* 2005: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, nominated )

* 2005 – Cliff Allison, British race car driver ( b. 1932 )

The British and Irish Lions against the All Blacks in 2005

In March 2005, the British network Sky TV reported that Tom Hanks was planning to produce a biopic on the life of Bill Haley, with production tentatively scheduled to begin in 2006.

However, in a 2005 poll by British film magazine Empire, Braveheart was # 1 on their list of " The Top 10 Worst Best Pictures ".

In 2005, Russia produced almost one-fifth of the global diamond output, reports the British Geological Survey.

* Holger Nehring, ' The British and West German Protests against Nuclear Weapons and the Cultures of the Cold War, 1957 – 64 ', Contemporary British History, 19, No. 2 ( 2005 )

In 2001 he was awarded a British Computer Society's Lovelace Medal, and in 2005 he was made a Fellow of the Computer History Museum and honored with the Norbert Wiener Award, which is given annually by Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility.

A 2005 study in the British Medical Journal found that learning and practising the didgeridoo helped reduce snoring and obstructive sleep apnea by strengthening muscles in the upper airway, thus reducing their tendency to collapse during sleep.

2005, 15, 1, 4-5, British Film Institute

Boztepe was romantically linked with British actress Jacqueline Bisset from 1997 until 2005.

The year 2005 saw the emergence of The British Urban Film Festival, a timely addition to the film festival calendar which recognised the influence of Kidulthood on UK audiences and which consequently began to showcase a growing profile of films in a genre which previously was not otherwise regularly seen in the capital ’ s cinemas.

In May 2005 the Canadian province of British Columbia had a referendum on abolishing single-member district plurality in favour of multi-member districts with the Single Transferable Vote system after the Citizens ' Assembly on Electoral Reform made a recommendation for the reform.

* 1914 – Ralph Erskine, British architect ( Byker Wall ) ( d. 2005 )

In the UK, the Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 outlawed the procedure in Britain itself, and the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 and Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation ( Scotland ) Act 2005 made it an offence for FGM to be performed anywhere in the world on British citizens or permanent residents.

Earlier in December 2005, the European Commission initiated the second stage of infringement proceedings against the British Government relating to Gibraltar ’ s failure to transpose five European Union directives on electronic communications, but these were closed after the relevant legislation was passed into law by the House of Assembly in June 2006.

Rebellion and Savagery: The Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the British Empire ( 2005 )

Many operations of the large container port at Felixstowe and of Trinity House, the lighthouse authority, are managed from Harwich, and plans for the development of a new container port in Bathside Bay were approved by the British government in December 2005.

* Grzega, Joachim ( 2005 ), " Reflection on Concepts of English for Europe: British English, American English, Euro-English, Global English ", Journal for EuroLinguistiX 2: 44-64

Jersey pounds per US dollar-0. 55 ( 2005 ), 0. 6981 ( January 2002 ), 0. 6944 ( 2001 ), 0. 6596 ( 2000 ), 0. 6180 ( 1999 ), 0. 6037 ( 1998 ), 0. 6106 ( 1997 ); the Jersey pound is at par with the British pound.

Brown appeared at Edinburgh 50, 000 – The Final Push, the final Live 8 concert on July 6, 2005, where he performed a duet with British pop star Will Young on " Papa's Got A Brand New Bag ".

* 1936 – Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker ( d. 2005 )

* 1920 – John Box, British film production designer and art director ( d. 2005 )

* 2005 – Erwin Hillier, British cinematographer ( b. 1911 )

Carolla co-hosted the syndicated radio call-in program Loveline from 1995 to 2005 as well as the show's television incarnation on MTV from 1996 to 2000.

He hosted The Adam Carolla Project, a home improvement television program which aired on TLC in 2005 and The Car Show on Speed TV in 2011.

In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, following its appearance on the 2005 television programme Seven Natural Wonders, Cheddar Gorge was named as the second greatest natural wonder in Britain, surpassed only by the Dan yr Ogof caves.

" He, too, has become a noted writer of his own high-profile television drama programmes, including Queer as Folk and the 2005 revival of Doctor Who.

In 2005, Elwes played the young Pope John Paul II in the CBS television film Pope John Paul II.

When the comic switched to the Tamers series the storylines adhered to continuity more strictly ; sometimes it would expand on subject matter not covered by the original Japanese anime ( such as Mitsuo Yamaki's past ) or the English adaptations of the television shows and movies ( such as Ryo's story or the movies that remained undubbed until 2005 ).

In 2005 Devo recorded a new version of " Whip It " to be used in Swiffer television commercials, a decision they have said they regretted.

She has given live performances on various television shows, events and ceremonies ( her most recent appearance was in Gaoth Dobhair in the summer of 2005, which coincided with a tribute event to the Brennan family that took place in Letterkenny ), but she has yet to do a concert.

Internacia Televido, an internet television channel, began broadcasting in November 2005.

Holden caused controversy in 2005 with their Holden Employee Pricing television advertisement, which ran between October and December 2005.

Hefner and Burns later collaborated on numerous other television projects, most notably on The Girls Next Door, a reality series that ran for six seasons ( 2005 – 2009 ) and 90 episodes.

Voight gave critically acclaimed biographical performances during the 2000s ( decade ), appearing as sportscaster Howard Cosell in Ali ( 2001 ), as Nazi officer Jürgen Stroop in Uprising ( 2001 ), and as Pope John Paul II in the television miniseries of the same name ( 2005 ).

In 2005, Grammer returned to television.

Her parents were the film producer Wilbur Stark ( 1912 – 1995 ) and New York television host Kathi Norris ( 1919 – 2005 ).

* 1925 – Johnny Carson, American television host ( d. 2005 )

Television credits include The Tracey Ullman Show, American Music Awards, the Academy Awards, and several commercials, such as The King's touchdown celebration, as seen in a string of popular Burger King television commercials that aired during the 2005 – 2006 NFL season.

Russell Crowe & The Ordinary Fear of God set out to break the new band in by performing a successful sold out series of dates of Australia in 2005 and then in 2006 returned to the US to promote their new release My Hand, My Heart with another sold-out US Tour and major press, radio and television appearances.

All eight television channels are owned by MediaCorp ; its only other competitor, SPH Mediaworks closed its television channel on 1 January 2005.

As of 2005, there were also 20 privately-owned Somali newspapers, 12 radio and television stations, and numerous internet sites offering information to the public.

The character appears in the first and third novels, the first and third radio series ( and the LP adaptation of the first radio series ), the 1981 television series and the 2005 feature film.

Doctor Who was finally cancelled in 1989, not to return as a regular television series until 2005.

* " Spin " ( House ), a 2005 episode of the television series House