace.

In a later interview, Weymouth recalled how the group chose the name Talking Heads: " A friend had found the name in the TV Guide, which explained the term used by TV studios to describe a head-and-shoulder shot of a person talking as'all content, no action.

Buzzcocks ' name was combined with the title of the Sex Pistols album Never Mind the Bollocks to create the title of the long-running UK comedy TV panel game show Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

Diggle claimed in his autobiography that he and Shelley had only granted the BBC use of their name under the impression that it would be a one-off, probably unsuccessful pilot, and that they are now mildly disgruntled that the name is more readily associated in Britain with the TV series than with their band.

However Abdul is a common Arabic prefix meaning " Servant of the " and " Al " is Arabic for " the ", and if " hazra " means " he prohibited ", " he fenced in " or " Great Lord ", then the name would mean " Servant of the Prohibited ", " Servant of the Fenced in ", or " Servant of the Great Lord " which would make sense considering his role, even if it is not a proper Arabic name.

Ayckbourn joined Wolfit on tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as an acting assistant stage manager ( meaning a role that involved both acting and stage management ) for three weeks, with his first role on the professional stage being various parts in The Strong are Lonely by Fritz Hochwälder .< ref name = acting >

This branch of Christianity bears the name of the French reformer John Calvin ( also known as Jean Cauvin in Middle French ), because of his noticeable influence and because of his role in the confessional and ecclesiastical debates that happened throughout the 16th century.

In 1838, Matthias Schleiden proposed that the nucleus plays a role in generating cells, thus he introduced the name " Cytoblast " ( cell builder ).

Egyptians today often refer to Cairo as Maṣr (), the Arabic pronunciation of the name for Egypt itself, emphasizing the city's continued role in Egyptian influence.

The name was changed to Cygwin32 to emphasize Cygnus ' role in creating it.

Its name may be attributed to its frequent role as the first real test in the Elements of the intelligence of the reader and as a bridge to the harder propositions that followed.

This market for funds plays an important role in the Federal Reserve System as it is what inspired the name of the system and it is what is used as the basis for monetary policy.

Even in the absence of any work in astronomy, Bessel's role in developing the functions which now bear his name would have, by itself, placed him among the most significant and influential mathematicians of the 19th century.

The name gnome has been used in the Fantasy genre, typically in a cunning role, e. g. as an inventor.

Each gaming system has its own name for the role of the gamemaster, such as " judge ", " narrator ", " referee ", " director ", or " storyteller ", and these terms not only describe the role of the gamemaster in general but also help define how the game is intended to be run.

The planet was not referred to by name until the 2006 Christmas Special, was depicted in a flashback in " The Sound of Drums ", and played an important role in the plot of " The End of Time ".

" These provisions make it clear that the Queen's role in the parliament is in name only and the actual responsibility belongs to the Governor-General.

* Sam Rockwell as Guy Fleegman, the actor who played " Crewman # 6 " in the original series and whose given name is as generic as his role.

Therefore, Hong Kong continues to play an active role in the international arena and maintains close contact with its international partners. Furthermore, Hong Kong continues to be an active, independent member of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC ) forum in the name of Hong Kong, China.

Its hero, Lucius (" shining, light "), changes his name and persona to Brutus (" dull, stupid "), playing the role of a fool to avoid the fate of his father and brothers, and eventually slaying his family's killer, King Tarquinius.

The name reflects Houston's role as the center of the U. S. Space Program.

Despite briefly toying with the name " rational Mesmerism ", Braid ultimately emphasised his approach's uniqueness, carrying out informal experiments throughout his career to refute the arguments invoking supernatural practices, and demonstrate instead the role of ordinary physiological and psychological processes such as suggestion and focused attention in producing the observed effects.

Its role has been characterized as follows: " A name indicates what we seek.

Scholar Brooke Westcott notes that this reference to the author of the single prophetic book of the New Testament illustrates the distinction Justin made between the role of prophecy and fulfillment quotations from the gospels, as Justin does not mention any of the individual canonical gospels by name.

Based on a true story of a teacher arrested for teaching his students evolution also known as the " Scopes Monkey Trial ," Spacey played defense lawyer Henry Drummond, a role that was made famous by actor Spencer Tracy in the 1960 film of the same name.

The chosen name, " Ravens ," alludes to the famous poem The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, who spent the early part of his career in Baltimore, and is also buried there .< ref >

The name “ Dachau ” originated in the Celtic Dahauua, which roughly translates to “ loamy meadow ” and also alludes to the loamy soil of the surrounding hills.

The name of Lamorna's pub, The Wink, alludes to smuggling, ' the wink ' being a signal that contraband could be obtained.

The Cozy Cone Motel design is the Wigwam Motel on U. S. Route 66 in Arizona with the neon " 100 % Refrigerated Air " slogan of Tucumcari, New Mexico's Blue Swallow Motel ; the Wheel Well Motel's name alludes to the restored stone-cabin Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri.

The passion of Osiris was reflected in his name ' Wenennefer " (" the one who continues to be perfect "), which also alludes to his post mortem power.

It has also been suggested that the name of the temple alludes to the virgins ( parthenoi ), whose supreme sacrifice guaranteed the safety of the city.

Although it is believed that the name " Tekka ", meaning ' red hot iron ', alludes to the color of the tuna flesh or salmon flesh, it actually originated as a quick snack to eat in gambling dens called " Tekkaba " (), much like the sandwich.

The city's coat of arms is an example of canting: depicting a boat, it alludes to the city's name which translates literally as " boat ".

It is to these footprints that the official name of the church alludes: palmis refers to the soles of Jesus ' feet.

In David Foster Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest, the name of the character Madame Psychosis in a pun that alludes to metempsychosis.

The name " cedar " has more recently ( since about 1700 ) been applied to many other trees ( such as Western redcedar ; in some cases the botanical name alludes to this usage, such as the genus Calocedrus ( meaning " beautiful cedar "), also known as Incense-cedar ).

However, the NGV was founded some 40 years before the founding of the Commonwealth of Australia, when Victoria was a self-governing British colony ; the name alludes to that period, when Victoria was a discrete political entity.

Its current name alludes to clusters of the fruit on the tree, which often appear similar to grapes.

The genus name is derived from the Greek word sparasso, meaning " to tear ", and alludes to the shape of the floral bracts.

* The town of Ilium alludes to the town of Troy, NY ( Ilium being the Latinized form of Troy's Greek name, Ἴλιον ).

His name in the Nahuatl language is often translated as " Smoking Mirror " and alludes to his connection to obsidian, the material from which mirrors were made in Mesoamerica and which was used for shamanic rituals.

Columbia County was created on March 22, 1813, from part of Northumberland County and named for Columbia, a poetic name for the United States that alludes to Christopher Columbus.

The name Golders comes from a family named Godyere who lived in the area and Green alludes to the manorial waste the settlement was built on.

The name of the book alludes to the nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty (" All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again "), an allusion similar to that made more explicitly a quarter-century earlier in the Robert Penn Warren novel All the King's Men, which describes the career of a fictional governor loosely based on Huey Long.

The fiesta takes its name from the tamale and alludes to the town's local notoriety for a spicier version of the Mississippi Delta style boiled tamale.

The most prominent and famous fairy is Tinker Bell, Peter Pan's companion, whose name alludes to her profession as a " tinker " or fixer or pots and pans.

* A 2002 short story by Glen David Gold entitled " The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter " alludes to the myth and gives the name to the deceitful clown of the story, who cries " heedless crocodile tears.

The title alludes to the hidden and mysterious nature of its subject, as he used to sign his name as Hatzafun.