Tamba serves as the programme's naive child ; the programme's educational content is introduced as the presenters explain things to Tamba.

The programme's prominence in Radio 4's schedule meant that Bragg's elevation to the House of Lords as a life peer necessitated Bragg's relinquishing of an involvement in the programme.

The programme's run ended with a live New Year's Eve special broadcast through to the early hours of New Year's Day 1988 ; material included " Hotel California " by The Eagles, live from 1977, and " Bat Out of Hell " by Meat Loaf.

Her tenure on the show spanned the last nine stories of the programme's original run, which ended in 1989.

As implied in the lyrics to the programme's theme song, the 1970s series plays on both lads ' feelings of nostalgia for the lost days of their innocent and reckless youth.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the programme's main presenter was Gordon Clough, who would typically prepare for the programme by completing the Times, Guardian and FT crosswords.

Although the programme's playlist is almost exclusively rock, pop and soul from the 1970s onwards, until early 2008 its Radio Data System flag identified it as programme type 12, " M. O. R.

Wright, embittered by a still unresolved pension dispute, fled to Australia where the book was written and finally published-to the fury of Mrs Thatcher-with the assistance of the original programme's chief researcher, Paul Greengrass.

Nobody Kills Santa Claus, the second episode of the first series ( transmitted 30 January 1965 ), is very different from the programme's later style — for instance the character of Marker still retains some of the " tough guy " heroism that Burke was keen to move away from.

The latter was later identified as Robin Jackson, who was still living at the time of the broadcasting, and the programme's producers had feared an accusation of libel.

In addition to the redistributive themes of a hero who robs from the rich and gives to the poor, many episodes in the programme's first two seasons included the threat that Robin and his band would be betrayed to the authorities by friends or loved ones, much as the blacklisted writers had been.

This extended to many infamous shots of the presenter's rear as she ran from clue to clue in a jump-suit, which became the main focus of the programme's portrayal in the satirical TV series, Spitting Image.

The Ilea was home to a university and many of the programme's main plot strands revolved around the lives of the students, helping the programme to deal with more down-to-earth issues despite its unearthly setting.

After auditioning many children for the part, Kelley was hired by the programme's producers, who had been impressed by his performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher.

Since the programme's demise, many of the production team have transferred to Finger Tips and Mister Maker ( both recorded at The Maidstone Studios ).

However many viewers felt that the comic storylines stretched the programme's credibility.

The 1980s featured some of the most prominent storylines in the programme's history, such as Deirdre Barlow's affair with Mike Baldwin in 1983, the first soap storyline to receive widespread media attention.

Despite these new developments and storylines, the programme's viewing figures were falling.

Walker expressed his enjoyment of the series ' storylines and characters, particular the portrayal of Dr. Robotnik, and was disappointed by the programme's cancellation.

The first series establishes the narrative blueprint for the remainder of the programme's run: combining standard melodramatic storylines involving family drama, romance and extramarital affairs ( Tom and Avril, Jan and Ken ) with business-related plots of corporate intrigue and scheming for power, climaxing with an end-of-series cliffhanger.

Presenter Jimmy Savile claimed the BBC were lukewarm about the programme's prospects, stating that: " The BBC had a studio in Manchester Dickenson Road which was a disused church and, anything they didn't want to do in London, they slung up into this old church.

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The Scientologists tried failed to stop World in Actions broadcasts about them through the courts and in 1980, members of the programme's staff and senior executives at Granada TV announced that they would be prepared to go to prison rather than submit to a House of Lords ruling that the programme reveal the identity of an informant who had supplied WIA with 250 pages of secret documents from the then state-owned steel company British Steel.

Interviewed about the release of the Series 3 DVD, Clunes indicated he would take a break from acting in 2008, to allow his daughter a family summer holiday, which she missed during the programme's filming.

The Doctor Who Annual 2006, published in August 2005, gives further biographical information on Rose in an article written by the programme's chief writer and executive producer Russell T Davies, including the middle name " Marion ", and information about her mother, school life and ex-boyfriends.

Other parts of the programme are devoted to answering the queries from the programme's listener about the sources of quotations and the origins of everyday phrases and idioms.

The programme's subjects complained about the way they were portrayed due to the editing carried out by the show's producers and directors, which included Spencer Campbell.

Nina was included in the list, and Sky said: " Nina represents just about the only recognisable name from the lost years of Neighbours in the early noughties, as one of the least successful groups of teens in the programme's history.

In 2003, the Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld a complaint against Ferrari, finding that his programme's " active reinforcement of prejudiced views about asylum seekers had exceeded acceptable boundaries for transmission ".

After leaving, Ron Copsey was reported to have complained about the programme's producers.

Blanche Hunt ( Maggie Jones ) embodied the role of the acid-tongued busybody originally held by Ena Sharples, Sally Webster ( Sally Dynevor ) has grown snobbish, like Annie Walker, and a number of the programme's female characters mirror the vulnerability of Elsie Tanner and Bet Lynch.

Vanessa Whitburn has been the programme's editor since 1992.

She played Lady Macduff to his Macduff The chemistry between Portillo and Abbott has been credited with ensuring the programme's popularity.

Sandy Smith, the BBC programme's producer, commented that the church of Scientology has " no way of dealing with any kind of criticism at all.

It was part of the Woman's Hour programme's ongoing fifteen minute daily drama slot, and has been rebroadcast several times on BBC Radio 4 Extra in three 70 minute omnibus episodes.

The prize board has become the butt of jokes since the programme's original demise because of the perceived poor quality of prizes on offer, but it should be pointed out that for most of the programme's original run prize values were restricted by the Independent Broadcasting Authority.

Since 1994, David Dimbleby has been the programme's presenter.

It has been recorded in Manchester since the programme's inception at various studios including Dickenson Road Studios and then the Granada Studios and New Broadcasting House.

Into the programme's final year, progress has been such that consortium member-IBM Research Division-believes that holograms could hold the key to high-capacity data storage in the next millennium.

For most of the programme's 50 year run since 1960, the theme tune has only been modified by converting it to stereo.

Since May 31, 2010, a new version has replaced the original arrangement coinciding with the programme's shift to HDTV with new opening titles.

The programme's main mascot has an Onion-shaped head, who supposedly crashlanded onto Earth.

The GTR720 has been independently timed lapping the Top Gear test track in 1 minute 12. 8 seconds, which is over 2 seconds faster than all other times listed on the Top Gear television programme's Power Board.

It has been presented throughout by Dave Benson Phillips with the addition of Lisa Brockwell as a co-host from 2001 to the programme's end in 2003.

Key to the programme's reputation for authoritative coverage has been the distinguished presenters, all with strong journalistic credentials, including John Tusa, Anthony Howard, Richard Kershaw, Isabel Hilton and Robin Lustig.

Following the programme's success, a second series has been announced.