On November 9, 2008, a radio adaptation of the novel was broadcast on BBC Radio 3, starring Robert Lonsdale as Paul Bäumer and Shannon Graney as Katczinsky.

On 18 November 2008 the band released The BBC Sessions, which features songs from the period of 1996 – 2001 ( including the last recordings featuring Isobel Campbell before she left the band ), along with a second disc featuring a recording of a live performance in Belfast from Christmas 2001.

It was relaunched in November 2001 under the BBCi brand and operated under this name until 2008, when it was once more rebranded as BBC Red Button.

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.

In November 2008, the BBC celebrated 10 years of the digital interactive TV service.

In April 2008, the channel was renamed " BBC News " as part of a £ 550, 000 rebranding of the BBC's news output, complete with a new studio and presentation.

On 21 April 2008, BBC News 24 was renamed BBC News on the channel itself – but is referred to as the BBC News Channel on other BBC services.

Previous BBC News programming includes Head 2 Head, Your News, STORYFix and News 24 Tonight a regular weekday evening programme providing a round up of the day's news which ran from 2005 to 2008.

Since 21 April 2008, the overnight bulletins, while produced by the BBC News Channel, have usually been broadcast from the studios of BBC World News.

The channel swapped studios with sister channel BBC World, moving to studio N8 within the newsroom, where it remained until 2008.

* BBC News report on handover, 14 August 2008

*" How to Kill a Human Being ", BBC Horizon TV programme documentary, 2008

On 25 February 2008, he started presenting Brainbox Challenge, a new game show, for BBC Two.

In 2008, he presented a reality TV talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC entitled Maestro, starring eight celebrities who are " famous amateurs with a passion for classical music.

He also covered the Sunday morning 11 AM-1 PM show on BBC Radio 2 through the end of January 2008.

* Clone ( TV series ), a 2008 BBC comedy series

* Dylan Thomas: Under Milk Wood and other plays ( Naxos Audiobooks NA288712 – 2008 ) ( originally BBC – 1954 )

On 19 June 2008 the BBC published a time line of the conflict and reported that the " Border dispute rumbles on ":

The children ’ s author Anne Fine presented an overview of the concerns about Blyton's work and responses to them on BBC Radio 4 in November 2008, in which she noted the “ drip, drip, drip of disapproval ” associated with the books.

BBC Two showed an episode on 8 November 2008 as part of its tribute night to producer Geoffrey Perkins, who had died just over two months before.

On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.

In a June 2008 issue of the journal Autoimmunity Reviews, researchers S Planque, Sudhir Paul, Ph. D, and Yasuhiro Nishiyama, Ph. D of the University Of Texas Medical School at Houston announced that they have engineered an abzyme that degrades the superantigenic region of the gp120 CD4 binding site.

On December 9, 2008, Atari announced that it had acquired Cryptic Studios, an MMORPG developer.

On 26 September 2008, the university announced its intention to return swimming to a varsity status in September 2009.

On 1 September 2008, Aston Martin announced the revival of the Lagonda marque.

In December 2008, Aston Martin announced that it would cut its 1, 850 workforce by 600.

On August 22, 2008, Aon announced that it had acquired London-based Benfield Group.

Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility, who operated AMPS networks in Canada, announced that they would observe the same timetable as outlined by the FCC in the United States, and as a result would not begin to dismantle their AMPS networks until after February 2008.

Both Bell Mobility and Telus Mobility had announced that they would observe the same shutdown guidelines as in the United States, and decommissioned their AMPS networks in 2008.

In 2008, Foundation director Inder Singh announced that deals to reduce the price of anti-malaria drugs by 30 % in developing nations.

In May 2008, the Navy announced new plans to reposition its forces throughout Brazil.

On May 7, 2008, Borland announced the sale of CodeGear division to Embarcadero Technologies for an expected $ 23 million price and $ 7 million in CodeGear accounts receivables retained by Borland.

In February 2008, the Malaysian government announced the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy plan to harvest the virgin hinterlands of Northern Borneo.

On 30 October 2008 a spokesman for the team announced that the team would complete its last three performances of the year with five jets instead of six.

On May 11, 2008 Sudan announced it was cutting diplomatic relations with Chad, claiming that it was helping rebels in Darfur to attack the Sudanese capital Khartoum.

In a letter dated 18 February 2008, Castro announced that he would not accept the positions of president and commander in chief at the 24 February 2008 National Assembly meetings, saying " I will not aspire nor accept — I repeat I will not aspire or accept — the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief.

The UK's National Health Service announced in 2008 that more therapists would be trained to provide CBT at government expense as part of an initiative called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies ( IAPT ).

In 2007, he announced he would release his autobiography, planned for March 2008, published by Hodder Headline and titled On the Rocks, which would cover the recent incidents in his life.

On 13 November 2008, Cessna announced that a total of 665 jobs would be cut at its Wichita and Bend, Oregon plants starting in January 2009.

In May 2008, the NLCC and The JAM Brands announced a partnership to produce The U. S. Finals-Final Destination.

On July 11, 2007, PBS announced that it had greenlit an animated adaptation of Car Talk, to air on prime-time in 2008.

It was announced on 31 December 2007 as a policy to be implemented by the Rudd ALP government, and initial tests in Tasmania have produced a 2008 report.

In March 2008 TfL announced that it had reached agreement to buy TCL for £ 98m.