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76-402: Stargazing Live is a British live television programme on astronomy that was broadcast yearly on BBC Two over three nights every winter from 2011 to 2017. The series was primarily presented by scientist Brian Cox and comedian and amateur astronomer Dara Ó Briain with support from TV presenter and biochemist Liz Bonnin and astronomer Mark Thompson . For the first six series, the show

152-572: A University Library service The university's main campus is in the city of Derby. The Kedleston Road site in Allestree , in the north-west of Derby, is the largest and main campus and serves as the university's headquarters. It is situated close to the A38 and opposite Markeaton Park . A contemporary-styled building for Arts, Design, and Media, as well as a STEM building, on Markeaton Street in Derby,

228-647: A ceremony at the University of Nottingham . The Matlock College of Education, a traditional Church of England teacher training college formed in 1946 at Rockside Hall (now a country hotel), combined with Lonsdale in 1983 to create the Derbyshire College of Higher Education, when the Matlock College was having financial difficulties when funding for teacher training was scaled down when school numbers had dropped. In 1985, this college at Matlock

304-538: A device to gain audience viewers by making their programs appear more exciting. With technologies such as production trucks , satellite truck uplinks, a news reporter can report live "on location" from anywhere where a story is happening in the city. This technique has attracted criticism for its overuse (like minor car accidents which often have no injuries) and resulting tendency to make stories appear more urgent than they actually are. The unedited nature of live television can pose problems for broadcasters because of

380-648: A future Mars buggy. In 2017, following on from the seventh series of BBC Stargazing Live in Australia, ABC TV broadcast an Australia-focused series on 4–6 April 2017, co-anchored by Brian Cox and Australian television presenter Julia Zemiro and featuring journalist Kumi Taguchi . The BBC Australian program was similar to the UK format, as the hosts were joined by professional astrophysicists such as Lisa Harvey-Smith and Chris Lintott , amateur astronomer Greg Quicke , and Indigenous Australian Michael Anderson who shared

456-508: A live " special report " in all time zones. Local television stations break into regularly scheduled programming in the event of severe weather warnings or major local breaking news stories that occur within their viewing area. Cable news outlets (such as CNN and Fox News Channel ) air continuous live programming during the day, and air rebroadcasts of earlier live shows during the late night hours, except in cases where breaking news occurs. The PBS NewsHour airs live on PBS stations in

532-512: A major Catholic archdiocese, and pep rallies for a major sports team. In the UK, events such as the State Opening of Parliament are broadcast live. Live television is often used as a device, even in scripted programming to take advantage of these often to great success in terms of attracting viewers. The NBC live comedy/variety program Saturday Night Live , for example, has been on that network continuously since 1975 and airs live in

608-591: A new Basecamp social space, which opened in 2022. The Union of Students is the students union at the University of Derby and is based within the Students' Union Quarter at the Kedleston Road site. The Union of Students completed a rebrand for the start of 2017 – 2018 academic year and was previously known as UDSU – University of Derby Students' Union . The residences for Derby students are based in

684-405: A number of special films broadcast live. These include the remakes of Fail Safe (2000) and The Quatermass Experiment (2005). Some recent examples of live episodic TV series include shows such as Melissa and Joey (2010), Whitney (2011) and Undateable (2014). A live television advertisement was shown for the first time in 40 years to celebrate the arrival of the new Honda Accord in

760-467: A saint, the patience of a watchmaker, the sympathy of parents, and the leadership of a general". The Duke spent two days in Derby, staying the night nearby at Okeover Hall near Ashbourne as a guest of the Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire . Half of the places at Mickleover were reserved for C of E trainees and the other half for those with no link to Derby Diocese . The operational split between

836-591: A surgical ward (1897) were built as expansions to the hospital, which was run by the NHS after 1948. The University of Derby purchased the then-derelict hospital from the NHS in 2001, and moved operations here from the Harpur Hill campus in 2005. The Devonshire Dome building dominates the local landscape and has a dome which is over 145 ft (44 m) in diameter, bigger than that of St Paul's Cathedral in London. It

