* On the British game show Countdown, contestants are given 30 seconds to make the longest word from nine random letters.

* On the British game show BrainTeaser, contestants are shown a word broken into randomly arranged segments and must announce the whole word.

As neither tune is attributed and both show elements of oral transmission, scholars can only speculate that they are possibly of British origin.

These three women remained with the show for 20 years or more, and became archetypes of British soap opera, often being emulated by other serials.

The song " Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps " was included in the soundtrack of the Australian film Strictly Ballroom, and became a theme song for the British TV show, Coupling, with Mari Wilson performing it for the title sequence.

The British became the major power in the Indian sub-continent after the Treaty of Paris ( 1763 ) and began to show interest in Afghanistan as early as their 1809 treaty with Shuja Shah Durrani.

The Cinematograph Films Act 1927 was passed in order to boost local production, requiring that cinemas show a certain percentage of British films.

" ( modelled on the British show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

In 1995 the show won Best New TV Comedy at the British Comedy Awards, with O ' Hanlon receiving Top TV Comedy Newcomer Award.

At the 1996 British Comedy Awards the show won Top Channel 4 Sitcom Award, McLynn took the Top TV Comedy Actress award.

Two British children's annuals were produced based on the show published by Collins in 1960 and 1961.

In 1965, a weekly show for British TV titled Groucho was poorly received and only lasted 11 weeks.

He came out as homosexual on a chat show hosted by British jazz musician George Melly, becoming one of the first celebrities to come out publicly.

After the popularity of game shows hit a nadir in the mid-1990s ( at which point The Price Is Right was the only game show still on daytime network TV ), the British game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

It was a spin-off of the British reality show Gene Simmons ' Rock School, which also aired on VH1.

The British television show Top Gear frequently tests high-powered cars on the island because many of the rural roads do not have speed limits.

Other luminaries include Keith Johnstone, the British teacher and writer – author of Impro, who founded the Theatre Machine and whose teachings form the foundation of the popular shortform Theatresports format, Dick Chudnow, founder of ComedySportz which evolved its family-friendly show format from Johnstone's Theatersports, Stan Wells, creator of the " Clap-In " longform style and founder of The Empty Stage Comedy Theatre in Los Angeles, and Bill Johnson, creator / director of The Magic Meathands, who pioneered the concept of " Commun-edy Outreach " by tailoring performances to non-traditional audiences, such as the homeless and foster children.

He also performed a duet with another British pop star, Joss Stone, a week earlier on the United Kingdom chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

* 1981 – British television: on Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event scoring massive viewer numbers for the show.

Aerial photos taken by German pilots during WWI clearly show the Nebbi Yunes sanctuary, near the British landing site at the beginning of the British 1918 Jerusalem offensive.

Two archive recordings of Orton are known to survive: a short BBC radio interview first transmitted in August 1967 and a video recording, held by the British Film Institute, of his appearance on Eamonn Andrews ' ITV chat show transmitted 23 April 1967.

More than anyone, Lord Dalhousie was responsible for the British acquiring the Koh-i-Noor, in which he continued to show great interest for the rest of his life.

He produced and appeared in an American adaptation of the British show The Sketch Show, which aired on Fox.

" Creating the Exemplary Citizen: The Changing Notion of Citizenship in Britain 1870 – 1939 ," Contemporary British History ( 2008 ) 22 # 2 pp 203 – 225

* David Lodge: The British Museum Is Falling Down, Changing Places, Nice Work, Thinks ..., and Deaf Sentence

* Anna Ryder Richardson ( one episode ; from Changing Rooms ; rebroadcast as " British Invasion " on The Best Of Trading Spaces episode 17, January 18, 2011 )

Elizabeth Cayzer, Changing Perceptions-Milestones in Twentieth-Century British Portraiture, The Alpha Press, Brighton, pp. 87 – 91

Elizabeth Cayzer, Changing Perceptions-Milestones in Twentieth-Century British Portraiture, The Alpha Press, Brighton, pp. 87 – 91

* Changing Faces-a British organization for people with facial disfigurements

Changing consciousness of English national identity, Scottish national identity, Welsh nationalism, and the effects of British imperialism have altered interpretations of how the literatures of the isles have interacted.

A second edition of his book Changing Direction: British Military Planning for Post-war Strategic Defence, 1942-1947 was published in 2003 and a university paperback edition in 2008.

Changing their strategy, the British forces shifted to Suez canal to reach Cairo through Tel el-Kebir.

The 2003 Defence White Paper, titled Delivering Security in a Changing World, set out the future structure of the British military, and was preceded by the 1998 Strategic Defence Review ( SDR ) and the 2002 SDR New Chapter, which responded to the immediate challenges to security in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001.

Changing Places ( 1975 ) is the first " campus novel " by British novelist David Lodge.

* British Council biography of David Lodge with discussion of Changing Places

Changing of the Queen's Guard at the British monarch | royal residence, Buckingham Palace

* Higher Learning and the Labour Market in a Changing World: Environmental Scan for British Columbia, BC Ministry of Advanced Education ( May 2009 )

It would be untrue to say it gained cult status as a result of this, but it did become famous enough that it helped the Changing Rooms team make an appearance on British charity appeal Children in Need.

Andy Kane ( born 25 October 1965, in South London ), nicknamed Handy Andy, is a British television personality best known for his work on the BBC's DIY programme Changing Rooms.

Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century.

The Changing the World gallery tells the story of the French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars and British involvement in India from 1794 to 1904.

Changing Stages: A View of British Theatre in the Twentieth Century.

As part of the Delivering Security in a Changing World review of the British Army, the 51st Highland Regiment became the 7th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as ( 7 SCOTS ) which was formed on 28 March 2006.

Changing its name to Hunting Percival Aircraft in 1954 and finally to Hunting Aircraft in 1957 the company merged with the Bristol Aeroplane Company, English Electric and Vickers-Armstrongs in 1959 to form the British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC ), later to become part of British Aerospace, now BAE Systems.

* Julian Lewis: 978-0-415-49171-6 Changing Direction: British Military Planning for Post-war Strategic Defence, 2nd edn., Routledge, 2008, pp. xxx-xl ( ISBN 0-415-49171-1 )

* Elbow Beach Changing Faces-The Best Of ... ( 2001 ), the third solo album by the British singer Louise