* Gascoigne, Bamber ( 2002 ).

Williams appeared in West End revues including Share My Lettuce with Maggie Smith, written by Bamber Gascoigne, and Pieces of Eight with Fenella Fielding.

The program, presented by Bamber Gascoigne, produced by Granada Television and broadcast across the ITV network, was very popular and ran until it was taken off the air in 1987.

He is also the question master of University Challenge, succeeding Bamber Gascoigne when the programme was revived in 1994.

Produced by Granada Television and filmed at Granada Studios in Manchester since its inception, University Challenge aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 1962 to 1987, presented by quiz master Bamber Gascoigne.

From its inception in 1962, University Challenge was hosted by Bamber Gascoigne.

It was presented by Bamber Gascoigne, and screened on BBC2 on 28 December 1992.

The original, jauntier version from the Bamber Gascoigne era is no longer used, and has been replaced by a version recorded by The Balanescu Quartet.

Bamber Gascoigne, FRSL ( born 24 January 1935 ) is a British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on University Challenge.

* Bamber Gascoigne ( TV presenter, University Challenge )

Jonathan Ross, Michael Grade and Bamber Gascoigne have all appeared as themselves.

The character's overseas debut, now as Edna Everage, was in the early 1960s at comedian Peter Cook's nightclub, The Establishment, in London's West End, where she received a poor review from Bamber Gascoigne, then the drama critic for The Spectator.

Woolton then passed to Isaac Green, and through his daughter to her son Bamber Gascoyne of Childwall ( MP for Liverpool 1780-96 and an ancestor of Bamber Gascoigne who hosted University Challenge for many years ), and is presently owned by the Marquis of Salisbury.

It was due to Heighway's academic achievements that he got his nickname ' Big Bamber ', team-mate and fellow academic Brian Hall was dubbed ' Little Bamber ' both after the television programme University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne.

According to the Encyclopedia of Britain by Bamber Gascoigne ( 1993 ), it was Catherine Winkworth who, learning of General Charles James Napier's ruthless, unauthorized, and successful campaign to conquer the Indian province of Sind, "... remarked to her teacher that Napier's despatch to the governor general of India, after capturing Sind, should have been Peccavi ( Latin for ' I have sinned ').

On August 7, 1979, Williams ( accompanied by celebrity witness Bamber Gascoigne ) buried the casket at a secret location within England.

Bamber Gascoigne, having been asked by Williams to witness the burial of the hare and to document the contest from beginning to end, did so in his book Quest for the Golden Hare.

* Bamber Gascoigne, Quest for the Golden Hare, J. Cape, 1983

The game used Fastext keys ( different coloured buttons on the TV remote control ) to select the desired answer from a choice of four, and was " presented " by virtual host Bamber Boozler, who derived his name from the word " bamboozle " and the name of University Challenge host, Bamber Gascoigne.

Griff Rhys-Jones plays the title character, a parody of real-life University Challenge presenter Bamber Gascoigne, while Jones ' partner-in-comedy Mel Smith has a cameo as the security guard.

* Humphreys, Rob, and Bamber, Judith, The Rough Guide to London Retrieved January 2012

The tramroad was closed from Bamber Bridge to Preston in 1864, and the remainder to Walton Summit in 1879.

It runs north from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire via Hereford, Leominster, Ludlow, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch, then continues through central Cheshire to Warrington and Wigan before terminating at its junction with the A6 road just south of Bamber Bridge, near the junction of the M6, M65 and M61 motorways.

One crucial issue was whether Bamber received a call from his father that night to say Sheila had gone " berserk " with a gun.

According to Bamber, the family discussed placing the boys in foster care over dinner on the night of the murders, with little response from Sheila.

The question is whether these logs describe one call to the police, from Bamber alone, or two calls, one from Bamber and another from his father.

The design of the two yellow lines came from the markings used by Bamber to identify his sheep, and they were originally used as ' boundary markers ' to protect his land, He also used the ' two yellow lines ' to identify the access routes to his farm on the road, which on market days were sometimes clogged up with carts from surrounding villagers who were attending the regular markets.

The Mayor of Masham ( Mr Nesbit ) realised the potential and implemented this idea to restrict access to Masham market square on Market days, offenders who left any obstructions where the double yellow lines were painted were fined 4d of which George Bamber received 10 %, an idea soon adopted by the surrounding villages, The shrewd George Bamber ensured that his 10 % received from the Masham fines was also applicable to other villages.

While previously the seat crossed the River Ribble to include Bamber Bridge and Walton-le-Dale from South Ribble District Council, the seat is now within the Preston city council boundaries.