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912-489: A variety of specialist facilities, including computing laboratories, two computer games development suites, a doctor's surgery, conference facilities, multi-functional lecture theatres, art and culture venues, concert venues, recording studios, sports centre and fitness suites, outdoor pitches, student union facilities, and a multi-faith centre. This campus was located in the Grade II* listed 18th-century former stable block,

988-596: Is a public university in the city of Derby , England. It traces its history back to the establishment of the Derby Diocesan Institution for the Training of Schoolmistresses in 1851. It gained university status in 1992. The university provides over 300 study programmes at undergraduate level. Undergraduate programmes as well as short courses, foundation degrees and postgraduate degrees cover most academic disciplines and sub-disciplines. Currently,

1064-565: Is comparable with the 1999 Solar Eclipse in the northernmost parts of Britain and will be the last total solar eclipse visible in Europe until 12 August 2026 . A 6th series of Stargazing Live aired on 12–14 January 2016. Only one Back to Earth episode aired; it was broadcast following the first episode. Series 7 of Stargazing Live aired on 28–30 March 2017. The series focused on stargazing and astronomy in Australia , broadcast live from

1140-422: Is not being recorded as it is shown on TV, but rather was not rehearsed or edited and is being shown only as it was recorded prior to being aired. Shows broadcast live include newscasts , morning shows , awards shows, sports programs, reality programs and, occasionally, episodes of scripted television series. Live television was more common until the late 1950s, when videotape technology was invented. Because of

1216-603: The Billboard Music Awards and the MTV Video Music Awards have switched annually between delayed and live nationwide telecasts since the mid-2010s as a result of the declining viewership across live event television in the same period. Most local television station newscasts are broadcast live in the U.S. as they are an essential medium for providing up-to-the-minute weather forecasts and breaking news stories. Broadcast television networks in

1292-516: The Devonshire Dome . In 1854, the 6th Duke of Devonshire donated the land, part of his stables, and some of the funds for conversion to a hospital and gardens for charity patients seeking treatment at the baths in Buxton . His architect, Henry Currey , directed the work. The ironwork dome (1881, once the world's largest, with a diameter of 44.2 metres (145 ft)), a clocktower (1882), and

1368-501: The Moon , including a live interview with 'the last man on the Moon', Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan . The second episode had a focus on black holes , and the third on the possible existence of extra-terrestrial life . Each episode included different guests, such as impressionist and amateur astronomer, Jon Culshaw on the second night. The final episode also included a feature titled

1444-470: The Royal Observatory, Edinburgh visitor centre. To coincide with each series of the show, hundreds of Stargazing Live events were run across the UK, including star parties and ' sidewalk astronomy ' sessions. Many of these events were organised by local astronomy societies and universities . The show returned for a second series on 16–18 January 2012. The first episode had a theme about

1520-703: The Siding Spring Observatory . For the first time, the series was followed by the first series of the Australian version of the show from 4–6 April 2017 on ABC . Two special episodes of Stargazing Live aired on 15 December 2015 to cover the launch of Tim Peake into space as part of Expedition 46 to the International Space Station . A special aired on 15 January 2016 to celebrate Peake taking his first spacewalk. Live television In most cases live programming

1596-519: The "Great Big Dulverton Switch Off" where every light in the town of Dulverton , Somerset was switched off live on TV to highlight the issue of light pollution . Each episode of the series was immediately followed by Back to Earth , an additional half-hour discussion of the main show. The second series was a co-production with the Open University , with OU science consultants Dr Andrew Norton, Dr Dave Rothery and Dr Stephen Serjeant. During

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1672-531: The 1977 union and subsequent formation of the Derby Lonsdale College of Higher Education, four other educational institutions would add their respective sector-related talents. In March 1981, the college held its first graduation ceremony with formal academic caps and gowns with only six degrees (out of 156 courses) being ratified by the CNAA . Previous to this, the college's degrees were awarded in

