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114-456: The contest was organised and transmitted live by the public Polish Television (TVP) between 1994 and 2004. The following year, the concert was broadcast by the private media station TVN for the first time and remained on TVN until 2009. From 2012 to 2014, the concert was broadcast and organised by Polsat . It was later cancelled by the broadcaster. The 2015 festival was not televised, however it returned in 2017 on TVN. The first Sopot festival

228-418: A No. 1 album in 1985 with Misplaced Childhood . The album also produced two UK Top 10 singles in " Kayleigh " (No. 2) and " Lavender " (No. 5), while the follow-up album, 1987's Clutching at Straws , included another UK Top 10 single " Incommunicado " (No. 6). Clutching at Straws was the band's last studio album with original lead singer Fish , who left for a solo career in late 1988. Altogether, during

342-573: A 10th anniversary compilation album, A Singles Collection: Six of One, Half A Dozen of the Other , so-titled as it included six tracks from the Fish era and six from the two albums with Hogarth. It also included two new recordings, "I Will Walk on Water" and a cover of Rare Bird 's " Sympathy ". "Sympathy" was also released as a single and it reached No. 17 in the UK charts, the first time the band had been inside

456-559: A Jester's Tear , as well as "Cinderella Search" (B-side to "Assassing") and the debut single "Market Square Heroes", which had not been available on album until that point. Real to Reel entered the UK album charts at No. 8. Their third and commercially most successful studio album was Misplaced Childhood , which had a more mainstream sound. The lead single from the album, " Kayleigh ", received major promotion by EMI and gained heavy rotation on BBC Radio 1 and Independent Local Radio stations as well as television appearances, bringing

570-427: A Marillion album before joining the band. The group had already recorded some demos of the next studio album, which was eventually titled Seasons End , just prior to the split. With Fish taking his lyrics with him, Hogarth set to work crafting new words to existing songs, collaborating with lyricist and author John Helmer . The demo sessions of the songs from Seasons End with Fish vocals and lyrics can be found on

684-458: A big house in Oxford with Irish wolfhounds at the bottom of my bed." Fish gave the band a choice to continue with either him or the manager, John Arnison . They sided with the manager and Fish left for a solo career. His last live performance with Marillion was at Craigtoun Country Park on 23 July 1988. The band's second live album, The Thieving Magpie , was released in late 1988, marking

798-675: A concept and the second containing the other songs that are not a part of the theme. Before the album's release, on 9 September 2008, Marillion pre-released their album via p2p networks themselves. Upon attempting to play the downloaded files, users were shown a video from the band explaining why they had taken this route. Downloaders were then able to opt to purchase the album at a user-defined price or select to receive DRM-free files for free, in exchange for an email address. The band explained that although they do not support piracy, they realised their music would inevitably be distributed online anyway, and wanted to attempt to engage with p2p users and make

912-580: A day. Before 2015, the PiS (then opposition) often criticized TVP of siding with government ( PO – PSL ) or even compared it to communist propaganda In 2015, the government passed a law allowing it to directly appoint the head of TVP. Since then, TVP has displayed bias towards the Law and Justice (PiS) party (then government), and was compared by critics with propaganda of the former Communist regime. TVP has also faced criticism for its portrayal of LGBT people,

1026-455: A different approach and was received by fans with mixed reactions. The short Radiation tour, with only dates in the UK and mainland Europe, ended on 18 November 1998 at the Élysée Montmartre in Paris. marillion.com was the follow-up, released on 18 October 1999, and showed progression in a new musical direction. However, the band were still unhappy with their record label situation. Under

1140-449: A distance using electricity". In 1929, Stefan Manczarski constructed a mechanical television apparatus based on two synchronously rotating Nipkow disks , on the transmitting and receiving sides. The television signal was transmitted via an electric cable. The device only transmitted a still image. Stefan Manczarski called his invention "a method of television transmission of images via wire and radio." Experiments were also conducted by

1254-511: A festival in Germany attended by a crowd of over 150,000 people. They were also offered the Highlander soundtrack but turned it down because of their world tour, a missed opportunity which Rothery later said he regretted. The fourth studio album, Clutching at Straws , shed some of its predecessor's pop stylings and retreated into a darker exploration of excess, alcoholism, and life on

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1368-561: A minister) was Włodzimierz Sokorski (the heads of the radio and television departments had the rank of deputy ministers). On February 1, 1961, the daily broadcast of the television program began. At the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, seven TVP regional centers were established (with their own studios) in: On July 18, 1969, the Radio and Television Center in Warsaw was opened at Woronicza Street. Large financial outlays were incurred to create it, and

1482-414: A new line-up of Mick Pointer, Steve Rothery (guitar), Doug Irvine (bass/vocals) and Brian Jelliman (keys). They played their first concert at Berkhamsted Civic Centre , Hertfordshire , on 1 March 1980. According to Pointer, it was at this stage that the name was shortened to Marillion. Other sources have that the band name was shortened to Marillion in 1981 to avoid potential copyright conflicts, at

1596-417: A new strategy, and following the release of three albums via Castle, they came up with a novel approach for their next album. The band decided that they would try a radical experiment by asking their fans if they would help fund the recording of the next album by pre-ordering it before recording even started. The result was 12,674 pre-orders, which raised enough money to record and release Anoraknophobia in

1710-1097: A question the Bawolek asked to the European Commission in Brussels regarding a controversial judicial reform in Poland. The hate campaign resulted in death threats against the journalist. The European Commission expressed its condemnation of the online hate campaign caused by TVP and the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe issued an alert to the Polish authorities in respect of the hate campaign against Bawolek. The press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders wrote in its 2019 assessment of Polish press freedom that "many blamed state-owned TV broadcaster TVP's 'hate propaganda' for Gdansk mayor Pawel Adamowicz 's murder in January 2019.". Ahead of

