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Egyptian Book of the Dead

Sun July 20th at 6:00pm

Ice Road Truckers: Dash for the Cash

Sun July 20th at 9:00pm

Mercia

Anglo‐Saxon kingdom that emerged in the 6th century. By the late 8th century it dominated all England south of the Humber, but from about 825 came under the power of Wessex. Mercia eventually came to denote an area bounded by the Welsh border, the River Humber, East Anglia, and the River Thames.

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The Planet of The Apes

Victoria's Wars

The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant

The Industrial Revolution

The Olympics

The Olympic 28

The American Civil War: The Road to War

Breitling Media

23 February 1997

In America, the film Schindler's List is shown on NBC without any commercial breaks. It is the first time that a film has been shown on U.S. television without advertising breaks during the movie.

6 April 1965
Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite, is launched into space by the United States of America.

9 May 1851
Opening of the Great Exhibition - a celebration of British manufacturing and commercial prowess - in the Crystal Palace.

10 May 1919
Start of Britain's first scheduled commercial air service from Manchester to Southport.

23 July 1982
The International Whaling Commission votes for a total ban on commercial whaling from 1985.

27 August 1859
The world's first commercial productive oil well is drilled at Titusville, Pennsylvannia, by Edwin Drake.

5 September 1969
The British commercial television channel, ITV, begins broadcasting in colour.

17 September 1931
In America, record company RCA Victor demonstrates the Long-Playing Record (LP) with a playing speed of 33 and a third revolutions per minute.The initial venture fails because of the high cost of production. The firstmicrogroove records don't appear commercially until 1948.

22 September 1955
With the start of commercial television in Britain, the first advertisement transmitted is for Gibbs SR toothpaste and the debut of Britain's first female newsreader - Barbara Mandell.

23 September 1848
First commercial production of chewing gum by John Curtis on a stove at his home in Bangor, Maine in the United States and marketed as 'The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum'.

25 September 1977
In Britain, independent airline owner Freddie Laker takes on the main commercial airlines with his first 'Skytrain' service between London/Gatwick and New York.

4 October 1958
BOAC - now British Airways - starts the first transatlantic commercial passenger jet service between Britain and America..

8 October 1973
Britain's first legal commercial radio, LBC, begins broadcasting.