1748-618: The 2012 series, viewers were encouraged to help locate possible exoplanets , planets orbiting stars outside the Solar System , by volunteering some time on the Planet Hunters online citizen science project. This led to the discovery of a new Neptune -sized exoplanet by two amateur astronomers, one in Peterborough , England, to be named Threapleton Holmes B . The third series returned with another three episodes. As with

1824-569: The 21st century, reality competition franchises began to emerge (such as, in the United States, American Idol and Dancing With The Stars ), where viewers could vote for their favorite acts featured in live performances, but American Idol , as of 2024, is the only reality competition series to have broadcast live in all U.S. territories at the same time. Scheduling of live entertainment programming may be complicated in countries that span multiple time zones , such as Mexico, Canada and

1900-541: The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Dara O'Briain and Professor Brian Cox travelled to Cape Canaveral , Florida where the historic Apollo 11 mission began. They heard first-hand from Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke on what it was like to guide Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the surface of the Moon in the Lunar Lander, and how Duke followed in their footsteps three years later. They also look at

1976-594: The County of Derbyshire. This is situated in the buildings of what was originally St Helena's Grammar School , which were converted by the university. In 2021, the university withdrew its Higher Education provision from the Buxton campus leaving just Buxton and Leek Colleges operating in Buxton. In 2022, the university opened the Nuclear Skills Academy in partnership with Rolls Royce Submarines Ltd. with

2052-661: The Eastern Time Zone. Sunday morning news programs in the USA such as Meet The Press on NBC, This Week on ABC, and Fox News Sunday air live in the Eastern Time Zone (including a limited number of small markets in the Central Time Zone), while CBS Sunday Morning and Face The Nation on CBS air live in the Eastern and Central time zones. Cable outlets (such as CNN and Fox News Channel) incorporate

2128-422: The Eastern and Central time zones, and was the first television musical special to air live on NBC in almost fifty years. On January 31, 2016, Fox became the first non- Big Three American network to produce a musical special when it aired the television adaptation of Grease live in the Eastern and Central time zones. University of Derby The University of Derby , formerly known as Derby College ,

2204-586: The Eastern and Central time zones. The Talk on CBS airs live in the Eastern and Central time zones Monday through Thursday. A separate program is taped on Thursday afternoon for airing on Friday. Affiliates in the remaining time zones air these programs on a tape delay . Most other daytime talk shows and late night programs are taped before a live studio audience earlier in the day and edited for later broadcast. Major entertainment events, such as award shows and beauty pageants , are often broadcast live in primetime hours based on U.S. East Coast's schedule. In

2280-669: The Eastern and Central zones (including the Pacific and Mountain zones beginning 2017 in its transition to its first live season all across the continental U.S. beginning 2018) during the show's season which runs from October though May. On September 25, 1997, NBC aired two separate live broadcasts (for viewers in both U.S. coasts) of an episode of ER , which at the time was the most watched U.S. television program overall . Many television news programs, particularly local news ones in North America, have also used live television as

2356-557: The International Space Station. The seventh series of Stargazing Live was broadcast from Australia on 18–20 March 2017, taking advantage of the Equinox to match the last three-quarters of an hour of darkness in Australia or an 8:00pm broadcast time in the UK. After a two-year hiatus, Stargazing Live returns for a one-off live special on BBC Two to air on Monday 15 July 2019 from 9.00pm – 10.30pm. To celebrate

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2432-538: The Learning Centre (now renamed ‘University Library’) was officially opened, having been built on a former car park. The University of Derby was fully invested. In 1998, the university merged with High Peak College of Further Education in Buxton, which is in the North West of the County of Derbyshire. High Peak College was at that time based at premises in Harpur Hill, but moved to the Devonshire Dome in

2508-645: The T block (science subjects, which lies to the north of the North Tower) was opened by Princess Alice . In January 1994, Britannia Mill (a renovated mill) opened, at a cost of £10M. On 4 March 1994, the B block (business and management subjects, which lies north of the East Tower) was opened by the Conservative MP, Tim Boswell . Later in the autumn of 1994, the Atrium was built. In November 1997,