1824-572: A team of scientists and engineers in 1931 at the Polish Radio station in Katowice . Transmitting and receiving equipment according to the JL Baird system using a Nipkow shield. Both mechanical television transmitting and receiving devices were driven by one common engine, ensuring full synchronization of both units. The signal was transmitted by cable within one laboratory. The experimental work

1938-481: A video transmitter. Moreover, in 1938, a 16-meter-high tower structure was built on the roof of the "skyscraper", as it was called, on which a tubular mast for an 11-meter-high transmitting antenna was mounted. The antenna was located 87 m above the ground, which ensured reception of the video signal at a distance of 20 km and audio signal 30 km from the transmitting antenna. Test television broadcasts took place on October 5, 1938 and August 26, 1939 in Warsaw with

2052-460: Is broadcast annually by Polsat . In 2014, the name was changed to Polsat Sopot Festival . In 2015, Polsat decided not to organize the festival. However, the city authorities decided to organize a one-day festival in Sopot this year, but without a television broadcast. In 2016, the concert did not take place due to the lack of a television partner, which initially was to be TVP. After a year of break,

2166-413: Is cruder, more primitive, and more aggressive than anything that was broadcast at that time." This contrasts with the testimonies that killer of Pawel Adamowicz was reading Gazeta Wyborcza , Dziennik Bałtycki , Polityka and Wprost and watched TVN , and Polsat but not TVP TVP was heavily criticized in the run-up to the 2020 Polish presidential election , being described as the "mouthpiece" of

2280-481: Is presently connected with does not share European values". It was again cancelled in January 2016 after an amendment of the media law in Poland, which caused fears of a lack of pluralism and independence of TVP. In September 2020, TVP's " Wiadomości " was the most popular news program in Poland, with an average of 2.66 million viewers a day. In February 2021, TVP's " Wiadomości " was second most popular news program in Poland, with an average of 2.41 million viewers

2394-715: The Ministry of National Education . On November 19, 2020, the TVP Dokument channel began broadcasting, on March 8, 2021 - TVP Kobieta, and in 2022 - TVP Nauka. On 19 December 2023, the Sejm passed a resolution on "restoring the legal order and the impartiality and integrity of the public media and the Polish Press Agency " with 244 votes in favor. There were 84 votes against and 16 abstentions. The same day, Minister of Culture Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz dismissed

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2508-519: The post-punk music scene in Britain and existed as a bridge between the styles of punk rock and classic progressive rock , becoming the most commercially successful neo-prog band of the 1980s. Marillion released their debut single " Market Square Heroes " in 1982, followed by their first album Script for a Jester's Tear in 1983. They have released 20 studio albums in total. The band achieved eight Top 10 UK albums between 1983 and 1994, including

2622-606: The 1960s to the 1980s. Telewizja Polska Telewizja Polska S.A. ( pronounced [tɛlɛˈvizja ˈpɔlska] ; TVP ), also known in English as Polish Television , is a public service broadcaster in Poland , founded in 1952. It is the oldest and largest Polish television network. After 2015, when the right-wing populist Law and Justice (PiS) party won the Polish parliamentary election , TVP progressively aligned with

2736-473: The 1980s, declining further during the 1990s, and the rather unconvincing organisations by TVP made the authorities of Sopot give the organization of the 2005 Sopot International Song Festival to a private TV channel, TVN . Since 1999, there was no contest. TVP chose to invite well-known artists instead, featuring the likes of Whitney Houston , Tina Turner , The Corrs , Lionel Richie , UB40 , Ricky Martin and Simply Red to perform. In 2005, TVN brought

2850-487: The 2019 European parliament elections, TVP ran 105 segments of the election of which 68 of 69 focused on the ruling party were positive and all 33 about the opposition were negative, according to a study by the Society of Journalists. Polish political scientist and anti-racism activist Rafał Pankowski stated, "I am old enough to remember Communist-controlled television in the 1980s, and I can safely say that what we have now

2964-668: The 2019 elections. Comparing the LGBT movement unfavorably to the Swedish Deluge and Communism, the documentary claimed that there is an "LGBT invasion" of Poland and that LGBT organizations have the goal of legalizing pedophilia. It was found to defame the Campaign Against Homophobia organization. Ombudsman Adam Bodnar stated, "The material not only reproduces stereotypes and heightens social hatred towards LGBT people, but also manipulates facts." Following

3078-622: The 5th World Festival of Youth and Students in 1955. On April 30, 1956, the Warsaw Television Center (Warszawski Ośrodek Telewizyjny) was opened, which provided access to TV programs to a larger group of viewers. WOT broadcast five days a week. On May 1, 1956, the Television Transmission Center began operation with a transmitting station located in the Palace of Culture and Science and an antenna on

3192-686: The Actor from the Chamber Theater in Warsaw). Three months later - on January 23, 1953 - a regular broadcast of the Polish television program was initiated (half an hour once a week). On July 22, 1954, the Experimental Television Center was launched with its own journalistic team. The program was broadcast from the former bank building at Plac Powstańców Warszawy 7, specially rebuilt and enlarged after war damage to meet

3306-541: The Amsterdam Paradiso ), the band returned to their own studio, The Racket Club, in November. During 1997 to 1999, EMI issued 2-CD remastered editions of Marillion's first eight studio albums ( Script for a Jester's Tear through Afraid of Sunlight ), each with a second CD of non-album tracks and other archival recordings. The band's tenth album, Radiation , released on 21 September 1998, saw them taking

