The BBC is to broadcast a series of programmes next month celebrating 60 years of the British singles chart.

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And, starting later this month, Channel 4 will show a series of programmes designed to raise the Games' profile.

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During the workshop participants will develop a series of programmes on climate change and evaluating their relevance based on the content and the technical production.

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Prof Kitchener said it was already known that, as a result of increased public awareness, patient safety was top of the public and political agenda, and as a consequence there had been a series of programmes to improve patient safety.

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He recently visited survivors in the city's hospital and commissioned a series of television programmes that seek to dissuade would-be self-immolators.

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They are offering digital video recorders that allow subscribers to pause and rewind live programmes and record an entire series with a single click of the remote control.

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If the committee fails to issue a recommendation, a series of painful spending cuts will automatically occur, split evenly between defence and domestic programmes dear to Republicans and Democrats, respectively.

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But Mr Blix is also demanding answers to a series of other longstanding questions he has about Iraq's chemical, biological and nuclear weapons programmes.

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Other useful features of the app include being able to browse the entire week's TV through a user-friendly TV Guide, remote record both individual programmes and entire series, get recommendations of other programmes you may like, and manage recording clashes.

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