2584-536: The UK; Sunrise live in Australia; Your Morning live in Canada; and Today , Good Morning America , and CBS Mornings in the U.S., which air live only in the Eastern Time Zone. The only exceptions are CBS Saturday Morning and Sunday Today with Willie Geist , which air live in the Eastern and Central time zones. Spanish-language morning shows (such as Despierta America and Un Nuevo Día ), unlike their English speaking counterparts, air live in across

2660-528: The United Kingdom. It was broadcast on Channel Four on 29 May 2008 at 20:10 during a special episode of Come Dine With Me . The ad featured skydivers forming the letters of the word Honda over Spain. Many live television specials were telecast during the pre-videotape era. Among the most successful were the 1955 and 1956 telecasts of Peter Pan , a 1954 musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie 's 1904 play, starring Mary Martin , and Cyril Ritchard . This

2736-529: The United States , where programming is aired live in the easternmost time zones, but may be delayed in order to air in local primetime hours in western markets (although since the last decade, Canada and Mexico have regularly televised all major live events simultaneously across all of their territories). Historically, live global sports and breaking international news programming are usually broadcast live in all time zones worldwide. Several award shows began to air live in all time zones worldwide in order to avert

2812-558: The United States typically air their evening newscasts live in the Eastern and Central time zones. A separate "Western Edition" is broadcast to viewers in the Pacific Time Zone to account for latest news updates, and may sometimes be a second live broadcast with the same running time as the original East Coast airing. When a major breaking news event occurs, whether nationally or globally, broadcast television networks will break into regularly scheduled programming and will televise

2888-545: The University Quarter between the Kedleston Road, Markeaton Street, and Britannia Mill sites and the centre of Derby. They are: Sir Peter Hilton Court was closed to residents in 2021. Buxton students formerly had one hall of residence, High Peak Halls which closed in 2021. It formerly owned halls of residence on Lonsdale Place and Peet Street. The latter was controversially sold to G4S , becoming an asylum seeker reception centre. The Kedleston Road campus and

2964-708: The University of Derby in 2014. The new teaching site opened in October 2016 to be a delivery site for the College of Health, Psychology, and Social Care, including their nationally recognised Adult Nursing degrees and Mentoring in Practice courses, replacing existing premises in the Chesterfield Chamber of Commerce building. These courses are accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council . They continue

3040-643: The University of Derby is William Cavendish, Earl of Burlington , who was installed in a ceremony at the Buxton Campus on 15 March 2018. The Earl works professionally as a photographer under the name Bill Cavendish. He is the son and heir of the previous Chancellor, Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire . Previous Chancellors of the university: College of Arts, Humanities and Education College of Science and Engineering College of Business, Law and Social Sciences College of Health, Psychology and Social Care Notable research holdings include

3116-439: The University of Derby. The university does not have any campuses abroad but instead partners with institutions around the world, which deliver and award University of Derby degrees. Current international collaborations include Botswana Accountancy College , Vakalo Art & Design College, Mediterranean College, Raffles Design Institute , and Help Academy. Mantled Bleu-Céleste and Gules doubled Or. The current Chancellor of

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3192-464: The aforementioned move. The Buxton campus therefore now only operates as a college and not a university campus. The university's teaching site in Chesterfield is situated in the buildings of what was originally St Helena's Grammar School , off Sheffield Road, near Chesterfield town centre. The buildings were extensively renovated by the university between 2014 and 2016, after being acquired by

3268-480: The astronomical knowledge of Indigenous Australians and their connection with the cosmos. A second Australian series aired on 22–24 May 2018. It featured a Guinness World Record for the most people simultaneously observing an object in the night sky, when approximately 40,000 registered citizens watched the moon for 10 minutes on 23 May. Each episode of this series was immediately followed by Stargazing Live: Back to Earth , in which Brian, Dara and their guests discuss

3344-402: The broadcast as "live" as possible. Many events have happened on live television broadcasts that are well-remembered, sometimes because they were part of a major breaking news story already, and always because they happened unexpectedly and before audiences of thousands or millions of viewers. Although all programs were once live, the use of video tape means that very few television programs in

3420-584: The centre of Buxton in 2005. In August 2012, the university merged with Leek College in Leek, Staffordshire. In 2013 the university merged all of its further education education provision into Buxton & Leek College . The college operates at the university's campuses in Buxton, Leek, and Kedleston Road in Derby. In October 2016, the university opened a new site in Chesterfield in the North-East of

3496-540: The citizen science project asking viewers to look for evidence of gravitational lensing in deep space photographs, which resulted in the discovery of dozens of previously unknown galaxies. The series also featured live broadcasts from Norway with the aim of capturing the aurora borealis on camera; although the show's publicity emphasised that the unpredictable nature of the aurora meant this attempt could easily fail, an unexpectedly large coronal mass ejection that week resulted in strong auroral activity, with live footage of

3572-837: The institution became the Derby Municipal Technical College. In 1928, the Technical College split into the Derby School of Art and the Derby Technical College. By 1955, the two had become the Derby and District College of Art (opened on 22 September 1966 by Paul Reilly , Director of the Council of Industrial Design ), and the Derby and District College of Technology (opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh on 15 May 1964), both situated on Kedleston Road, Allestree. The site

3648-484: The intention of 200 new apprentices being trained for the next 10 years. The university has a range of resources and facilities available to all students and staff, including lecture theatres; Union of Students' facilities; a bus service operating at and between the campuses; Chaplaincy and facilities for faith, meditation and prayer; indoor and outdoor sports facilities; cafes and food outlets; wellbeing centres and support; Careers and Employability services and centres; and

3724-502: The last series, a "Back to Earth" chat was held after each episode. A citizen science project was again featured, this time asking viewers to help in identifying areas of interest in aerial photographs of the surface of Mars . Another feature which ran across the three nights involved the construction of a modern version of William Herschel 's 20-foot telescope at the University of Derby . The fourth series appeared in January 2014, with

3800-595: The launch of Expedition 46 to the International Space Station with British astronaut Tim Peake aboard. The first special entitled Blast Off Live: A Stargazing Special covered the launch of Expedition 46 at 11:05 am. A latter programme Stargazing Live Special: Tim Peake Docking covered the missions' docking with the ISS that same evening. Simultaneously the BBC confirmed a sixth series of Stargazing Live , which began in January 2016, featuring coverage of Tim Peake aboard

3876-1023: The live global telecasts of these events in accordance with the official international broadcasters of such games. Other events that air live all across U.S. territories include multi-network coverage of U.S. presidential and congressional elections, U.S. presidential inaugurations , the State of the Union Address , presidential news conferences , Presidential Addresses to the Nation , the Tournament of Roses Parade , and funerals of major national or international public and religious figures. Local television stations air live local election coverage and special events, such as large scale parades , big city marathons , funerals of major local public and religious figures, inauguration ceremonies of big city mayors and governors, installation masses of cardinals or bishops in

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3952-524: The mainland U.S. except for viewers in the Pacific time zone, which, along with viewers in Hawaii and Alaska, have tape-delayed shows. A few daytime talk shows in the U.S. broadcast live before a studio audience in select time zones. Shows such as Live with Kelly and Ryan and the Wendy Williams Show air live in the Eastern time zone only, while shows such as ABC's The View air live in

4028-571: The modern era have ever attempted such a feat. In the U.S., soap operas including As the World Turns and The Edge of Night were broadcast live until 1975 . On rare occasions, a scripted series will do an episode live to attract ratings. In the U.S. and Canada, the episode is occasionally performed twice: once for the east coast which is composed of the Eastern Time Zone and Central Time Zone and again three hours later for

4104-451: The most exciting new developments and, with privileged access, they broadcast from the top of launch tower that is being prepared for crewed missions and from the assembly line of a spacecraft factory. They are joined by astrophysicist and medic Dr Kevin Fong and mathematician Dr Hannah Fry , who explored the latest developments in human space flight – from cutting-edge spacewalk technology to