3420-562: The B-side of the 12" version. Following the single, the band released their first full-length album in 1983. The music on their debut album, Script for a Jester's Tear , was born out of the intensive performances of the previous years. Featuring a dark and progressive rock sound, the album was a commercial success, peaking at No. 7 on the UK album chart and producing the singles " He Knows You Know " (No. 35) and " Garden Party " (No. 16). Although they were accused of being Genesis soundalikes,

3534-680: The Blue Turtles , entered the chart in the same week. The third single from the album, " Heart of Lothian ", became another Top 30 hit for the band, reaching No. 29. The album came sixth in Kerrang! magazine's "Albums of the Year" in 1985. "Kayleigh" also gave Marillion its sole entry on the Billboard Hot 100 , reaching No. 74. In the summer of 1986, the band played to their biggest ever audience as special guests to Queen at

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3648-579: The Chief Rabbi of Poland, to the Polish Media Ethics Council  [ pl ] regarding antisemitism in the program. The Council concluded not only were anti-semitic statements made in the show, it did not uphold journalistic standards : Wiadomości "turned into an instrument of propaganda of one of the candidates in this election". In 2020, the station was ordered to retract a documentary, Inwazja , released just before

3762-686: The Desert, on 22 April 1996. Rothery's project with the female singer Hannah Stobart, drummer Paul Craddick (from Enchant ) and Trewavas, called The Wishing Tree , released their album Carnival of Souls in September 1996. Hogarth released his solo album Ice Cream Genius in February 1997. This Strange Engine was the following Marillion album released in April 1997 in the UK, and in October in

3876-559: The Europeans and the duo How We Live . Hogarth first sang with the band in Pete Trewavas' garage on 24 January 1989, and the first public pictures together were released in Kerrang! magazine issue 230 on 18 March 1989. Hogarth was a significant contrast to Fish, coming from a new wave musical background instead of progressive rock, and possessing a very different vocal style, image and stage presence. He had also never owned

3990-563: The Fish era, Marillion scored 11 Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart . "Kayleigh" also entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. In early 1989, Marillion announced Steve Hogarth as their new lead singer. The first album with him, Seasons End , was another Top 10 hit, and albums continued to chart well until their departure from EMI Records , following the release of their 1996 live album Made Again , and

4104-726: The SECAM system to the PAL system, in which the two national TVP networks adopted it (later TVP Polonia and TVP the regional stations also switched to this system). On January 1, 1993, together with Polish Radio, TVP became a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). At the same time, since the 1990s, many TVP presenters and journalists began to leave public television, moving to commercial television (including Polsat and TVN). After 1989, TVP news programs were accused of being subject to political influence depending on who

4218-415: The UK , in 2002. April 2002 marked a new era of Marillion fandom. The band decided to book out a holiday camp and invite their fanbase to enjoy three entire days of Marillion with three concerts, signing sessions, and more. The hallmark of the weekend was the first night which hosts the entire rendition of an album of Marillion's choice. The Marillion weekends began at Pontin 's Holiday Park, Brean Sands in

4332-641: The UK Top 30. The success of the album was further underscored by that of the download-only single "See it Like a Baby", making UK No. 45 (March 2007) and the traditional CD release of " Thankyou Whoever You Are " / "Most Toys", which made UK No. 15 and No. 6 in the Netherlands during June 2007. The Somewhere Else tour started in Gibraltar 14 April 2007, and they also played in some places they had never been before like Bratislava. In July 2008,

4446-511: The UK for an exclusive and intimate 10th Anniversary show at London's Borderline for members of their The Web fan club on 9 May 1992, followed by another European tour in August. Marillion returned to the UK to headline Wembley Arena, for what would ultimately be the final time for the band, on 5 September 1992. The 1992 tour wound up in Baltimore, USA on 23 October. 1992 also saw the release of

4560-536: The UK in July, with a sold out show at Wembley Arena , highlighting how successful the shift from Fish to the new frontman Hogarth had been. Hogarth's second album with the band, Holidays in Eden , was the first he wrote in partnership with the band from the beginning, and includes the song "Dry Land", which Hogarth had written and recorded with his earlier duo, How We Live. As quoted from Steve Hogarth, " Holidays in Eden

4674-586: The US, with limited promotion from their new label Castle. Marillion could not afford to make tour stops in the United States. Their dedicated US fan base decided to solve the problem by raising some $ 60,000 themselves online to give to the band to come to the US. The band's loyal fanbase (combined with the Internet) would eventually become vital to their existence. Following the completion of the extensive 1997 tour (including Marillion's one-thousandth gig, on 27 October at

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4788-588: The United States, followed up by the "Not Quite Christmas Tour" of Europe throughout the end of 2005. A new DVD, Colours and Sound , was released in February 2006, documenting the creation, promotion, release, and subsequent European tour in support of the album Marbles . In February 2007, the Marillion weekend was held abroad for the first time in the Netherlands at Center Parcs , Port Zélande. April 2007 saw Marillion release their fourteenth studio album Somewhere Else , their first album in 10 years to make

4902-555: The West Country, to which fans would fly in from all over the world. In March 2003 they continued and held the Marillion weekend at Butlin's Minehead . The success of Anoraknophobia allowed the band to start recording their next album, but they decided to leverage their fanbase once again to help raise money towards marketing and promotion of a new album. The band put up the album for pre-order in mid-production. This time fans responded by pre-ordering 18,000 copies. Marbles

