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 ".

Due to rights restrictions, some programmes are only available to UK audiences or are not available on the BBC Website or iPlayer services.

The full 30 minute UK version broadcast on BBC News 24 used to be updated on iPlayer and the Click website page after the first showing of the 30 minute UK edition at 11: 30 each Saturday morning, then disappeared for undisclosed reasons ( instead since early 2011 the only 30 minute full edition available was the World Service broadcast, which was now not available until the following Tuesday or Wednesday on both iPlayer and the Click website page ).

With Sky as an early mover and the BBC iPlayer and Virgin Media as ambitious followers, the UK is to date the most developed and innovative EPG market, with 96 percent of viewers frequently using the EPG in 2010.

Programmes shown exclusively on BBC One Scotland can also be watched again across the UK for 7 days after transmission on the BBC iPlayer service.

This was done reportedly to allow British ISPs and the BBC to gauge the effect of the iPlayer traffic on the Internet within the UK.

The global iPlayer app includes some features that are not in the UK version, including the ability to stream shows over 3G as well as Wi-Fi, and a downloading feature to store programmes on the iPad for offline viewing.

Decca's deals with numerous other record labels began to fall apart: RCA Records, for instance, abandoned Decca to set up its own UK office in 1971.

Domains which are registered with ICANN registrars, generally have to use the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy ( UDRP ), however, Germany's DENIC requires people to use the German civil courts, and Nominet UK deals with Intellectual Property and other disputes through its own dispute resolution service.

In reality, although the company won several of the auctions for UK fixed wireless broadband access licences in 2004, and purchased several more in post-auction deals, its UK consumer wireless broadband service ( known variously as Netvigator, and later Now!

A system where only 3 parties have a realistic possibility of winning an election or forming a coalition is sometimes called a " Third-party system ", however in some cases the system is called a " Stalled Third-Party System " when there are 3 parties in the system, and all 3 parties win a large number of votes, however only 2 have a chance of winning a general election ; this is usually because the electoral system penalises the third party e. g. UK politics, the Liberal Democrats gained 23 % of the vote in 2010 elections but won less than 10 % of the seats due to the First-Past-The-Post electoral system, however despite this they still have enough seats ( and enough public support ) for the other major 2 parties to form coalitions with them or make deals with the third party so to gain their support e. g. Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition formed after the 2010 general election and the Lib-Lab pact during Prime Minister James Callaghan's Minority Labour Government when Labour lost its 3 seat majority in 1977, the pact fell short of a full coalition.

The suggested linkage of arms deals to aid became the subject of a UK Government inquiry from March 1994.

It deals with intelligence assessments and directing the national intelligence organisations of the UK.

Mobile: a free-to-use switching service that lets consumers compare mobile phone deals and handsets from UK network providers and retailers.

They currently have licensing and distribution deals with Funimation Entertainment, Sentai Filmworks, and Viz Media in the UK, however unlike previous licensing agreements they do not bring titles from Funimation, Sentai, and Viz to Australia under their brand as Manga's Australian distributor, Madman Entertainment has the licenses from these companies.

Many of the UK labels ended up signing distribution deals with major labels to remain viable, but others retained their independence ( e. g. Factory Records, Warp, Wax On, BlancoMusic ) and the factor that came to define independent labels was distribution, which had to be independent of the majors for records to be included in the UK Indie Chart, which was first compiled in 1980.

In the UK, employees outside the boardroom are currently granted anonymity about their pay deals.

He has also introduced a range of development deals with broadcasters and independent production companies to help new NFTS graduates get started and, in 2005, joined forces with NESTA ( The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts ) to launch NFTS Inc, a Creative Pioneer programme supporting graduates of any UK film school develop start-up businesses in the motion picture industry.

SABC has deals with studio companies in the US and various television networks in the UK to air some series with a few months delay from their international airdates.

* FACT, the Federation Against Copyright Theft ( website ) is the main UK anti-copyright infringement organization, though it mainly deals with copyright infringement relating to films.

Originally published in the UK as Two Hours to Doom – with George using the pseudonym " Peter Bryant " ( Bryan Peters for the French translation, 120 minutes pour sauver le monde ) – the novel deals with the apocalyptic threat of nuclear war and the almost absurd ease with which it can be triggered.

Distribution deals saw the album being released by RSK in the UK, Sony in Germany, Suburban in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

He claimed that he was an arms dealer and a fall guy for a conspiracy including British law enforcement and governments of seven countries and that there had been a total of 4, 000 forgeries that had been used to finance arms deals between the UK arms industry and Iran, Iraq and Sierra Leone.

Similarly to some other alternative music labels, such as Factory Records in the UK and punk label Dischord Records in the US, Touch and Go pursued a relaxed approach to recording contracts, characterized by handshake deals providing for a 50-50 split of profits between artist and label after promotion and production costs.

Throughout the 1970s Warner Bros. also benefited from its US / Canada distribution deals with independent labels such as Straight Records, DiscReet Records, UK labels Chrysalis ( 1972 – 1976 ) and Island ( 1974 – 1982 ), Bizarre Records, Bearsville Records ( 1970 – 1984 ) and Geffen Records ( which was sold to MCA in 1990 ).

The UK Patent Office, which deals with trade mark registration has recently implemented a national intelligence database ' Tellpat ' which is available to enforcement officers.

Groundbreaking deals with EA and Ubisoft helped introduce an exclusive distribution model to the UK Software market.

Although best known for his sportscar and UK Formula One career, as well as for brokering sponsorship deals, Edwards participated in 17 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 13, 1974.

The recurring theme on the album deals with lyrics about world issues and self-consciousness, along with several jazz instrumentals that made the album a success in the band's native country, the UK.