4180-772: The need to avoid "spoilers" via the internet and social media outlets in the onset of the latter's rise in the late 2000s. For decades, the Academy Awards have continuously broadcast live in Alaska and both U.S. coasts (and now including Hawaii and American Samoa by the late 2010s), and are later joined by the Golden Globe Awards since the early 2010s. In recent years, the Primetime Emmy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards have joined airing live in all U.S. territories. Some award shows like

4256-472: The phenomenon being captured on all three nights. Stargazing Live returned in 2015 but it was not held in the usual January slot which has been the usual month for all previous events; it was held on 18 to 20 March instead to coincide with next total solar eclipse which took place on 20 March 2015. On 6 November 2015, the BBC confirmed two special episodes of Stargazing Live which aired on 15 December 2015, with Dara Ó Briain and Professor Brian Cox, covering

4332-433: The potential for mishaps, such as anchors being interrupted or harassed by bystanders shouting profane phrases. In 2015, a female CityNews journalist confronted a group of young men who had used such a phrase; one of them later lost his job after he was identified. Channels often broadcast live programs on a slight delay (usually of less than ten seconds) to give them the ability to censor words and images while keeping

4408-399: The private papers of Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice . The school provides considerable support for pro bono legal work in the community. The Atrium, built in 1994, is a large concourse at the Kedleston Road site. The Atrium is used regularly for university, student union, and private events. The Union of Students also provides social space and catering facilities for students. These include

4484-502: The prohibitive cost, adoption was slow, and some scripted television shows remained live until the 1970s, such as soap operas . To prevent unforeseen issues, live television programs may be delayed , which allows censors to edit the program. Some programs may be broadcast live in certain time zones and delayed in others. From the early days of television until about 1958, live television was used heavily, except for filmed programs such as I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke . Although videotape

4560-458: The subjects raised in the main show. As with Series 2, each episode was followed by Stargazing Live: Back to Earth . As with Series 2 and 3, each episode was followed by Stargazing Live: Back to Earth . Stargazing Live 2015 was broadcast on 18, 19 and 20 March to coincide with the Solar eclipse of Friday 20 March 2015 which – cloud permitting – was visible across much of Britain. The eclipse

4636-590: The two colleges at Kedleston Road was dissolved in 1972 with a mutual initiative for the creation of the Derby College of Art and Technology. Five years afterwards, and as previously noted, the described educational lineage married itself with Derby's diocesan tradition, which had become known institutionally as the Bishop Lonsdale College of Education at Mickleover. There were about 800 students at Mickleover and 1,200 at Kedleston Road. After

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4712-473: The university is home to around 34,000 students in all areas of study. Over the years, two dozen bodies have contributed to the university's formation. The first of these was founded in 1856 as the Derby Diocesan Institution for the Training of Schoolmistresses. Albeit under different names to reflect maturing objectives, the institution flourished as an individual entity for some 120 years before merging with another developing educational artery to help form what

4788-412: The university's training work in collaboration with Chesterfield Royal Hospital , and the building features a mock ward and 'clinical skills suite' with simulated patients to provide real-world experience for undergraduates. The Leek campus is a delivery site for Buxton & Leek College . The campus mainly runs Further and Adult Education courses, but also runs some degree programmes validated by

4864-500: The west coast which is composed of the Mountain Time Zone and the Pacific Time Zone unless they have Dish Network or Direct TV who provides the live feed in all states. The most recent scripted series to air all live episodes was Undateable on NBC during its third season, which aired from October 2015 until January 2016. Notable examples of shows that have had a live episode include: Since 2000, there have been

4940-442: The word LIVE in their network logo (also known as a digital on-screen graphic ) when those networks broadcast live content. Some (but not all) sports cable networks will opt to insert the word LIVE somewhere on the corner of the screen. With the exception of special breaking news reports and overseas sporting events, broadcast television networks rarely display such a graphic during its live programming. (although NBC did display