5016-652: The album Fuck Everyone and Run (F E A R) returned them to the UK Albums Chart Top 10 for the first time since 1994's Brave . Their most recent album, 2022's An Hour Before It's Dark , entered the UK Albums Chart at No. 2, their highest chart position since Clutching at Straws in 1987. Marillion continue to tour internationally, becoming ranked 38th in Classic Rock 's "50 Best Live Acts of All Time" in 2008. Despite unpopularity in

5130-467: The album reached the Platinum certification and has been credited with giving a second life to progressive rock bands from the previous era. In April 1983, following the UK tour to promote Script for a Jester's Tear , Mick Pointer was dismissed due to Fish's dissatisfaction with what he later described as the drummer's "awful" timing and failure to develop as a musician with the rest of the band. Over

5244-472: The authorities of public media. The following day saw the termination of TVP Info, TVP 3, and TVP World's programming, with the associated broadcasts being instead switched to those of other TVP stations. News programming that would normally air on TVP 1 ( Teleexpress , Wiadomości ) and TVP 2 ( Panorama ) was instead replaced by standby sequences of the stations' respective logos. On 21 December 2023, at 19:30, TVP broadcast its first evening news bulletin by

5358-533: The band 18 months to write and record and marked the start of their longtime relationship with producer Dave Meegan . Some of the material had been aired at that sole 1993 show in Utrecht, and was also previewed at low-key gigs in the Netherlands, Italy, and Germany before Marillion kicked off the Brave world tour at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre on 20 February 1994. The Brave tour was another lengthy one, and

5472-531: The band Steam Shed. By the end of 1981, Mark Kelly had replaced Jelliman on keyboards, with Pete Trewavas replacing Minnitt on bass in 1982. Minnitt later formed Pride of Passion and went on to perform with Zealey and Moore. Marillion's first recordings were two demos recorded in March and the summer of 1980, before Fish and Minnitt joined the band. Two versions of the Spring demo circulate amongst collectors;

5586-468: The band posted a contest for fans to create a music video for the soon-to-be released single "Whatever is Wrong with You", and post it on YouTube. The winner would win £5,000. Happiness Is the Road , released in October 2008, again featured a pre-order Deluxe Edition with a list of the fans who bought in advance, and a more straightforward regular release. It is another double album, with one disc based on

5700-524: The band recorded another demo tape, produced by Les Payne, in July 1981 that included early versions of "He Knows You Know", "Garden Party", and "Charting the Single". The group attracted attention with a radio session for the Friday Rock Show . They were subsequently signed by EMI Records . They released their first single, " Market Square Heroes ", in 1982, with the 17-minute epic "Grendel" on

5814-498: The band to the attention of a much wider audience. "Kayleigh" reached No. 2 in the UK and " Lavender " reached No. 5; these remain the only singles by the band to enter the Top 5. Following the exposure given to "Kayleigh" and its subsequent chart success, the album became their only No. 1 in the UK, knocking Bryan Ferry 's Boys and Girls off the top spot and holding off a challenge from Sting , whose first solo album, The Dream of

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5928-451: The band undertook the move to perform the whole of their new album in its entirety (as they had done with Misplaced Childhood just under a decade earlier). However, this meant the inevitable relegating of some Fish-era songs from the set. After a series of summer shows in Japan, the Brave tour wound its way down to Mexico in September. An independent film based on the album, which featured

6042-808: The band's first Top 40 entry since "Beautiful" in 1995. The second single from the album, "Don't Hurt Yourself", reached No. 16. Following this, they released a download-only single, "The Damage (live)", recorded at the band's sell-out gig at the London Astoria . All of this succeeded in putting the band back in the public consciousness, making the campaign a success. In September 2004, Marillion returned for shows in Mexico, USA and ended in Canada Quebec City on 13 October 2004. Marillion continued to tour throughout 2005, playing several summer festivals and embarking on acoustic tours of both Europe and

6156-474: The band's lineup, with the recording beset by production problems. Despite this, the album built upon the success of Script for a Jester's Tear , with a more streamlined hard rock sound. It improved on the chart placing of its predecessor by reaching the Top 5 and produced the singles " Punch and Judy " (No. 29) and " Assassing " (No. 22). In November 1984, Marillion released their first live album, Real to Reel , featuring songs from Fugazi and Script for

6270-541: The band's management led to the rift. Although reportedly now on good personal terms, both camps had always made it very clear that the oft-speculated-upon reunion would never happen. When Fish headlined the 'Hobble on the Cobbles' free concert in Aylesbury's Market Square on 26 August 2007, the attraction of playing their debut single in its spiritual home proved strong enough to overcome any lingering bad feeling between

6384-400: The band, was also released in February 1995. The film was directed by Richard Stanley . The band's next album, Afraid of Sunlight , was released June 1995. It would be Marillion's last studio album with EMI Records. It received limited promotion, no mainstream radio airplay and the sales were disappointing for the band. Despite this, it was one of their most critically acclaimed albums and

6498-530: The beginning of May 2001. As a 'thank-you' gesture to the fans who pre-ordered it, their names were credited in the sleeve notes and the pre-order "Special Edition" came in a deluxe 48-page hard-bound case with an extra enhanced CD. The band was able to strike a deal with EMI to also help distribute the album. This allowed Marillion to retain all the rights to their music while enjoying commercial distribution. The band went on tour which started in May 2001. A second leg of

6612-805: The best album he made with the band. On 2 August 1995, Marillion began their Afraid of Sunlight tour in USA at the Bayou in Washington DC. They returned to the UK and Europe before ending the tour in Krakow, Poland on 21 November 1995. The band's independent status was confirmed with signing a deal to the UK-based Castle . The first album to be released through Castle was the band's third live album (the first with Hogarth) Made Again . Not only did it release Marillion from its obligations with EMI (as

