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Ftn (TV Channel)
FTN (Flextech Television Network) was a television channel from Virgin Media Television (formerly known as Flextech) transmitting free-to-air on Freeview and Virgin Media, and as a subscription channel on Sky. The channel broadcast between 6pm and 6am daily. It launched at 6pm on 15 January 2003, the same day as its Freeview version, UK Bright Ideas, also partially owned by Virgin Media Television. FTN's schedule featured entertainment and reality programming, and also programming from other Virgin Media Television cable channels, such as Living, Living2, Bravo, Bravo 2, Trouble TV, and Challenge TV. This provided a preview to Freeview viewers of what the Virgin Media channels offered, in a similar fashion to BSkyB's Sky Three, a channel which was also on Freeview. FTN +1 launched on Sky and Virgin Media on 9 August, 2007. Despite being a one-hour timeshift, FTN +1 only broadcast from 7pm until 1am, as ''Live Roulette TV'' which broadcast on FTN from 12am till 3am, couldn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin1
Channel One was a British short-lived television channel owned and operated by Virgin Media Television and then Sky plc. The channel was launched on 1 October 2007 at 21:00 on Freeview, Virgin Media and Sky as Virgin1, replacing Ftn. The channel broadcast 24 hours on cable, satellite and Freeview; a one-hour time-shift, Channel One +1, broadcast on cable and satellite. BSkyB acquired the channel on 4 June 2010 and rebranded it as Channel One. On 15 September 2010, BSkyB announced that it would close Channel One and sister channels Bravo and Bravo 2. Channel One's Freeview space on the multiplex was used to launch Challenge there. Channel One closed on 1 February 2011 at 06:00 UTC, one month of Bravo and Bravo 2 are closed after. On the same day, it was replaced by Challenge on Freeview and Sky Atlantic on Sky. History It was announced in the summer of 2007 that Virgin Media Television was to launch the new channel. The network had previously expressed their interest i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007
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Cold Squad
''Cold Squad'' is a Canadian police procedural television series that premiered on CTV on January 23, 1998, at 10 p.m., and ran for seven seasons. Led by Sergeant Ali McCormick ( Julie Stewart), a team of homicide detectives from the Vancouver Police Department reopen long-unsolved, or " cold" cases (the titular "Cold Squad"), using present-day forensic technology and psychological profiling to help crack them. ''Cold Squad'' premiered simultaneously in French Canada on Séries+ as ''Brigade spéciale''. The series was created by Matt MacLeod, Philip Keatley and Julia Keatley, and produced by Keatley MacLeod Productions and Alliance Atlantis in association with CTV Television Network, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund (Canada Media Fund). ''Cold Squad'' is the first prime time national series produced out of Vancouver. With seven seasons and 98 episodes it became the longest-running prime time drama series on Canadian television. The cast of ''Cold Squad'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close To Home (2005 TV Series)
''Close to Home'' is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. While in pre-production the series was known as ''American Crime''. It first aired from October 4, 2005, to November 12, 2007, and starred actress Jennifer Finnigan as Annabeth Chase, a Deputy Prosecutor for Marion County, Indiana (which contains Indianapolis). Created by Jim Leonard, the series was primarily filmed in Southern California. The score composer was Michael A. Levine. On November 17, 2007, CBS canceled the series after two seasons. Plot Annabeth Chase is a criminal prosecutor with a near perfect conviction record. Throughout the series, she lost only three cases. In Season 1, Episode 21 "David and Goliath", Chase tried a case against a professional baseball player, who killed his pregnant girlfriend. His not guilty verdict was attributed to his fame. Chase lost the case of a man prosecuted for a rape he committed 11 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Poker Showdown
''Celebrity Poker Showdown'' is an American celebrity game show that aired on the cable network Bravo. It was a limited-run series in which celebrities played poker, with eight tournaments during its five-season run. In each show, five celebrities played a no limit Texas hold 'em tournament for charity. The winners of each qualifying game won a silver commemorative poker chip and advanced to the championship game. The winner of the championship game won the grand prize for his or her charity as well as a gold commemorative poker chip. Each tournament featured 25 celebrities and consisted of six episodes, five qualifying games and one championship game. In an interview with ''TV Guide'', host Dave Foley said that a ninth tournament is not being produced, as Bravo did not order any new episodes. Setup, logistics, and personalities The first seven tournaments were taped at the Palms Casino in Paradise, Nevada in front of a live studio audience. With the eighth tournament, Harra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celebrity Poker Club
''Celebrity Poker Club'' is a British television series featuring celebrities playing poker. It aired on Challenge for three series from 2003 to 2005 as a spin-off from Channel 4's popular ''Late Night Poker'' series. Liam Flood was the casino manager for the series, and Cayt Dear was the producer. Commentators * Series 1: Jesse May and Barny Boatman * Series 2: Jesse May and Grub Smith * Series 3: Jesse May and Victoria Coren, with backstage interviews by Helen Chamberlain Series finalists {, class="wikitable" ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" , Season ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" , Winner ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" , Prize ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" , Runner-up ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" , Other finalists ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" , Semi-finalists , - , 1 , Sir Clive Sinclair , £25,000 , Keith Allen , * Cindy Blake * Zac Goldsmith * Stephen Hendry * Gladstone Small * John McCririck * Tony Cascarino , * Fiona Foster * Sam West * Nolan Hemm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Legal
