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 ".

* United Kingdom: The UK introduced universal BCG immunization in 1953, and until 2005, the UK policy was to immunize all school children at the age of 13, and all neonates born into high-risk groups.

Contestants are required to evict one of their own on a regular basis ; in the earlier series of Big Brother, contestants were evicted every two weeks, however, as introduced in the UK version, evictions occurred once a week, all of the current series of Big Brother follow this format.

* The fifth UK edition introduced the " Evil " touch, whereby the authority character " Big Brother " became almost a villain.

* The sixth UK series introduced secret missions where housemates would be able to win luxuries if they completed a secret task set by " Big Brother ".

* Benefit Crystallisation Event-a term introduced by the UK Finance Act 2004

The UK punk scene of the late 1970s introduced bands that glorified their working-class heritage: Sham 69 had a hit song " The Cockney Kids are Innocent ".

In the UK, the ISDN concept was first introduced to customers by BT with their

Ephemeris time based on the standard adopted in 1952 was introduced into the Astronomical Ephemeris ( UK ) and the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, replacing UT in the main ephemerides in the issues for 1960 and after.

A new format for a full-size, city centre store was introduced with the opening of the Coventry ( UK ) store in December 2007 as a response to UK government restrictions blocking retail establishment outside city centres ,.

In the UK ( but applying only to England ), the Road Traffic ( Vehicle Emissions ) ( Fixed Penalty ) Regulations 2002 ( Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1808 ) introduced the concept of a " stationary idling offence ".

In 2010 the University of Winchester introduced its Modern Liberal Arts undergraduate program, the first of its kind in the UK.

Although strongly opposed by both the business community and the Conservative Party when introduced in 1999, the minimum wage introduced in the UK is no longer controversial and the Conservatives reversed their opposition in 2000.

Similarly, it has been used by Walkers Crisps for a special-edition flavour and has introduced, with local Dorset bakery Fudges, Marmite Biscuits in the UK.

Rowland Hill and the postal reforms he introduced to the UK postal system are commemorated on several postage issues of the United Kingdom.

From 1965 the UK embarked upon a programme of metrication and gradually introduced metric units, including the tonne ( metric ton ), a non-SI metric unit defined as 1000 kg.

With a continuation of the popularity of Ultimate a possibility of it being introduced into further high schools making a more competitive league in the UK for junior Ultimate players.

In June 1980, it was introduced in the U. S. Also launched in the UK in 1980, it came with stereo playback and two mini headphone jacks, permitting two people to listen at the same time ( though it came with only one pair of MDR-3L2 headphones ).

In many countries, including the UK, a cane is not generally introduced to a child until they are between 7 and 10 years old.

Although it is often thought of as a British native wild flower, or to have been brought to the British Isles by the Romans, it was probably introduced around the early sixteenth century and is currently not a protected species in the UK.

The UK finally abandoned it in 1992 when smaller, more convenient, " silver " coins were introduced.

* Stakeholder pension scheme-a type of pension introduced by the UK Labour government in 2001.

Semmelweis, despite ridicule and opposition, introduced compulsory handwashing for everyone entering the maternal wards and was rewarded with a plunge in maternal and fetal deaths, however the Royal Society in the UK still dismissed his advice.