6726-402: The bonus disc of the remastered version of Clutching at Straws , while those lyrics found their way into various Fish solo albums, such as his first album Vigil in a Wilderness of Mirrors , some snippets on his second album Internal Exile , and even a line or two found its way to his third album Suits . The first time Marillion would appear in public with Steve Hogarth as the new singer

6840-551: The change of government in the 2023 Polish parliamentary election , a TVP host formally apologized to the LGBT community for attacks broadcast against them. According to Timothy Garton Ash , "the broadcaster has descended into the paranoid world of the far right , where spotless, heroic, perpetually misunderstood Poles are being conspired against by dark, international German - Jewish - LGBT -plutocratic forces meeting secretly in Swiss chateaux." TVP president Jacek Kurski rejected

6954-477: The contention that the organization violated broadcasting law, and conservative media commentator and former TVP employee Jacek Kurski says the station "deserves recognition" for its "consistent promotion of patriotism and pro-state thinking". Marillion Marillion / m ə ˈ r ɪ l i ə n / are a British neo prog band, formed in Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire, in 1979. They emerged from

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7068-522: The corporation. On November 1, 1975, the first terrestrial satellite communication station in Poland was put into operation in Psary-Kąty (Świętokrzyskie Mountains), which significantly expanded TVP's broadcasting capabilities. After a long break in the creation of new television centers, on January 12, 1985, a local television branch in Lublin was established, TVP3 Lublin . On January 1, 1989, Telegazeta

7182-918: The decision was made to restore the festival. Since 2017, it has been organized and broadcast by TVN again. The festival also provided opportunity to listen to international stars. In the past, it featured Charles Aznavour , Demis Roussos , Boney M , Gloria Gaynor , Petula Clark , Johnny Cash , Chuck Berry , Shirley Bassey , Village People , Kool and the Gang , Vanessa Mae , Sabrina , C.C.Catch , Annie Lennox , Paul Young , Marillion , Scorpions , Alphaville , Kim Wilde , Bonnie Tyler , Jimmy Somerville , Erasure , Belinda Carlisle , Vaya Con Dios , Chris Rea , Bryan Adams , Tanita Tikaram , La Toya Jackson , Rick Astley , Shakin’ Stevens , Londonbeat , Bad Boys Blue , Technotronic . Kajagoogoo , Limahl , Goran Bregovic , Norah Jones , Anastacia , Marylya Rodovich , Ricky Martin , In-Grid , Alla Pugacheva and many others. This list includes only winners of

7296-411: The dissipation of the band's mainstream popularity in the late 1990s; save for a resurgence in the mid- to late-2000s, they have essentially been a cult act since then. Since the arrival of Hogarth, Marillion have achieved a further 12 Top 40 hit singles in the UK, including 2004's " You're Gone " from the album Marbles , which charted at No. 7 and is the biggest hit of the Hogarth era. In 2016,

7410-443: The end of an era. Owing to lengthy legal battles, informal contact between Fish and the other four band members apparently did not resume until 1999. Fish would disclose in the liner notes to the remastered edition of Clutching at Straws that he and his former bandmates had met up, discussed the demise of the band and renewed their friendship. They had come to the consensus that an excessive touring schedule and too much pressure from

7524-419: The fifth album in a five-album deal), as well as paying off the debts without creating new ones, it marked a certain symmetry with the first seven years of the band. Mark Kelly noted: "Our first four studio albums were followed by a double live album that signalled the end of a chapter. Now, after another four studio albums, followed by a live album, we move from EMI." Featuring Brave in its entirety, Made Again

7638-668: The first has four tracks; "The Haunting of Gill House", "Herne the Hunter", an untitled track known as "Scott's Porridge", and "Alice". The second version has an instrumental version of "Alice" in place of "Scott's Porridge". All tracks are instrumental apart from "Alice", with vocals by Doug Irvine. The summer demo has three tracks; "Close" (parts of which were later rewritten into "The Web", "He Knows You Know" and "Chelsea Monday"), "Lady Fantasy" (an original based on an earlier Electric Gypsy song), and another version of "Alice". Both were recorded at The Enid 's studio in Hertfordshire. Following Irvine's departure and replacement by Fish and Minnitt,

7752-410: The first the jury considered the artistic merits of the songs entered; while in the second, it judged the performers' interpretation." The festival has always been open to non-European acts, and countries like Cuba , Dominican Republic , Mongolia , New Zealand , Nigeria , Peru , South Africa and many others have been represented in this event. The contest lost popularity in Poland and abroad in

7866-424: The former bandmates, and Kelly, Mosley, Rothery, and Trewavas replaced Fish's backing band for an emotional encore of "Market Square Heroes". In a press interview following the event, Fish denied this would lead to a full reunion, saying that: " Hogarth does a great job with the band. We forged different paths over the 19 years." After the split, the band found Steve Hogarth, the former keyboardist and vocalist of

7980-418: The free world. The first result of the cooperation was the broadcasting of the first color program on July 22, 1971, using the French SECAM system - it was an adaptation of Anton Chekhov 's monodrama On the Harm of Tobacco Smoking. Over time, it was the standard adopted in all countries (except Romania ) of the Eastern Bloc . Initially, the program was broadcast in color once a week, from December 6, 1971,

8094-412: The government and as "peddl[ing] government hate speech" by the organization Reporters Without Borders . The state television broadcast a segment of Wiadomości called Trzaskowski spełni żydowskie żądania? ("Will Trzaskowski meet Jewish demands?") regarding the Civic Platform candidate Rafał Trzaskowski . A complaint was made by the American Jewish Committee , Union of Jewish Religious Communities,

