BBC Languages

Weighing Anchor for a round Britain cruise: cruising in the UK is booming; the perfect getaway is a treasure on our doorstep.
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 2683 words; ...growth: distance, "staycation" and the BBC series Coast. The distance factor is significant...is an ugly neologism that crept into the language last summer to describe the switch from...is the "Coast factor." In 2005, the BBC aired a series simply called Coast...

Third Festival of Thinkers Convenes in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Pediatrics Week; 11/21/2009; 723 words; ...philosopher Swami Parthasarathy gave special addresses. Gavin Esler, BBC served as emcee. The opening ceremony included a panel discussion...sustainable development, the effect of globalization on culture and language and resolving non-traditional threats among others. "HCT...

Tories may scrap Gaelic television; Poor figures put BBC Alba's future in doubt.(News)
The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/17/2009; 927 words; ...Brocklebank - who has called for BBC Alba to be shown on Freeview...which is support for the Gaelic language'. But Mr Brocklebank said...Mr Hunt about the future of BBC Alba because the conversation...Westminster could push for the end of BBC Alba while supporting the language...

'Envy, inescapable and resentful, haunted me' In this first extract from his new autobiography detailing the ten years since his retirement, Richard Dunwoody talks movingly of his torment at seeing other jockeys on board the horses he had been riding to success.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England); 11/17/2009; 1821 words; ...dynamics. The unnatural body language matches the stilted conversation...television punditry for the BBC. It seemed like the obvious...after I started working for the BBC I realised I might not be ready...side of the fence. In 2000 the BBC wanted me to interview the jockeys...

Back to the way we were... After 22 years, Diana Appleyard and husband Ross retraced their first romantic trip in a bid to put the spark back into their marriage. It proved to be a poignant and revealing visit...(Features)
The Daily Mail (London, England); 11/17/2009; 1765 words; ...love. You can see it in my eyes, you can see it in our body language as we lean towards each other, pleased but embarrassed to be...or our marriage would collapse. I decided to resign from the BBC -- a very tough decision, as I loved my job -- and began...