Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched ( starting on 20 April 1964 based in London ), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour.

Originally formed as a gospel quartet, following the death of brother Vernon, the remaining trio launched a career into doo-wop scoring with their first million-selling hit single, " Shout ", in 1959.

Originally a private company, the Gartner Group was launched publicly in the 1980s, then acquired by Saatchi & Saatchi, a London-based advertising agency, and then acquired in 1990 by some of its executives, with funding from Bain Capital and Dun & Bradstreet.

Originally a manufacturer of tape recorders, radios, television sets, stereo systems, and other home electronics, it launched its first home computer, the ABC 80 in 1978.

Originally NASA had proposed a direct lander using a variant of the Apollo Command Module launched atop of a Saturn IB rocket with a Centaur upper stage.

Originally, Zip disks launched with capacities of 100 MB, but later versions increased this to first 250 MB and then 750 MB.

Originally launched experimentally in the Montreal area, " Alex " was then launched in most areas served by Bell Canada ( primarily Ontario and Quebec ) with offers of a free trial period and terminal.

Originally Sky launched with a set top box known as the Sky digibox, however, in more recent years the Sky + and Sky + HD boxes have launched alongside the original box.

Originally launched in 2001, The Selector is an international showcase for the best new music the United Kingdom has to offer, covering a variety of genres from indie, dubstep, folk, soul, hip hop and more.

Originally a two-part presentation on the anthology series Desilu Playhouse, it made such a splash that a series was launched the following fall.

Originally launched in Toronto, the cast consisted of Sexton, Olsen, Greg Malone, Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh and Paul Sametz.

Originally launched in 1990, it is currently in its fourth generation as of 2012.

Originally commercial and subscription-driven, Shadowbane was launched in March 2003, and was the creation of text-MUD veterans J. Todd Coleman, James Nance, Josef Hall, Patrick Blanton and Robert Marsa and a team of 45 programmers, designers, artists and featured music by composer David Beaupre.

Originally launched as an independent station in March of 1985, it has been affiliated with Fox since the network's launch on October 6, 1986.

Originally launched as TurboNick, showcasing broadband content such as video clips and games.

Originally, speculation was rife over whether it would be launched on the Digital Satellite platform immediately.

Originally offered with 1. 4L petrol and diesel engines, a turbocharged diesel engine was introduced in October 2005 ; a 1. 2L petrol engine in November 2006 and a DiCOR ( Direct Injection Common Rail ) diesel version of Indica V2 was launched in January 2008.

Originally launched with the pronunciation " one-double-oh-seven " and James Bond-style promotion, Peugeot revised their strategy under pressure from the Bond franchise owners.

Originally launched on February 1, 1983 under the name Premier Choix, the channel was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) to provide a national 24-hour a day French-language pay television service.

Originally launched in September 1989, it was rebranded on 23 March 2009 by Global Radio in line with its rebranding of most of the One Network, to which the station was formerly part of.

Originally named Peleus and known as In-Q-It, In-Q-Tel was launched in 1999 under the direction of Gilman Louie.

Originally called Galaxy 105-106, presenter Steve Furnell launched the station on Tuesday 1 June 1999, with " What You Need " by Powerhouse feating Duane Harden being the first record played.

Originally a hit for Frank and Nancy Sinatra, the song became Williams ' fifth number one hit in the UK.

( Originally published as Fantasy Reader's Guide No 2: The File on Ramsey Campbell by Cosmos Literary Agency, Wallsend, Co. Tyne and Wear, UK, 1980 ).

* Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland ( 1940 ) Originally published in serial form in Discovery magazine ( UK ) in 1938.

Iveco Ford Truck produced the Cargo, the UK market leader for many years built in Langley, Slough on which the current EuroCargo was based ( Originally a Ford Product ).

* Barrett's Oesophagus Campaign Originally The Barrett's Oesophagus Foundation, the UK charity committed to research into prevention of adenocarcinoma of the esophagus

Originally there were very few types of cars ; the boxcar ( UK: " van "), a closed box with side doors, was among the first.

* Ida Mett's pamphlet of the Kronstadt Commune Originally published by Solidarity, UK

Originally from London, Daniel Tammet, the subject of the UK documentary The Boy With The Incredible Brain, has now moved to the town.

Originally called Infection, the game was invented by Dave Crummack and Craig Galley in 1988 for Wise Owl Software, which then sold the rights to Virgin Mastertronic UK.

Originally called MDMA ( Massive Dance Music Alert ), they first had chart success under the name Utah Saints with the singles " What Can You Do For Me " ( UK No. 10 ), " Something Good " ( their biggest UK success at No. 4 ) and " Believe In Me ", a UK No. 8 chart hit, which they described as their vocal sample trilogy as those singles sampled Gwen Guthrie, Kate Bush and The Human League respectively (" What Can You Do For Me " also featured a sample from Eurythmics ).

Originally from Paddington, London, his circus became famous in the UK for its Christmas shows at Olympia in West London.

Originally, promoters had hoped to make the event three days ( Friday-Sunday ) and even considered the UK band Massive Attack to be the third day headliner-but those plans never came to fruition.

Originally " The News Chronicle Enterprise ", this predates Jack Holt's other newspaper sponsored Mirror Dinghy as the first UK sailing dinghy to be sponsored by a national newspaper.

Originally, there were four versions of MTV Select including a German, Italian, UK, and Pan-European versions that aired on local MTV channels: MTV Germany, MTV UK and Ireland, MTV Italy and the original European channel MTV Europe.

Originally, there were four versions of MTV Select including a German, Italian, UK, and Pan-European versions that aired on local MTV channels: MTV Germany, MTV UK and Ireland, MTV Italy and the original European channel MTV Europe.

Originally conceived to follow the UK Prestel specifications, and developed on contract by IBM Germany, Btx added a number of additional features before launch, including some inspired by the French Minitel service, to create a new display standard of its own, which in 1981 was designated the CEPT1 profile.

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.

Originally a quartet which included Zena McNally, the group was formed in 1999 and released two major studio albums and seven consecutive UK top ten singles, including international hits such as " All I Want ", " One Night Stand " and " B With Me ".

Originally a remake of the same-titled unreleased Blaque single from 2002, Mis-Teeq and Telstar agreed not to use album version, instead releasing the alternate " Ignorants Radio Edit " as an official single version which entered the UK charts at # 8 on 12 July 2003.

Originally hosted by Gilbert Harding and Lionel Hale, teams from various regions around the UK play in a tournament of head-to-head battles.