''Boston Legal'' is an American legal drama and comedy drama television series created by former lawyer and Boston native David E. Kelley, produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3, 2004, to December 8, 2008. The series stars James Spader, William Shatner and Candice Bergen. It is a direct spin-off and continuation of the TV series ''The Practice'', with several characters from the eighth season of that series moving to ''Boston Legal''. While never a Nielsen ratings smash hit, the show was critically acclaimed, receiving 26 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series in 2007 and 2008. Plot ''Boston Legal'' follows the exploits of former ''Practice'' character Alan Shore, and his passionate co-workers, at the fictional offices of Crane, Poole & Schmidt. The high-end litigation firm, based in Boston, handles both civil and criminal law cases. The series plays on the chemistry between sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binge Nation
Binge or Binges may refer to: Behavior Binge, a behavior engaged in excessively over a short period of time, such as: * Binge drinking * Binge eating * Binge-watching Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Binge'' (EP), a 2018 EP by Machine Gun Kelly * Binge (streaming service), an Australian streaming service owned by Foxtel * Binge, a live TV & video streaming service by Robi Axiata * Binge (TV channel), a former Australian cable television channel * "Binge", a song from the Papa Roach album ''Infest'' * Binge Records, an indie rock record label * ''The Binge'', a 2020 American comedy film People * Caleb Binge (born 1993), Australian rugby league footballer * Dagmar Anita Binge, German founder of Binge Discs (country music specialists) * Ronald Binge (1910–1979), British composer and arranger of light music Other uses * Binge (mining), a depression in the terrain caused by mining activity * Binges, Côte-d'Or, a commune in eastern France See also * Bing (other) * Bin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Booze Britain
''Booze Britain'' is a fly-on-the-wall documentary television series produced by Granada"'Tabloid television distorts city image'." ''Hull Daily Mail'' 15 July 2005: 4. ''Newspaper Source Plus.'' Web. 4 May 2012. that aired on British satellite TV channel Bravo in half-hour episodes which document the binge drinking culture of various towns and cities in the United Kingdom, typically following the main star of the show, G 'the tank' Hutt.Totaro, Paola. "Trash tube: citizens get blitzed anew." ''Sydney Morning Herald, The'' 29 Nov. 2008: 42. ''Newspaper Source Plus.'' Web. 4 May 2012. The series follows a group of friends as they indulge in an evening drinking heavily in various establishments usually in their own town or city, police officers fining and arresting people for various alcohol-related incidents and also paramedics who are called out to handle the consequences of drunkenness. The narration by Mark Womack provides alcohol-related statistics and comments on medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blues And Twos
Emergency vehicle equipment is used in the United Kingdom to indicate urgent journeys by an emergency service. This usage is colloquially known as "blues and twos", which refers to the blue lights and the two-tone siren once commonplace (although most sirens now have a range of tones like Wail, Yelp and Phaser). A call-out requiring the use of lights and sirens is often colloquially known as a "blue light run". Permitted use In the United Kingdom, the use of blue lights is regulated by the Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989, and sirens by the Road Vehicles Construction and Use Regulations 1986, both as amended by various other pieces of legislation (see right). The 1989 restrictions state that no vehicle, other than an emergency vehicle, shall be fitted with a "blue warning beacon or special warning lamp", or a device which resembles a blue warning beacon or a special warning lamp, whether it works or not. Each of the emergency services listed above has different polici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beadle's About
''Beadle's About'' is a British television programme hosted by Jeremy Beadle, where members of the public became victims of practical jokes behind hidden cameras. It was produced by LWT for ITV, and ran on Saturday nights from 22 November 1986 to 14 September 1996. Format An example of one of the practical jokes would involve someone's car or van secretly being swapped for an identical one, and then, having a disaster befall it, such as exploding, falling into the sea, or being dropped from a great height, as the owner of the vehicle looked on in horror. After a few minutes, Beadle would appear in disguise (typically, as a policeman or some other figure of authority, and often wearing a fake beard on top of his natural beard), and interact with the shell-shocked and/or irate victim. He would subtly drop more and more hints and would remove his disguise and point a stick microphone at the person. As the public were familiar with Beadle from the earlier show ''Game for a Laugh' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-Z Of Bad Boys , also called Hyundai Atoz, a city car
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A-Z or A to Z may refer to: * English alphabet Other uses * ''A–Z'' (album), by Colin Newman * ''A to Z'' (TV series), 2014 American television series on NBC * A to Z, or ''Geographers' A–Z Street Atlas'' * A-Z, collection of sportswear made in collaboration with the Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović * Geographers' A-Z Map Company, British map publisher See also * A2Z (other) * * * AZ (other) * Hyundai Atos The Hyundai Atos is a city car that was produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai from 1997 until 2014. It was also marketed under the Atoz, Amica and Santro model names. From 1999, the Atos with a different rear fascia and restyled r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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