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UK Today

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D12 UK Today as of 31 12 2021
 
 
UK Today (Original)
1989
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Monthly 30 minute television magazine program with 4-6 wide ranging items 
started in 1989

 
UK Today No 8
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UK Today No 10
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UK Today No 15
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UK Today No 50
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UK Today No 82 (Feb)
1996
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UK Today No 83(March) 
1996
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UK Today No 84(April)   
1996
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UK Today No 85(May)
1996
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Featured a story on the Millennium Dome. A story about the way in which 
the Hampstead School offers support to refugee children. “Millennium Bug”
was about safeguarding computer systems. “Body Building” followed the
progress of female body building champion Angela Barnes.

 
No 117 (January)
1999
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No 118 (February)
1999
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Featured stories are: `The V & A Spiral' looks at plans for the new extension to
 the Victoria and Albert Museum in London The new Jewish Museum in Berlin. 
`Oyster fishing' looks at the work of the Cornish fishing fleet. 
London's statues' considers three aspects of London's public statuary – the restoration of Eros, the significance and meaning of some of the statues, and the role of today's artists in creating sculpture for public spaces. Includes an interview with Anthony Gormley, the creator of the giant `Angel of the North' statue.`Jazz dance' describes the new dance craze to sweep the club scene. known as jazz dance or jazzcoteque, it is a blend of soul dancing,African dance, break dancing and other elements. 

No 119 (March)
1999
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New Scottish museum' looks at the building of the new Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, created over eight years by an Anglo-Scottish firm of architects, 
Benson and Forsyth. Takes a high-speed tour through its galleries, and considers
how it reflects Scottish culture. Mapping the Universe' about  three-dimensional computerised map of the Cosmos, plotting the positions of some 15,500 galaxies, which was created over ten-year period by an international team of astronomers, led by British scientists; `Smart homes for the future' looks at the prototype of a 
new home for frail elderly people, which has been adapted to make it fully automated. The project was funded by the charity, the Joseph Rowntree 
Foundation; `Oxford orchestra' talks to the founders of the Oxford Philomusica, shows musicians in rehearsal, and features the debut concert in March 1999 with the renowned cellist, Steven Isserlis. The orchestra was set up primarily to showcase the work of contemporary composers. 

 
No 120 (April)
1999
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 “Kosovo refugees at the National Theatre'”looks at a three-week workshop set 
up by the Royal National Theatre in London which was designed to help a group
 of teenage refugees from the Kosovo region of former Yugoslavia to find their 
feet in an alien landscape, and at their reactions to the onset of war in their homeland; “Carthusian monks go online” about the Carthusian monastery of St Hughes Charterhouse in Sussex. Provides a tour of the monastery and considers its decision to create an Internet website. “John Prescott in the Maldives” about the
 visit paid to the Maldive Islands by the deputy prime minister, John Prescott, 
which drew attention to the islands' ecological problems. ‘Sheffield pop centre' 
a whirlwind tour of the National Centre for Popular Music, which had just opened
in Sheffield. Features members of the local pop groups Allisha's Attic and 
Seafruit, the centre's director, th architect, Nigel Coates, and icreative director.

 
No 121 (May)
1999
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`”Fighting for a living” about Alison de Burgh, a former British ladies longbow champion, who qualified as first female fight director. “Bluewater - a new vision 
in shopping' looks at the creation of the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent. 
“Festival of the Word” about a festival held in London celebrating the power of 
the written and spoken word with Joseph Heller and the  novelist, Jeffrey Archer. 

No 122 (June)
1999
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Featured stories are: “De-mining in Sarajevo” about a new de-mining device 
called `Tempest' which recently went into action in the suburbs of Sarajevo. Shows the ground clearing vehicle, which was created by Warwick University, in action
in Sarajevo. “Train riders” joins a group of `Gricers' train fans who travel rail 
routes trying to cover as many miles and different sections of Britain's rail networks as possible; “Eye vets” follows the progress of a dog undergoing a cataract 
operation in Britain's only specialist ophthalmology veterinary surgery. “Circus 
Space” looks at the work of the Circus Space centre in east London. The former electricity generating station is now an established venue for grooming circus performers. Includes a preview of the circus show to be presented in the 
Millennium Dome in Greenwich on New Year's Eve 1999.

 
No 123 (July)                     1999            583475  Featured stories are: “Motorcycle Couriers” looks at two of the largest motorcycle and pedal cycle courier firms, who operate in some of Britain's busiest cities; “St Kilda - Britain's furthest horizon” offers a snapshot of the island of St Kilda as it is today. “A Tube line to the Millennium Dome” looks at the overall Jubilee Line underground rail extension project, and focuses on the architecture of three of the four stations that had been completed. “Design student's stage show” looks at the show staged in the Roundhouse in London to showcase the work of graduates in costume making from the London College of Fashion. More than 50 costumes were made specially for the show. 

 
No 124 (August)
1999
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‘Eco warriors’looks at the self-styled "eco warriors", young environmental 
activists, fighting to stop what they see as the despoiling of the British 
countryside, and also hears from representatives from business, the police, and
the MP Tony Benn, who sees them as the legitimate voice of protest. `Nirad C Chaudhari Obituary” brief biography of the Indian writer who died at his Oxford home in early August 1999 at the aged of 101. “Organic food” visits the first UK supermarket devoted entirely to organic food and one of the UK's leading 
organic farms. “A Boom in football stadium building” how the government's post Hillsborough disaster ruling that all large soccer club grounds should become all seaters has been tackled at Sunderland Football Club's new stadium, and also at plans to rebuild Wembley Stadium in London. “Woodland burials” examines the growing enthusiasm in Britain for woodland burials over urban cemeteries. 

 
 
 
This was the last program in the series that was produced by COI film Division. The series continued in production for a further 41 programs culminating with program UK Today 165.
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