These " bars " are typically more akin to Culture of the United Kingdom | British " pub s " and are popular at lunchtime.

Other systems used the Viewdata protocols made popular in the UK by British Telecom's Prestel service, and the on-line magazine Micronet 800 whom were busy giving away modems with their subscriptions.

Being particularly popular in the British garrison town Poona ( now Pune ), the game also came to be known as Poona.

Bronski Beat were a popular British synthpop trio who achieved success in the mid 1980s, particularly with the 1984 chart hit " Smalltown Boy ".

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day.

Called the " Grand Old Man " later in life, he was always a dynamic popular orator who appealed strongly to British workers and lower middle class.

Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa.

The Battle of the Nile remains one of the Royal Navy's most famous victories, and has remained prominent in the British popular imagination, sustained by its depiction in a large number of cartoons, paintings, poems and plays.

The film's title was inspired by the line, " Bring me my chariot of fire ," from the William Blake poem adapted into the popular British hymn " Jerusalem "; the hymn is heard at the end of the film.

* In 1981, Attlee again entered British popular culture as one of the famous English people taunted by name in Bjørge Lillelien's legendary commentary immediately after Norway defeated England in a FIFA World Cup qualifier.

Frequently referred to as " Canada's birthday ", particularly in the popular press, the occasion marks the joining of the British North American colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada into a federation of four provinces ( the Province of Canada being divided, in the process, into Ontario and Quebec ) on July 1, 1867.

Regardless when and by what route it reached England and the British colonies in its recognizable form, croquet is, like pall mall, trucco, jeu de mail and kolven, clearly a derivative of ground billiards, which was popular in Western Europe back to at least the 14th century, with roots in classical antiquity.

This track features an Indian sample from a cult Bollywood era making the track popular on the bhangra and desi scene and with much of British Asian urban culture.

British radicals, from the 1790s to the 1820s, concentrated on parliamentary and electoral reform, emphasizing natural rights and popular sovereignty.

* Cradle of Filth, a popular British extreme metal band, has produced an album called Dusk ... and Her Embrace inspired by " Carmilla ", and have also recorded an instrumental track titled " Carmilla's Masque ".

The album also references many aspects of British life and popular culture, and uses British slang to a large extent.

Since its release the album has itself become part of British popular culture.

During this period, a number of very popular writers emerged, mostly British but with a notable subset of American writers.

British public perception of the engagement was initially as a serious defeat, at a time when popular opinion expected great things from the Royal Navy.

Since its premiere in 1985, EastEnders has had a large impact on British popular culture.

The British presence was broadly popular ( particularly given the alternative of a German occupation ).

After a faltering start, British films began to make increasing use of documentary techniques and former documentary film-makers to make more realistic films, many of which helped to shape the popular image of the nation at war.

In the 1950s ( see 1950s in film ) the industry began to retreat slightly from the prestige productions which had made British films successful worldwide, and began to concentrate on popular comedies and World War II dramas aimed more squarely at the domestic audience.

* Alexandra Mack, aka Alex Mack, main character in the popular American Television series The Secret World of Alex Mack

* Alexandra Dunphy, aka Alex Dunphy, character in popular American Television series " Modern Family "

Television executives had been pursuing Ball to adapt her very popular radio series My Favorite Husband for television.

The Plainclothesman, a moderately popular crime series aired on the DuMont Television Network from 1949 to 1954, used the technique.

Television credits include The Tracey Ullman Show, American Music Awards, the Academy Awards, and several commercials, such as The King's touchdown celebration, as seen in a string of popular Burger King television commercials that aired during the 2005 – 2006 NFL season.

* Man About The House ( 1974 ) Film version of the popular TV series, playing himself at the Thames Television Studio finale.

Television was the new popular medium, and by the time Besser joined the act, the Stooges were generally considered throwbacks to a bygone era.

became a hit when it aired on the Public Broadcasting Service, while Absolutely Fabulous enjoyed a significant following when it aired on Comedy Central, and The Office won a Golden Globe award in 2004 for " Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy ", beating popular American favourites such as HBO's Sex and the City and NBC's Will & Grace.

The Parents Television Council has criticized many popular Fox shows for perceived indecent content, such as American Dad !, Arrested Development, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Hell's Kitchen, Married ... with Children, Prison Break, and That ' 70s Show.

The program, presented by Bamber Gascoigne, produced by Granada Television and broadcast across the ITV network, was very popular and ran until it was taken off the air in 1987.

The now-demolished bus depot at Wood Green was used for location filming by London Weekend Television for their popular 1970s situation comedy On The Buses.

* Out of this World: Extraordinary Costumes from Film and Television: June 16, 2007-September 30, 2007 Featured costumes from Star Wars, Blade Runner, The Terminator, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and many more of the most popular films and television shows of all time.

In the United States, dirty, simple clothes-ranging from the T-shirt / jeans / leather jacket Ramones look to the low-class, second-hand " dress " clothes of acts like Television or Patti Smith-were preferred over the expensive or colorful clothing popular in the disco scene. The Ramones | Ramones playing for an audiences at CBGB's circa 1977

In the popular drama series, The Vampire Diaries currently airing on The CW Television Network, the character of Elena Gilbert is a doppelgänger of the vampire Katherine Pierce ( original name ; Katerina Petrova ).

He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science magazine, The Nature of Things, seen in over forty nations.

Recruited by Fulchester Television he became a popular TV personality and established his own production company, MellieVision.

In 1969, he achieved an international popular presence as the writer, producer, and presenter of the BBC Television series, Civilisation.

In 1976, BBC Television adapted the book and its sequel into the popular TV serial, also entitled I, Claudius.

Her long career has included many films and television programmes, but she is probably best known for starring as Livia in the popular BBC adaptation of Robert Graves's novel, I, Claudius ( BBC2, 1976 ), for which she won the 1977 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress, and for many appearances on the original run of Call My Bluff.

The series also featured popular cross-over episodes featuring both Maverick brothers, including the famous " Shady Deal at Sunny Acres ", upon which the first half of the 1973 movie The Sting appears to be based, according to Roy Huggins ' Archive of American Television interview.

* May 15 – The first Japanese popular Owarai variety show program, Shoten, debuts on Nippon Television Network, and will be watched by more than 25 million Japanese every week.

However, the site does not contain episodes of Charmed or Felicity, which were two of WB's most popular shows, as Charmed is owned by CBS Television Distribution and Felicity is owned by Disney-ABC Domestic Television.

She is best known as the founding producer of the science-fiction series Doctor Who, a programme which has become a part of British popular culture, and for her association with Thames Television.