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unusual facts about On the Hour



Jonathan James-Moore

He eventually became Head of Light Entertainment, where he oversaw many of the most successful comedy series of the 1990s, including On the Hour, Knowing Me, Knowing You, Lee and Herring, The Harpoon, Harry Hill's Fruit Corner, and The League of Gentlemen.


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1988 FA Cup Final

The Merseysiders were awarded a penalty on the hour mark following a foul by Clive Goodyear on John Aldridge, though replays showed that Goodyear won the ball cleanly, but Aldridge's penalty was saved by Beasant's diving save to his left, thus becoming the first keeper to save a penalty in a Wembley FA Cup final.

2005 Taça de Portugal Final

Benfica defeated their opposition 3–1, thanks to a brace from Croatian striker Tomo Šokota and goal from Brazilian midfield ace Geovanni on the hour mark.

Back-Room Boy

Arthur Askey plays meteorologist Arthur Pilbeam who is jilted by his fiancée Betty because he has to speed back to the BBC every hour, on the hour due to his internationally vital job of creating the BBC pips.

Blackoutsabbath

He stated the night prior to June 21 involved mostly planning, including food arrangements, how to get his guitar to the apartment ("one of the old Communist towers on Karl Marx Allee"), and how he would be "going down and up five flights of stairs on the hour" to bring guests up to their room.

Buford Tower

The bells play Westminster Quarters on the hour, and Christmas carols during the Christmas season, as well as chiming the hours.

Casio F-105W

The watch's display shows the day of the week, day of the month, hour, minute, seconds, and the signs for PM (or 24-hour clock), alarm signal, and hourly signal (double beep on the hour).

Hornsby Water Clock

The carillon has 17 tubes of cast bell-bronze that chime automatically on the hour, or they can be played manually.

Rebecca Front

Front achieved a higher profile as a result of her work with Stewart Lee and Richard Herring on the radio shows Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World and On the Hour, and the television and radio series Fist of Fun.

Sather Tower

--Professor "of" Greek?-->Greek Isaac Flag, "We ring, we chime, we toll, / Lend ye the silent part / Some answer in the heart, / Some echo in the soul." The current bells range from small 19 pound bells to the 10,500 pound "Great Bear Bell," which tolls on the hour and features bas-relief carvings of bears as well as the constellation Ursa Major.