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Currys plc. Website. PC World website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2019-07-16) PC World was a British retail chain of mass market computer megastores. Established in November 1991, it became part of Dixons Retail in February 1993, and then part of Dixons Carphone, after the merger of Dixons Retail and Carphone Warehouse in August 2014.
currys .co .uk. Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is a British electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones. Established as a bicycle retailer in 1927, Currys expanded the range of goods sold ...
25 July – ITV airs "Don't Like Mondays", an episode of The Bill, featuring a storyline in which several characters are caught up in a bank robbery. The episode sees the exit of PC Pete Ramsey, played by Nick Reding, who is shot in the chest by one of the robbers while protecting a colleague. The fate of the character is left unresolved.
The Benny Hill Show (BBC TV/ BBC One 1955–1968, ITV/Thames 1969–1989) Big Brother (Channel 4 2000–2010, Channel 5 2011–2018, ITV2/ITV1 2023-present) Bigheads (2017) The Big Match (1968–1992, ITV4 2008–present as The Big Match Revisited) The Bill (1983, 1984–2010, repeated on Drama) Birds of a Feather (BBC One 1989–1998, ITV 2014 ...
1 March – The monopoly on listings magazines ends with the deregulation of TV listings. Before today, Radio Times published only BBC listings and TVTimes ITV only (and from 1982, Channel 4, including S4C in a pull-out supplement Sbec). However, from this day, they can carry listings for all channels.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the television version of Douglas Adams' radio comedy of the same name, makes its debut on BBC2. 20 January – BBC2 airs live coverage of the inauguration of Ronald Reagan as the 40th President of the United States. 22 January – The US sitcom Benson makes its UK debut on ITV. February
FA Cup: BBC One/TV 1937 – 1996, 2002 – 2008 & 2014 – present (shared with BT Sport) Wimbledon Championships: BBC TV/BBC One 1937 – present, BBC Two 1964 – present; The Boat Race: BBC TV/One 1938 – 2004 & 2010 – present (ITV covered the Boat Race from 2005 – 2009) Live England Test Cricket: BBC TV 1938 – 1998
1930s to 1970s. 1938. On 24 June, the BBC broadcasts cricket - England vs Australia at Lord’s - on television for the first time. 1956. 28 April - ITV, at that point only available in the London area and in the Midlands, shows cricket for the first time, when it broadcasts the Australian touring team 's match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI ...