The programme's original narrator was Tim Whitnall.

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

The ITV broadcast referred only briefly to John Asher and Trevor East, the programme's original presenters, and omitted to make any reference to the eighth and final series ( possibly because it was the one series in which Reuniteds Executive Producer Chris Tarrant was not involved.

Hart also created the original design for the Blue Peter badge, also used as the programme's logo.

This meant the controversial decision to sack Vaughan-Clarke as Stephen, the programme's original male lead who is not even given a proper leaving scene at the end of season 4.

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.

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.

Although it was Noel Thompson and Lynda Bryans were the original choice of presenters, Noel Thompson was dropped causing Lynda Bryans to resign, meaning the programme's first presenting team were Jim Dougal and Yvette Shapiro.

Devised by Stephen Lambert of RDF Media, the programme's original concept was " a modern-day Pygmalion ", referring to the George Bernard Shaw play in which flower girl Eliza Doolittle is trained to appear like an aristocrat.

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

In the 2008 revival, every video played ' in full ' throughout the show would ' PLAY ' and later ' F-FWD ', including New Releases and the Video Vault, which did not get this treatment in the programme's original form.

Prior to Martin Soong's original departure from CNBC Asia, he was the programme's regular presenter ( the programme was billed as Asia Market Wrap with Martin Soong ).

He served as the series ' first story editor working on the programme's first fifty-one episodes in this capacity.

The Dark Dimension was the working title of a feature-length BBC Doctor Who episode, planned to celebrate the programme's Thirtieth Anniversary.

The programme's title music, with its distinctive harmonica theme, was a track called " Stone Fox Chase " by a Nashville band, Area Code 615 ( once played live on the show, in 1978, by Val Doonican and Charlie McCoy ).

The programme's logo is made up from the words of the title and its reflection.

The programme's title derives from Sweeney Todd, which is Cockney rhyming slang for " Flying Squad ".

The name was changed from " City Review " for the 2011 – 12 season, as this was the programme's title when York departed Fulfordgate for Bootham Crescent, to pay homage ahead of the club's expected departure from Bootham Crescent.

The programme's title was changed to " Black London " shortly before Radio London closed ( see below ).

The programme's title is a quotation from act 2 scene 1 of Shakespeare's King Richard II, attributed to John of Gaunt: " This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars ...

The lead-in track " Ginger " provided the programme's title music.

The programme's theme music is taken from the title track of the 1975 album " Another Green World " by Brian Eno, himself the subject of a 2010 edition subtitled Another Green World.

This is, in fact, the programme's producer running on to the stage holding a large card with the title written on it — a joke only for the benefit of the studio audience ( and to make listeners wonder why they laugh a moment after the words " laser display screen ").

The programme's producer Russell Turner then replaced the theme with another instrumental, " Hit and Miss ", performed by The John Barry Seven Plus Four, which remained the title music from 1960-1967.

There was a limited edition range of T-shirts with the slogan written in Cantonese developed by a listener, which Lester awarded to people who came up with the most innovative uses of the slogan-winners included a local radio reporter who got the expression into a story ; a man who wrote and recorded a song with the slogan as its title ; a mystery girl, for placing an ad for Lester's show in the small ads section of a local newspaper and a man who developed a website which remains a communal meeting point for the programme's listeners, and is listed in the External Links section below.

The programme's name had been intended to be ' The Late Show ', but rival station HSV-7 beat them to that title by one week.

The central focus of Glenroe is the fictional rural area of the programme's title, located south of Dublin in County Wicklow.

The programme's title may have been inspired by the RAF station at Moreton-in-Marsh, along with the word " binding ", period RAF slang for whining or complaining.

The programme's title came from the song " California Dreamin '" by The Mamas & the Papas.

Although it was referred to as Asia Market Watch in programme listings and by some presenters, the programme's title sequence and graphics referred to the programme only as Market Watch since 30 October 2000.

The " shack " in the programme's title was a flatpack shed, which was shown ( via time lapse photography ) being assembled on location during the intro to each show.

For Some Mothers Do ' Ave ' Em, Hazlehurst used Morse code to spell out the programme's title.

The logo is usually that of the television channel or station being watched and / or of the programme's title.

The programme's opening title sequence, featuring a graphic of the transmission mast at Alexandra Palace with the title revolving around it, became a well-known image of the time.

The Second Programme was discontinued in 1967, after Lemass had left office and the programme's goals proved far from completion.

This guest role was written especially for her by the programme's chief writer and executive producer Russell T. Davies, with whom she had previously worked on Bob and Rose ( ITV, 2001 ).

By now, ATV had increased the budget for Tiswas, and Chris Tarrant had more of a say in the programme's production than ever before.

This selection had to balance ' a priori ' scientific interest, and the observing programme's limiting magnitude, total observing time, and sky uniformity constraints.

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.

The programme's special effects director Brian Johnson had previously worked on both Thunderbirds ( as Brian Johncock ) and 2001.

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.

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.

Mountford was one of several former Roundabout East Anglia personnel who had transferred across to work for the new station following that programme's demise.

Coinciding with the 25th anniversary, in October 2006 See Hear switched from open subtitles, which had been used since the programme's inception, to closed subtitles that must be specially activated in order to appear.

The programme had an unrivalled reputation for its political interviews, but Liddle tried, with considerable success, to improve the programme's investigative journalism.

BBC2 had been launched in April that year with Michael Peacock as controller ( Sir David Attenborough took over in spring 1965 ) but the programme's primary purpose was to train up BBC cameramen and technicians so that the BBC could fulfil its duties as host broadcaster to cover every match at the forthcoming 1966 World Cup in England.

By 1970 David Coleman had established himself as the programme's main anchorman.

In July 1989, the British music magazine, NME, reported that Soul II Soul had to pull out of their scheduled live appearance on BBC Television's Top of the Pops programme, following a dispute with the programme's producer.

In 1989, the BBC insisted that the independent production company which made Playbus ( Felgate Productions ) change the programme's name after they had received a complaint from the National Playbus Association.

She had a special computer called the Why-Tech, which had a variety of uses-it could provide music for songs, pictures for stories, instructions for making something in keeping with the programme's theme, or to help sing a song ( e. g. paper sugar buns for Five Currant Buns ).

The incoming Controller of BBC One, Lorraine Heggessey, defended the move, claiming that the programme's audience would have " dwindled " had it remained on Monday nights.

He played George Cowley in all 57 episodes until the programme's end in 1983, although filming had finished in 1981.

By 1990, Moffat had written two series of Press Gang, but the programme's high cost along with organisational changes at Central cast its future in doubt.

During the programme's ' today's newspapers ' segment, they discussed the story alleging that George Michael had broken up with his long-term partner.

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.