In the UK, the BBC Micro based OBBS software, available from Pace for use with their modems, optionally allowed for colour and graphics using the Teletext based graphics mode available on that platform.

BBC Red Button is broadcast on all digital television platforms in the UK, including digital cable ( DVB-C ), IPTV ( TalkTalk TV – channel 503, no red button or teletext ), digital satellite ( DVB-S ) ( Sky & Freesat ) and digital terrestrial television ( DVB-T ) ( Freeview ).

The BBC radio commentary on the final day of the innings ( 6 June 1994 ), by Dave Roberts, was being broadcast around the world live via the BBC World Service network, and in the UK on BBC Radios 1, 2 & 4 as well as the majority of BBC Local radio stations.

In May 2007, the channel became available for UK viewers to view through the BBC News website through a live stream.

Between 01: 00 and 06: 00 UK Time ( UKT ) the channel simulcasts with its sister channel, BBC World News, for the first 25 minutes of each hour with world news shown all through the simulcasts.

BBC World News and World Business Report air at 5. 00 on both channels and in lieu of commercials seen on the international broadcasts, the presenters give a brief update on UK news for domestic audiences.

** via BBC News Online ( available to UK viewers only-TV Licence required )

** via BBC iPlayer ( available to UK viewers only-TV Licence required )

* In 2002, on a UK poll broadcast by the BBC, Chaplin was ranked number 66 on a list of the 100 Greatest Britons.

When " Too Drunk to Fuck " came out in May 1981, the song caused much controversy in the UK as the BBC feared the single would reach the Top 30 ; this would require a mention of the song on Top of the Pops.

A broad range of peripherals exist for the Dragon 32 / 64, and on top of this there are add-ons such as the Dragon's Claw which give the Dragons access to the BBC Micro's large range of accessories ( a particularly important factor in the UK home market ).

On 15 July 2009, Encyclopædia Britannica was awarded a spot as one of " Top Ten Superbrands in the UK " by a panel of more than 2, 000 independent reviewers, as reported by the BBC.

Edinburgh is also home to a flourishing group of contemporary composers such as Nigel Osborne, Peter Nelson, Lyell Cresswell, Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Edward Harper, Robert Crawford, Robert Dow and John McLeod whose music is heard regularly on BBC Radio 3 and throughout the UK.

Along with the UK national radio stations, Radio Scotland and the Gaelic language service BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is also broadcast, despite few speakers residing in the city.

According to BBC History: " There have been 53 major wars in Europe, France had been a belligerent in 49 of them ; UK 43.

Conversely, BBC critic Mark Kermode believes that " the movie industries of Britain and America are inextricably intertwined ", citing numerous examples of how Hollywood provides work to British production staff and studios, whilst Britain enables Hollywood to base their prestigious productions at UK studios.

* BBC interview of John Wyndham from 1960 on the nature of evil in his novels-part of a series on writers ( somehow restricted to viewing only in UK )

Palin's first travel documentary was part of the 1980 BBC Television series Great Railway Journeys of the World, in which, humorously reminiscing about his childhood hobby of train spotting, he travelled throughout the UK by train, from London to the Kyle of Lochalsh, via Manchester, York, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh and Inverness.

* Question Time ( TV series ), a weekly TV political debate, broadcast on BBC One in the UK

It is currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and continues to attract over five million listeners, or roughly 25 % of the radio listening population of the UK at that time of the evening.

A campaign is currently underway ( reported on BBC Radio 4, Today programme, 10 July 2004 ) to encourage emigration from the UK to Saint Helena to aid development of the economy.

The BBC also reported in 2011 that the British government estimated that there were " 20, 000 squatters in the UK " and " 650, 000 empty properties ".

* ARY Radio ( UK )

He presented a Radio 4 programme, The Wikipedia Story, about Wikipedia and other encyclopedias, which featured Anderson making this correcting edit to Wikipedia's article on the UK politician Michael Portillo.

Around the same time, Robert Watson-Watt, working at the Radio Research Station in Slough, UK, suggested that the ionospheric sporadic E layer ( Es ) appeared to be enhanced as a result of lightning but that more work was needed.

Top 40 tends to be underrepresented on the Internet, being mostly the domain of commercial broadcasters such as Virgin Radio UK.

Radio Birdman broke up in June 1978 while touring the UK, where the early unity between bohemian, middle-class punks ( many with art school backgrounds ) and working-class punks had disintegrated.

In the UK before 1967 media outlets for psychedelic culture were limited to stations like Radio Luxembourg and pirate radio like Radio London, particularly the programmes hosted by DJ John Peel.

It was also voted as the 27th greatest song never to reach UK # 1 in another VH1 poll, and also voted as the 84th greatest song of all time by BBC Radio 2 listeners in their " Sold on Song " top 100 poll.

It won a bronze award in the best scripted programming category in the 2008 UK Student Radio Awards.

BBC Radio in the UK uses 44. 1 kHz 16-bit two-channel. wav audio as standard in their VCS system.

* March 29 – Radio Caroline becomes England's first pirate radio station, from a ship anchored just outside UK territorial waters.

** The Jodrell Bank Radio telescope opens in Cheshire, UK.

" Made of Stone " received more press attention and was picked up for airplay by DJ Richard Skinner on his late night Radio One show, but peaked at number ninety on the UK Singles Chart.

" Radio ", the compilation's first single, debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart ( becoming Williams ' sixth number-one hit ).

* Lady Audley's Secret 2009 ( UK, BBC Radio 4 )

* More Radio, an FM station in Swindon, North Wiltshire, UK

* The Breeze ( Frome & West Wiltshire ), formerly " More Radio ", an FM Station in West Wiltshire and Frome in East Somerset, UK

Thus in the UK and some other countries, the contemporary evolution of radio services is focused on Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB ) services or HD Radio, rather than satellite radio.

With help from Radio 1 breakfast show host Simon Mayo, who gave the song regular airplay and also used the chorus within a jingle, it became a hit, some 12 years after the song's original appearance in Life Of Brian, reaching number 3 in the UK charts and landing Idle a set on Top of the Pops in October 1991.

In May 2008, Fish's Planet Rock show won the Silver award in the Music Broadcaster of the Year category at the UK Sony Radio Academy Awards 2008.