) Miss Marple may thus be considered a female version of that staple of British detective fiction, the gentleman detective.

Another version of the standardised imperial portrait ; from the house of Jason Magnus at Cyrene, Libya | Cyrene, North Africa ( British Museum ).

Although Collins used it as a catharsis for her opposition to the Vietnam War, two years after her rendition, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, senior Scottish regiment of the British Army, recorded an instrumental version featuring a bagpipe soloist accompanied by a pipe and drum band.

Later the British also developed a version of the Mk. VI light tank armed with 4 machine guns that was known as Light Tank AA Mk. I.

Even this version had room for improvement, leading British Aerospace and the Italian firm Alenia to develop advanced versions of Sparrow with better performance and improved electronics as the BAe Skyflash and Alenia Aspide, respectively.

The one-off test in 1999 between England and Australia that was played to commemorate Australia's first test against Reverend Matthew Mullineux's British side saw England wear an updated version of this jersey.

Initially, it was relatively unsuccessful, staying at the charts for only one week, but Haley soon scored a major worldwide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle and Roll ", which went on to sell a million copies and became the first ever rock ' n ' roll song to enter British singles charts in December 1954 and became a Gold Record.

Brown himself received six Academy Award nominations and in 1949 won the British Academy Award for the film version of William Faulkner's Intruder in the Dust.

British actor Ian McNeice's interpretation of the Baron in the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune ( and its sequel, 2003's Children of Dune ) is, though dramatic, somewhat lighter and more eloquent in comparison to Lynch's version, and therefore more consistent with the novel.

Titled Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow, the British theatrical version was released on a double bill with The Sword in the Stone, and ran during the 1963 Christmas season ( advertised in the January 1964 issue of Photoplay ).

The movie also featured a soundtrack of popular songs, including a cover version of The Troggs ' " Love Is All Around " performed by Wet Wet Wet that remained at number 1 in the British charts for fifteen weeks and was then the ninth ( now twelfth ) biggest selling single of all time in Britain.

: However, it is claimed by present-day historians, both Spanish and British, that this version is apocryphal since no contemporary source accounts it.

From 1785, perhaps because the improved version of potting and stamping was about to come out of patent, a great expansion in the output of the British iron industry began.

The main cast consisted of Malcolm Barrett, Kaitlin Olson, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Paul F. Tompkins, as well as Lee Mack from the British version of the show.

Many of the sketches from the British version were recreated, such as the " California Dreamin '", " English Course ", and " Sign Language " sketches.

She made one British film as well, the 1947 film version of Uncle Silas, starring Jean Simmons.

This version is included in the book and CD set The Best British Stand-Up and Comedy Routines, along with a transcript of the sketch and the Four Yorkshiremen sketch.

Marmite ( ) is the name given to two similar food spreads: the original British version, first produced in the United Kingdom and later South Africa ; and a version produced in New Zealand.

The British version of the product is a sticky, dark brown paste with a distinctive, powerful flavour, which is extremely salty.

This is the only produce sold as Marmite in Australasia and the Pacific, whereas elsewhere in the world the British version predominates.

Common ingredients are also slightly different quantities from the British version ; the New Zealand version has high levels of potassium, for example.

New Zealand Marmite is described as having a " weaker " or " less tangy " flavour than the British version.

* Clive Reston is a British spy who resembles a younger and more vulnerable version of James Bond.

* Rock Rivals ( 2008 ) is a British television show about two judges on a televised singing contest whose marriage is falling apart.

In this book he explored in depth various theories and beliefs about time as well as his own research and unique conclusions, including an analysis of the phenomenon of precognitive dreaming, based in part on a broad sampling of experiences gathered from the British public, who responded enthusiastically to a televised appeal he made while being interviewed in 1963 on the BBC programme, Monitor.

In 1991, due in part to Social Credit's scandal-plagued final term in office under Premier William Vander Zalm and in part to the stellar performance of then – British Columbia Liberal Party ( BC Liberals ) leader Gordon Wilson in the televised leader's debate, the old Social Credit vote split between the BC Liberals, which garnered 33 % of the vote and BC Social Credit Party with 25 %.

* February 23 – the first televised boxing match, the British Lightweight Champion match Eric Boon v Arthur Danaher, is shown live by the BBC and simultaneously in several cinemas.

Actors who have portrayed Long John Silver in the various motion picture adaptations of Treasure Island include Wallace Beery, Ivo Garrani, Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Eddie Izzard, Lance Henriksen, Robert Newton, Anthony Quinn, Tim Curry, Jack Palance, Brian Murray, Oleg Borisov, Boris Andreyev and British actor Ivor Dean in a televised version of the novel.

The final round of the first ever televised leaders ' debates, hosted by the BBC, was held at the university during the 2010 British general election campaign on the 29 April 2010.

In 1980, the group attempted to represent the UK again in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Tell Me ", but it was disqualified shortly before the British heats were televised due to the fact the group had already been promoting the single.

After winning two fights in 1976, Palomino found himself and his trainers travelling to London, where an internationally televised world championship bout awaited him against WBC world Welterweight champion John H. Stracey, a British boxing teacher who had dethroned José Nápoles as world champion.

Give us a Clue is a British televised game show version of charades which was broadcast on ITV from 1979 to 1992.

This happened because, in 1971, show-jumper Harvey Smith was disqualified for making a televised V sign to the judges after winning the British Show Jumping Derby at Hickstead.

Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953 was televised by the British Broadcasting Corporation.

The televised Reach for the Top series was first shown on CBC Television affiliate CBUT in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1961, based on the BBC series Top of the Form.

The British press was anti-Pirie as he had once criticised them in a televised speech at a Sportsman of the Year presentation and partly because of this and also due to their general lack of understanding of the sport, they reported the race as an easy win for Kuts.

The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) repeated the same format that had been used over the past few years: a radio semi-final was held, with 8 songs competing, which selected 4 songs to compete in a televised final, where the final winner was selected through televoting.

The British Broadcasting Corporation ( BBC ) continued to use a national final, A Song for Europe, to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, continuing with the format of a radio semi-final with eight songs, with the top four songs, selected by televoting, progressing to the televised final.

The British government agreed to participate in a televised ceremony at Iveagh House in Dublin, the Irish department of foreign affairs.

* June 2, 1953 – the coronation of Her Majesty Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom was the first to be televised live on British television.

Some of the early televised eSports events included the American show Starcade, the British show GamesMaster, and the Australian gameshow A * mazing, which would show two children competing in various Nintendo games in order to win points.

The first outing on British television was during a regional output from the BBC studios in Bristol during the 1955 general election ( the first UK general election to be televised ) and was used to show the swing in the two constituencies of Southampton Itchen and Southampton Test.

Pot Black was a British series of snooker tournaments televised by BBC, which didn't carry any ranking points, but played a large part in the popularization of the modern game, from 1969 to 1986.

Another late career highlight came when Spencer defeated old friend Fred Davis 5 – 0 in the 1988 British Open and followed this with a 5 – 0 televised win over Dennis Taylor on 27 February.

Williams would also appear occasionally on television throughout 2007 and 2008 with British wrestling promotion, while with TNA due to the ruling their contracted wrestlers can appear in independent promotions that aren't televised in the USA.

Concurrently, it is the world's third longest-running scripted drama series currently in production after British serials The Archers and Coronation Street, as well as the world's second-longest televised soap opera still in production.

In 2003, Gayle accepted the offer to appear in the reality television series Reborn in the USA, a televised singing competition where former British pop acts were transported to the USA, with the hope of revitalising their music careers.