A reconfigured ' Ribble Valley ' seat would incorporate Clitheroe, Slaidburn, Sabden and Langho from the borough of Ribble Valley, in addition to Barnoldswick and Earby from the borough of Pendle, Fishwick from the City of Preston, and from the borough of South Ribble the towns of Samlesbury, Walton-le-Dale, and Bamber Bridge.

Outstanding contributions from Player of the Season winners Ally McCoist ( 1991 – 92 ), Andy Goram ( 1992 – 93 ), Mark Hateley ( 1993 – 94 ), Brian Laudrup ( 1994 – 95 and 1996 – 97 ) and Paul Gascoigne ( 1995 – 96 ), were crucial to maintaining success.

Other notable people born in or associated with Newcastle include: engineer and industrialist Lord Armstrong, engineer and father of the modern steam railways George Stephenson, his son, also an engineer, Robert Stephenson, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine Sir Charles Parsons, inventor of the incandescent light bulb Sir Joseph Swan, modernist poet Basil Bunting, Lord Chief Justice Peter Taylor, the Portuguese writer Eça de Queiroz who was a diplomat in Newcastle from late 1874 until April 1879 — his most productive literary period, The Prime Minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva, singers Eric Burdon, Sting and Brian Johnson, lead singer of AC / DC from 1980 to the present, actors Charlie Hunnam multiple circumnavigator David Scott Cowper, Neil Tennant, Alan Hull, Mark Knopfler, Hank Marvin, Bruce Welch, Cheryl Cole, entertainers Ant and Dec, and international footballers Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Andy Carroll, Paul Gascoigne and Alan Shearer.

Its invention is variously ascribed to Lieutenant General Robert Melville in 1759, or to Charles Gascoigne, manager of the Carron Company from 1769 to 1779.

Rolf, their leader and Julian's husband, is hostile, but the others — Miriam ( a former midwife ), Gascoigne ( a man from a military family ), Luke ( a former priest ), and Julian — are more personable.

George Gascoigne self-portrait from the frontispiece of The Steele Glas and Complaynte of Phylomene ( 1576 )

In 1568 an inquiry into the disposition of William Breton's property with a view to the protection of the children's rights was instituted before the Lord Mayor, but the matter was probably settled in a friendly manner, for Gascoigne continued to hold the Walthamstow estate, which he had from his wife, until his death.

Gascoigne translated two plays performed in 1566 at Grays Inn, the most aristocratic of the Renaissance London Inns of Court: the prose comedy Supposes based on Ariosto ’ s Suppositi, and Jocasta, a tragedy in blank verse which is said to have derived from Euripides ’ s Phoenissae, but appears more directly as a translation from the Italian of Lodovico Dolce ’ s Giocasta.

Seaman saved two spot-kicks in the tournament ; the first a penalty in normal play from Scotland's Gary McAllister in a group match, while England were 1 – 0 up ( Paul Gascoigne scored soon after to make it 2 – 0 ).

Gascoigne was at the centre of the action again when he gave away a penalty which Cameroon scored from.

A minute after David Seaman had saved a penalty, Gascoigne received the ball from Darren Anderton on the left outside the Scotland penalty area.

After the goal Gascoigne lay on the ground as if he were sitting in the dentist's chair, and teammates sprayed water from bottles into his open mouth.

Gascoigne adopted Sheryl's two children from her first marriage.

It has been doubted whether Gascoigne could have displayed such independence of action without prompt punishment or removal from office.

The king is said to have approved of the act, but it appears that Gascoigne was removed from his post or resigned soon after the accession of Henry V. He died in 1419, and was buried in All Saints ' Church, the parish church of Harewood in Yorkshire.

However, he caused controversy by omitting Paul Gascoigne from the squad and installing supposed faith healer Eileen Drewery as part of the England coaching staff, which led to the team being dubbed " The Hod Squad ".

In extra time, Paul Gascoigne came very close to scoring a golden goal, but missed a cross from Shearer, Darren Anderton hit the post, and Kuntz had a goal disallowed for pushing.

London Buses routes that serve Chadwell Heath are the 62 from Marks Gate ' Billet Road ' to Barking ' Gascoigne Estate '; 86 from Romford Station to Stratford Station ; 173 from King George Hospital ' Goodmayes ' to Beckton Station ; 362 from King George Hospital ' Goodmayes ' to Grange Hill Station ; 368 from Chadwell Heath ' Police Station ' to Barking ' Harts Lane ' and night bus N86 from Stratford Station to Harold Hill ' Dagnam Park Square '.