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3 unusual facts about television in the United Kingdom


Darren Bender

Darren Bender became known in the UK TV industry for launching several long-running new film-maker's initiatives (Coming Up & The Other Side) at broadcaster Channel 4.

Jemma Palmer

She is also known by the name Inferno, which she used in the 2008 British television series Gladiators.

Ken Warwick

Ken has also directed and produced the popular TV show Gladiators which appeared on British primetime TV.


Embarrassing Bodies

Embarrassing Bodies (formerly Embarrassing Illnesses) is a British television programme broadcast by Channel 4 and made by Maverick Television since 2007.

Five Minutes to a Fortune

Five Minutes to a Fortune was a British game show, which aired on Channel 4 from 6 April 2013 to 5 May 2013 and was hosted by Davina McCall.

Jonas Armstrong

Jonas Armstrong (born 1 January 1981) is an actor best known for his appearances on television in the United Kingdom, where he played the title role in the BBC One drama series Robin Hood.

Kate Is Enough

The episode first premiered on March 22, 2012 in the United States on NBC, was simultaneously broadcast on Global in Canada, and was subsequently aired on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom on May 25, 2012.

Right to Reply

Right to Reply (sometimes called R2R) was a British television series shown on Channel 4 from 1982 until 2001, which allowed viewers to voice their complaints or concerns about TV programmes.

Sky Television plc

Rupert Murdoch described cable and satellite television as being "the most important single advance since Caxton invented the printing press" and saw it as the ideal and definte way into making his definitive breakthrough into the UK's television industry, which he had wanted to do for a long time.

World's Most Dangerous Roads

World's Most Dangerous Roads is a British TV series in which two celebrities are filmed as they journey by 4x4 vehicle along roads considered among the world's most dangerous.


see also

How to Be Cool

It was adapted for television in the United Kingdom by Granada Television for ITV, and starred Roger Daltrey and Freddie Jones.