5016-421: The word LIVE next to their logo during its Olympic coverage when live content was being broadcast, a practice that was continued by its sister station, NBCSN , until its closure in 2021.) Local television station newscasts display time and temperature during their broadcasts, and only display the word LIVE when they air a news report or a live shot on location. Some networks have begun to insert (in addition to

5092-481: The word LIVE) the local time of where that news report is originating from, particularly when that report is airing live via satellite from overseas. As of the current decade, major sporting events like the World Series , Super Bowl , World Cup , NBA Finals , and Olympic Games have been broadcast entirely live in all U.S. territories, encompassing both prime time hours of both U.S. coasts, simultaneous with

5168-522: Was broadcast from Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, and featured live links from scientific facilities in locations such as Hawaii, South Africa, and Norway. The seventh series in 2017 was broadcast from Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, and a special episode filmed at Kennedy Space Center was broadcast in July 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The first series

5244-516: Was formally opened as a University Campus by Prince Charles in February 2006. The university formally withdrew its Higher Education provision from the Buxton campus in 2021 and moved all courses to the Derby Campus with culinary arts, spa management, and outdoor leadership courses terminated. 2021 also saw the permanent closure of its student accommodation, High Peak Halls, in Buxton due to

5320-420: Was formally opened in early November 2007 by Richard Branson . Courses are also run at the Britannia Mill site in Derby. In addition, the university also owns Derby Theatre in Derby city centre where courses in Theatre Arts are delivered. Derby Law School and the Department of Law, Criminology and Social Sciences operate at the One Friar Gate Square building in the centre of Derby The Derby Campus also has

5396-404: Was formerly Markeaton Golf Course and cost £2.5m, with a foundation stone placed on 5 July 1957 by Lord (Ernest) Hives , a former managing director of Rolls-Royce . Opened by the Duke the day before, the 35-acre (14 ha) Bishop Lonsdale College in Mickleover was developed for teacher training courses. At the opening ceremony, the duke said "qualities needed by teachers are the dedication of

5472-837: Was invented in 1956, it cost $ 300 per one hour reel (equivalent to $ 3,362 in 2023) slowing its adoption. Some genres, such as soap operas , did not completely abandon live broadcasts until the mid-1970s. In general, a live television program was more common for broadcasting content produced specifically for commercial television in the early years of the medium, before technologies such as video tape appeared. As video tape recorders (VTR) became more prevalent, many entertainment programs were recorded and edited before broadcasting rather than being shown live. As of September 2021, Television networks provide most live television for morning shows with television programs such as: Good Morning Britain , BBC Breakfast , This Morning , Breakfast with Eamonn and Isabel , etc. broadcast live in

5548-567: Was scaled down significantly and closed in 1986. In 1991 the Southern Derbyshire School of Occupational Therapy united with the college. The Southern Derbyshire School of Radiography did the same in 1992. In 1992 the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 allowed the Derbyshire College of Higher Education to become the only school of higher education in the country to be upgraded directly to a university. On 31 October 1992,

5624-485: Was scheduled to coincide with the partial Solar eclipse of 4 January 2011 , a conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus , and the Quadrantid meteor shower . It also featured Jonathan Ross learning how to spot planets, and a discussion with the International Space Station . Newly qualified British ESA astronaut Tim Peake appeared as a guest. Scientific advisors for the first series included Dan Hillier, manager of

5700-462: Was such a hit that the show was restaged and rebroadcast (this time on videotape) with the same two stars and most of the rest of the cast in 1960, and rerun several times after that. The Peter Pan telecasts marked the first-ever telecasts of a complete Broadway musical with most of its original cast. On December 5, 2013, NBC broadcast a live television special called The Sound of Music Live! starring Carrie Underwood . This program aired live in

5776-515: Was then known as the Derby Lonsdale College of Higher Education, 1977. The other line of this confluence began in 1853 with the establishment of the Derby School of Art, which in 1870 became the Derby Central School of Art and the Derby Central School of Science. In 1885, the two schools were reformulated into the Derby School of Art and Technical Institution. Less than a decade later, however, in 1892, three more mergers took place and

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