8208-581: The international competition back, taking over from TVP, and in 2006 invited Elton John and Katie Melua . The Sopot International Song Festival is usually considered bigger than the Benidorm International Song Festival because of its ability to attract star performers. In 2010 and 2011, the festival did not take place due to renovation of the Forest Opera . Since 2012, it is called Sopot Top Of The Top Festival and

8322-472: The mainstream media and a consistently unfashionable status within the British music industry, Marillion have maintained a very loyal international fanbase, becoming widely acknowledged as playing a pioneering role in the development of crowdfunding and fan-funded music . They have sold over 15 million albums worldwide. "I thought they were a lot like Camel . It was also very clear to me that Steve Rothery

8436-407: The manager was on 20 per cent of the gross. He was making a fantastic amount of money while we were working our asses off. Then I found a bit of paper proposing an American tour. At the end of the day the band would have needed a £14,000 loan from EMI as tour support to do it. That was when I knew that, if I stayed with the band, I'd probably end up a raging alcoholic and be found overdosed and dying in

8550-587: The message." In 2018, Telewizja Polska started broadcasting, as one of the three largest television stations, in 4K quality under the name TVP 4K. On September 17, 2019, the TVP Wilno channel intended for Poles living in Lithuania began broadcasting. In March 2020, the decision to close educational institutions due to the COVID pandemic , Telewizja Polska initiated the "Szkoła z TVP" project in cooperation with

8664-668: The most prestigious contests within the Sopot Music Festival. Sometimes one contest has overshadowed another with time. Grand Prix de disque was the most prestigious award between 1974 and 1976 and the Intervision Song Contest during 1977–80. Since the 1980s, the main prize of the festival is the Amber Nightingale award. The festival has also given prizes for Best Interpretation in the 1960s, and Winner Of The Polish Day on and off from

8778-646: The name Sylwester z Gwiazdami (New Year's Eve With the Stars). On April 24, 2005, another theme channel - TVP Kultura - started broadcasting. In the following years, Telewizja Polska launched further theme channels (November 18, 2006 - TVP Sport ; May 3, 2007 - TVP Historia ; October 6, 2007 - TVP Info ; which replaced TVP3; December 6, 2010 - TVP Seriale ; April 15, 2013 - TVP Rozrywka ; 1 September 2013 – TVP Regionalna; February 15, 2014 – TVP ABC ). In 2008, Telewizja Polska started broadcasting in HD quality, and on August 6 of

8892-469: The needs of the newly established institution. The center's program was initially broadcast once a week on Fridays, from April 1, 1955 - twice (on Tuesdays and Fridays), from November 1, 1955 - three days a week (on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays), and from January 1, 1956 - four days a week (additionally on Sundays). Exceptionally, daily broadcasts took place during the broadcast of the Peace Races and

9006-604: The new team of journalists, under the title 19.30 . In 2012, TVP signed an agreement with the BBC , under which they will work together on film and television productions. The French-German TV liberal arts network ARTE cancelled a 15-year cooperation with TVP, when it learned in February 2009 that TVP's general director, Piotr Farfał , was a member of the League of Polish Families , which opposed Arte's "philosophy based on intercultural exchange" and "the party that TVP's chairman

9120-418: The next six months, three drummers passed through the band - original Camel drummer Andy Ward , followed by John 'Martyr' Marter, followed by Jonathan Mover - before Ian Mosley , who had played for acts including Darryl Way's Wolf , Trace , Gordon Giltrap , and Steve Hackett , was secured in October 1983. The second album Fugazi , released in early 1984, was written during this period of upheaval in

9234-614: The opposition (PiS). On December 27, 2023, the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, due to the President's veto on the financing of the company, placed it in liquidation. The forerunner of television in Poland should be Jan Szczepanik , called the "Polish Edison", who in 1897 patented at the British Patent Office (British patent no. 5031). as the "telectroscope" defined as an "apparatus for reproducing images at

9348-497: The participation of Marta Nowosad, Jerzy Michotek, Witold Gruca and Jan Mroziński was broadcast from the Institute of Telecommunications, which was received on 24 Leningrad receivers located in clubs and community centers. The first announcer was Maria Rosa-Krzyżanowska. Subsequent broadcasts took place on November 15, 1952 (excerpts of Lalka with Nina Andrycz in the main role were shown) and December 5, 1952 (excerpts of The King and

9462-403: The participation of Mieczysław Fogg. It was a mechanical television station broadcasting under the 120-line standard. It carried, among others: a telecine film "Barbara Radziwiłłówna" with Jadwiga Smosarska in the main role, and at that time work on 343-line electronic television was in progress. The development of research on television, which was very advanced (the launch of a permanent service

9576-457: The participation of artists were shown, the daily broadcast of the television program lasted until January 20, 1952. In 1952 a studio was established at the Ratuszowa 11 street in Warsaw, and the first television program team was established. The first program was broadcast on October 25, 1952 at 7:00 p.m. (on the eve of the Sejm elections). Then, a 30-minute montage of artistic forms with

9690-413: The political opposition, Jews, and other groups as a shadowy conspiracy seeking to undermine Poland. In 2018, The Economist stated: "the [TVP] anchors... praise PiS slavishly while branding its critics treacherous crypto-communists. In July 2016 Politico.eu criticized it for strong pro-government bias. In 2017, TVP triggered a hate campaign against Polsat journalist Dorota Bawolek , following

