* The " Valiant ", the second episode in the first series of the BBC's Merlin, features a Knight Valiant who dishonourably uses an enchanted shield and dies in a duel with Arthur during the tournament finale.

The BBC's Merlin used parts of Whipsnade as a filming location for Season 1, and the famous lion landmark is featured in Behind The Scenes footage from the DVDs.

The Fisher King also appears in a series 3 episode of the BBC's Merlin.

The Questing Beast appears in " Le Morte d ' Arthur ", the season finale of Season 1 of the BBC's series Merlin.

She also appeared as Morgause in the BBC's Merlin beginning in the programme's second series.

The services replaced Ceefax, the BBC's analogue teletext service, and is only available via digital television receivers.

The " Red Button " branding is no longer used within the BBC's own website.

BBC News ( also referred to as the BBC News Channel ) is the BBC's 24-hour rolling news television network in the United Kingdom.

Rico Hizon regularly presents the main business stories from Singapore during the BBC's Asia Business Report, which is simulcast on BBC World News.

Following the departure of Steve Rider from the BBC, Lineker, who is a keen recreational golfer with a handicap of four, became the new presenter for the BBC's golf coverage.

The editor of BBC's Newsnight current affairs show said: " It is absolutely not the BBC's job to save the planet.

The BBC's use of announcers with strong regional accents, such as Yorkshire-born Wilfred Pickles, during the Second World War ( in order to distinguish BBC broadcasts from German propaganda ) is an earlier example of the use of non-RP accents.

A short clip is available at the BBC's website.

* November 8 – The BBC's first local radio station ( BBC Radio Leicester ) is launched.

Outside of the UK, advertising is shown because the licence fee only applies to the BBC's British operations.

The BBC's Newsnight observed that it is ironic that the once classified report analysing the construction of MI5's Thames House and MI6's Vauxhall Cross headquarters has been released, but the Al Yamamah report is still deemed too sensitive.

The Archers is a long-running British radio soap opera broadcast on the BBC's main spoken-word channel, Radio 4.

In the United Kingdom, there is a Sunday tradition of chart shows on BBC Radio 1 and commercial radio ; this originates in the broadcast of chart shows and other populist material on Sundays by Radio Luxembourg when the Reithian BBC's Sunday output consisted largely of solemn and religious programmes.

In the BBC's 1981 radio serialization of The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo is played by John Le Mesurier.

These live transmissions were part of the BBC's experimental service from Alexandra Palace and this is the first known instance of a Shakespeare play performed on television.

It was based in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in Delaware Road, London, growing outwards from the then-legendary Room 13, but from 2012 it is based entirely online.

The station is broadcast from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London.

Costing £ 71. 4 million ( 2005 / 6 ), it is the BBC's most expensive national radio network and is considered by many to be the corporation's flagship.

: The BBC's Newsnight television programme saw the financial records of Simon Mann's companies showing large payments to Nick du Toit and also some $ 2m coming in – though the source of this funding they say is largely untraceable.

* " Jim " Moriarty, is played by actor Andrew Scott in the BBC's modern-day adaptation Sherlock as an extremely volatile " consulting criminal " who develops a murderous obsession with Sherlock Holmes.

Holmfirth ( and the surrounding countryside ) is the setting for the BBC's long-running comedy Last of the Summer Wine.

Ridley Road market is reputedly the basis for the one found in BBC's EastEnders.

She continued to divide her appearances between stage, TV and film, appearing in the title role of a television production of Jean Anouilh's Antigone in 1969 and in the 1970 film Cromwell as Queen Henrietta Maria, before playing another Queen in 1970 – Anne Boleyn in the BBC's series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, which starred Keith Michell in the title role.

The Dolls also toured Europe, and, while appearing on UK television, host Bob Harris of the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test derided the group as " mock rock ," comparing them unfavorably to the Rolling Stones.

He had previously taken smaller parts in a number of British television dramas, appearing in the acclaimed I, Claudius in 1976 as Gratus, the no-nonsense soldier of Caligula's bodyguard who drew Claudius from his hiding-place in the palace, and presented him as the proper heir to the empire, and also as Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York in the BBC's 1982 productions of Shakespeare's Henry VI plays.

In 1975, Can signed to Virgin Records in the UK and EMI / Harvest in Germany, appearing the same year on BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test where a memorable performance of Vernal Equinox involved Schmidt playing one keyboard section with a series of rapid karate chops.

He made a return to dramatic acting in 2005, appearing in the BBC's adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House.

It also continued to attract attention from advertisers and filmmakers with " Hands Around My Throat " being used in a Sony Ericsson advert and appearing on the soundtrack to The Animatrix, while the track " Girls " was used on the soundtracks to Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation and Angela Robinson's D. E. B. S., as well as in an episode of the TV show Veronica Mars and a commercial for BBC's most recent production of Sense and Sensibility.

In 2005, Davies supported the British Olympic bid by profile raising and appearing as spokesperson on BBC's Question Time where she made a strong case for bringing the games to London.

She has also appeared extensively on British television, appearing in guest roles in episodes of series such as Rumpole of the Bailey, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Boon, A Touch of Frost and in the BBC's 1997 adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.

The BBC's William Gallagher wrote in a November 2001 column that Soul's guest-appearance had begun a trend for American actors appearing in UK shows.

He was one of the readers on the BBC's online Advent Calendar in December 2006 and starred in the 2006 pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as the henchman at Manchester Opera House, appearing alongside Suranne Jones, Justin Moorhouse, and the all-star seven dwarves including Warwick Davis.

Rodska continues to act on television, recently appearing on Doc Martin, as DI Dennis Carter in BBC's 55 Degrees North.

The song's success saw the band appearing on the BBC's Top Of The Pops and Saturday morning kids ' show Number 73.

This finally enabled him to make the move in television with the BBC's commercial competitor, ITV, as he returned to appearing on the airwaves rather than behind the scenes, becoming a chairman of the programme Free Speech.

Bailey also made four appearances in various roles in the 1960s cult drama The Avengers, as well as appearing as artist Aubrey Green in the BBC's 1967 adaptation of The Forsyte Saga.