9804-472: The press. The band released " You're Gone " as the lead single from the album. Aware that it was unlikely to gain much mainstream radio airplay, the band released the single in three separate formats and encouraged fans to buy a copy of each to get the single into the UK Top Ten. The single reached No. 7, making it the first Marillion song to reach the UK Top 10 since " Incommunicado " in 1987 and

9918-511: The proceedings of the PZPR congress were broadcast every day in color (the first cyclical color broadcasts in Europe were broadcast in 1967), but due to the lack of receivers and their high cost, color television was not available to most Polish television viewers at that time. In 1972, after Maciej Szczepański took over the position of president of TVP, approximately 12,000 people lost their jobs at

10032-571: The release of Seasons End . The band ended 1989 with their traditional Christmas show at London's Hammersmith Odeon , and kicked off 1990 with the beginning of the Seasons End world tour, in front of 180,000 people at Hollywood Rock Festival in Rio de Janeiro in January, then rolling through Canada and North America before returning to Europe. The tour would prove to be the longest that Hogarth has thus far undertaken with Marillion. The tour ended in

10146-559: The road, representing the strains of constant touring that would result in the departure of Fish to pursue a solo career. It did continue the group's commercial success, however; lead single " Incommunicado " charted at No. 6 in the UK, gaining the band an appearance on Top of the Pops , and the album entered the UK album chart at No. 2. " Sugar Mice " and " Warm Wet Circles " also became hit singles, both reaching No. 22. Fish has also stated in interviews since that he believes this

10260-609: The same time as singer Fish and bassist William 'Diz' Minnitt replaced original bassist/vocalist Doug Irvine following an audition at Leyland Farm Studios in Buckinghamshire on 2 January 1981. The line-up of Rothery, Pointer, Jelliman, Fish, and Minnitt performed their first gig at the Red Lion Pub at 35 Market Square in Bicester on 14 March 1981. Many years after his departure from Marillion, Irvine eventually joined

10374-402: The same year, TVP HD started broadcasting . On June 16, 2011, the first online theme channel was launched - TVP Parliament . On June 1, 2012, two nationwide networks, TVP1 and TVP2, started broadcasting in HD quality. Polish Television was working on introducing 3D images to its channels. As part of digital terrestrial television and the offers of selected cable and satellite operators, it enables

10488-424: The singles Top 20 since "Incommunicado". Marillion would play only one live show in 1993, a fan club gig at Tivoli Theatre in Utrecht on 19 June, as a duo with only Hogarth and Trewavas. The band spent most of 1993 recording what would become one of the most significant albums of their history. Brave was released on 7 February 1994. A dark and richly complex concept album inspired by a true news story, it took

10602-569: The speaking points of the PiS government. In the run-up to the 2023 Polish parliamentary election , TVP was designated as a "propaganda arm" of PiS by European media and as "a factory of hate" by the Polish opposition. However, after the electoral victory of the opposition party the Civic Platform in 2023, a newly-appointed Minister of Culture began a restructuring of the broadcaster and its news segment , which still resulted in bias against

10716-472: The technicians also managed to assemble high-class television equipment. On October 2, 1970, the second national television network was officially launched . From the beginning of its existence, TVP2 focused mainly on cultural and entertainment programs (including Studio 2). The opening of Poland to the West - characteristic of Gierek's era - allowed Polish television to have access to modern technologies from

10830-919: The terms of the deal, this was to be the third and final album distributed on the Castle label. The Dot Com tour, again with dates only in the UK and mainland Europe, started on 13 October at the MCM Cafe in Paris, and ended with a special Christmas show for the Web fanclubs worldwide in Aachen, Germany on 5 December 1999. For the whole of 2000, the band were writing the next album at the Racket Club and in November 2000 they played 2 Charity gigs at Bass Museum in Burton-on-Trent, before playing some more Christmas shows for their European fan clubs. Marillion needed

10944-575: The top of the spire at a height of 227m. The station's range was approximately 55 km. The real beginning of Polish Television was the creation of the Television Program Team at the Polish Radio on August 1, 1958. Two years later (December 2, 1960), the "Polish Radio and Television" Committee was established. From then on, Polish Radio and TVP had equal status. The first head of the Radio Committee (a position equivalent to

11058-639: The tour (with a setlist largely decided by a poll of the fans) reached places that had never been played before, such as in the Azores at Ponta Delgada 22 September 2001. A US Tour was still not a possibility. A four-part BBC documentary 'The Future Just Happened' aired in the UK on BBC2 in the Summer 2001. Featured in Episode 3 was Marillion's revolutionary internet pre-order campaign for Anoraknophobia . The band released its fourth live album, entitled Anorak in

11172-719: The use of hybrid television using the TVP Hybrid Platform. There were already plans to launch further channels, TVP Nauka, TVP 4K and TVP Muzyka. Since 1993, the legal status of the broadcaster has been defined by the Broadcasting Act, according to which Telewizja Polska is obliged to implement "a public mission ... by offering ... various programmes and other services in the field of information, journalism, culture, entertainment, education and sport, characterized by pluralism, impartiality, balance and independence as well as innovation, high quality and integrity of

11286-542: Was a brilliant guitarist." —Fish on his first impression of the band In 1977, drummer Mick Pointer joined Electric Gypsy, which also included Doug Irvine on bass, Alan King on vocals and Andy Glass (later of Solstice ) on guitar. Pointer and Irvine left to form their own band, Silmarillion, named after J.R.R. Tolkien 's book The Silmarillion , in late 1978. They played one London show as an instrumental band with Neil Cockle (keys) and Martin Jenner (guitar). 1979 saw

11400-540: Was established, broadcasting in Wrocław and the surrounding area until March 8, 1995, and then on December 5, 1992 Polsat started broadcasting, which on October 5, 1993 received a license for terrestrial broadcasting in Poland from the National Broadcasting Council and on January 27, 1994 a license for nationwide commercial television. In the early 1990s, it was decided to completely switch from

11514-568: Was established, the first teletext service in Poland. The socio-political changes at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s also resulted in television reform. In 1987, TVP lost its monopoly on broadcasting television in Poland, when the first private Polish television station, "Ursynat", was established in the Ursynów district of Warsaw. In 1989, another station, Sky Orunia, was established, broadcasting in Gdańsk until 1996, and on February 6, 1990, PTV Echo

11628-533: Was expected in 1940), was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II . Work on Polish Television was resumed in 1947. Work at the National Telecommunications Institute (later the Institute of Telecommunications) was carried out under the supervision of Janusz Groszkowski and Lesław Kędzierski. On December 15, 1951, the exhibition "Radio in the fight for peace and progress" was opened, during which trial television broadcasts with

11742-589: Was followed by a headlining appearance at the second and final Cumbria Rock Festival at Derwent Park in Workington 13 July 1991. The Cumbria appearance kick-started another lengthy world tour that would see the band course through the UK, before venturing through Europe and returning to the UK for some Christmas shows. At the beginning of 1992 the band built their own recording and rehearsal studio, The Racket Club, in Buckinghamshire. March and April 1992 saw Marillion back touring Canada and America, before returning to

11856-457: Was in power in Poland, as well as being biased and lacking objectivity. In 1997, the first theme channel of public television was launched - Tylko Muzyka, but it ended broadcasting a year later due to formal and legal reasons. In 1998, the official website of Telewizja Polska was created - www.tvp.pl. In 2004, the first edition of the New Year's Eve musical show organized by TVP took place under

11970-499: Was included in Q ' s 50 Best Albums of 1995. A particularly notable track on the album is "Out of This World", a song about Donald Campbell , who died while trying to set a speed record on water. The song inspired an effort to recover both Campbell's body and the "Bluebird K7", the boat which Campbell crashed in, from the water. The recovery was finally undertaken in 2001, and both Steve Hogarth and Steve Rothery were invited. In 1998, Steve Hogarth said he considered Afraid of Sunlight

12084-479: Was initiated and organised in 1961 by Władysław Szpilman , assisted by Szymon Zakrzewski from Polish Artists Management (PAGART). The first three editions were held in the Gdansk Shipyard hall (1961–1963), after which the festival moved to the Forest Opera . The main prize has been Amber Nightingale through most of its history. Between 1977 and 1980 it was replaced by the Intervision Song Contest , which

12198-558: Was led by Eng. Twardawa. Only later, work on launching a television station in Poland began in 1935 in Warsaw at the State Telecommunications Institute and Polish Radio. In 1937, an experimental television station began operating on the sixteenth floor of the Prudential skyscraper. Władysław Cetner became the station manager. In 1937, an audio transmitter was installed, and at the beginning of 1938,

12312-476: Was printed in the album credits (like with the previous album, Anoraknophobia ). The band's management organised the biggest promotional schedule since they had left EMI and Steve Hogarth secured interviews with prominent broadcasters on BBC Radio , including Matthew Wright , Bob Harris , Stuart Maconie , Simon Mayo and Mark Lawson . Marbles also became the band's most critically acclaimed album since Afraid of Sunlight , prompting many positive reviews in

12426-443: Was released 25 March 1996 as the final EMI-era Marillion release in the UK, with Castle handling the release in mainland Europe and the US. The release was followed by a brief tour with four dates in Europe at the end of April. In the months prior, Rothery, Hogarth and Mosley used the break from Marillion to record separate solo projects. Mosley's project, IRIS, with French guitarist Sylvian Gouvernaire and Trewavas, released Crossing

12540-619: Was released at the end of April 2004 with a 2-CD version that was only available at Marillion's website. The pre-order version (known as the Deluxe Campaign Edition) of Marbles was packaged as a 128-page hard-bound book, packed in a rigid slip case. Those who purchased the Deluxe Campaign Edition by the end of 31 December 2003 were directly helping the Campaign Fund, and as a "Thank You" their name

12654-653: Was still held in Sopot. Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest , the Sopot International Music Festival often changed its formulas to pick a winner and offered many different contests for its participants. For example, at the 4th Intervision Song Festival (held in Sopot August 20–23, 1980) two competitions were effective: one for artists representing television companies, the other for those representing record companies. In

12768-412: Was the best album he made with the band. The album came sixth in Kerrang! magazine's "Albums of the Year" in 1987, equalling the ranking given to Misplaced Childhood . It was also included in Q magazine's "50 Best Recordings of the Year". Fish made the decision to leave the group after this tour, explaining his reasons for departing in a 2003 interview: "By 1987 we were over-playing live because

12882-566: Was to become Marillion's "pop"est album ever, and was greeted with delight by many, and dismay by some of the hardcore fans". EMI also wanted Marillon to deliver three hit singles from the album. Marillion returned to their pseudonym Low Fat Yoghurts in December 1990 to preview their forthcoming album at the Moles club in Bath, Somerset . Holidays in Eden wouldn't be released until June 1991, and

12996-734: Was under the banner of Low Fat Yoghurts, at the Crooked Billet pub in Stoke Row , on 8 June 1989. Only about 100 fans attended that Crooked Billet show, while considerably more attended Hogarth's official introduction to fans at the recording of the promo video for " Hooks in You " at London's Brixton Academy on 1 August that year. Hogarth's first proper concert with Marillion was at the Palais des Sports in Besançon, France on 5 October following

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