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Sentence Examples Scots producers with a yen to make TV shows about footballers should phone Channel 4's Julian Bellamy. When you are within a couple miles, monitor Channel 14 to hear if other boats are requesting lockage. And Channel 5 has picked up Angel for the UK season 3 starts in June, woot! Clear Channel radio owns almost any station you could be listening to in any market. Castlebar will be the only town in Ireland to stage this event and Channel Four have asked for exclusive rights to film the event. We heard that the sea was rough over the Channel and did not expect you until the end of the week. Then, with minor waggles of a few degrees, global warming continued, giving us our island status by filling up the English Channel with water. Fleets of aircraft, armadas of ships, armies of soldiers came across the English Channel and struck the German defenses. The flight across the Channel was uneventful, but as soon as the formation crossed into German territory, ack-ack started opening up. After the success of its gridiron coverage, Channel 4 turned its attentions to the subcontinent and the ancient Indian discipline kabaddi. This ensures Fibre Channel compliance at the output of the retimer regardless of the amount of jitter on the incoming signal. Is Channel 4's new sleep deprivation game show a danger to health or just a big yawn? Ms Ray, 53, is now seeking legal advice with a view to seeking compensation from Channel 4 and Ramsay. The actor and impresario is currently in the public eye as the all-seeing under butler in Channel 4 reality show What the Butler Saw. A similar failure of a life raft was reported in a Mayday incident last year in the North Channel off the north Antrim coast. Yesterday Channel 4 announced it had recommissioned the show for another five years. Now there is Channel 5, digital terrestrial television, digital satellite and cable. Fibre Channel was designed and architected to communicate directly at extremely high speeds. The average joe watching Channel 9 would think the whole thing involved a bunch of misguided dreadlocked hippies trying to tear down fences. On the fiftieth anniversary of her Channel swim, in 1976, the pool in the Aquacade was dedicated to her. Show More Sentences A whopping 256 nonblocking Fibre Channel ports have been packed into the system. The two-part Channel 4 drama was filmed in Greenland instead of in the Antarctic which was in perpetual darkness at the time. Once in the English Channel the Armada arrayed itself in a defensive formation, much like an army in line of battle. The D-day landings marked the final and long anticipated leap from England across the Channel to the Continent. The History Channel has given up its documentary format to embrace reality shows about custom-built motorcycles. With sweeping views of the English Channel and a 700-berth marina, the Kentish port of Ramsgate proudly sells itself as one of the south coast's hidden gems. There was also fear that terrorists might take over a large ship, perhaps even an oil tanker, in the crowded English Channel shipping lanes, and cause a lot of damage. The broadcaster's new 24-part series on television series on kings and queens, Monarchy, begins tomorrow night on Channel Four and will continue for the next four years. Thus a Channel 7 advertisement in July 1996 featured images of the second world war, video footage of a New Zealand volcano erupting, and images of a Maori haka or war dance. He also believes in aliens, which he divulged on the discovery Channel special Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking. It also helps explain all those juggernauts streaming up the M74 and the A1 from the Channel ports and the mushrooming of distribution depots off every Scottish motorway. The enemy had been left virtually blind in the area of the English Channel and were unable to mount a naval challenge that could have thwarted the invasion. The German name for the missile was Fi-103 but across the Channel it was called the doodlebug. On top of these requirements they had to be strong enough to weather the storms of the Channel and the dramatic tide differences of the Normandy coast. A new History Channel series on George S. Patton points the way toward a brave new world of digitally enhanced history. So he started alone for a ramble among the Channel Islands, and I went back to Paris. After a rest day on Wednesday they resume against the Channel Islands on Thursday and meet defending champions Ireland in their concluding game on Friday. By the time of the Channel flight, he had spent at least 780,000 francs on his aviation experiments. Kevin McCloud presented Kevin McCloud's Grand Tour on Channel 4 in 2009 with McCloud retracing the tours of British architects. A sale held through the Auction Channel site saw an anonymous bidder pay pounds 23,000 for a terrace of five tiny cottages in Berwickshire. Show More Sentences Harbour porpoises from the English Channel were found to have accumulated heavy metals. Nationally, the retuning exercise will mean more than 500,000 Freeview homes will be able to receive Channel Five for the first time. Benedictus was commissioning editor for drama series at Channel 4, and ran The Book At Bedtime for BBC Radio. The Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Anglesey, Lundy, Holy Island and the Scillies join forces to create the independent Outer Islands Nation. Tourville entered the Channel with 37 ships of the line, accompanied by seven fireships, plus frigates, scouts, and transports. The crews regularly featured as part of the popular Channel 5 documentary series Highland Emergency. The young Prince Edward crossed the English Channel and completed the bargain in September. There are ferry services that take passengers, vehicles and freight to Ireland, the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. The company then built a complex on the Houston Ship Channel devoted to making petrochemicals and polymers. We travelled across the Channel and back six times a day and I battled with terrible airsickness. The Folkestone White Horse is carved on Cheriton Hill above the Channel Tunnel terminal. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux. The cities of Cardiff and Newport adjoin the Severn estuary, but lie upstream of the Bristol Channel itself. Dyfed has a long coast on the Irish Sea to the west and the Bristol Channel to the south. The first fully operational digital TV channel is Channel 49 of the religious group Iglesia ni Cristo. They occur in two major troughs, which extend under the English Channel where similar coalfields are located. Many annual maritime festivals in Britain and across the Channel provide contexts for performance. She also played Elizabeth I in 2005, in the television serial Elizabeth I, for Channel 4 and HBO, for which she received an Emmy Award. There have been different sponsors, including Channel 4 television and Gordon's Gin. A grizzled lonelyhearts veteran last seen on Channel 5's fabulously forgettable Stand By Your Man. Show More Sentences Manx2 was founded by the team who set up the Blue Islands airline, which serves the Channel Islands. However in March 1916, the Germans found their submarines could traverse the Channel on the surface at night. They do anything from A-Frame signs, Real Estate signs, Banners, Directional, Channel Letters, Window lettering, Magnetic, Wraps, etc. McCartan and I gave London a hasty goingover, had a calm Channel crossing, and parted company in Paris, when I went on towards Rome. Inclimate weather in the English Channel and on the oceans at the time has always been cited as a major factor to the outcome. At the time, the licence holders paid a percentage of the Channel 3 network costs based on their share of qualifying revenue. The Tubing Channel securely holds the endotracheal tube in place with hospital available strong adhesive tape. Edward had crossed the Channel to put an army ashore in Flanders. The Channel Islands have not been transferred to and incorporated within another diocese. The Channel Islands are part of one of the richest marine ecosystems of the world. Examples of hybrid instruments have been those to construct the Channel Tunnel, the Dartford Crossing, and Crossrail. The Channel Islands itself attracts around 70,000 tourists a year, most during the summer. Island Packers and Channel Islands Aviation have concession agreements to provide transportation to the Island. Camping grounds are available on Anacapa, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, San Miguel, and Santa Barbara Islands in the Channel Islands National Park. In January 1831 he caught a chill while crossing the English Channel after visiting a friend in France. The SS Cabrillo was a wooden steamer launched in 1914 to serve as a ferry across the San Pedro Channel to Santa Catalina Island. The western part of the strait leads northwest from the northern end of the Magdalena Channel to the strait's Pacific entrance. This westernmost Channel Island receives northwesterly winds and severe weather from the open ocean. The Gallic side of the English Channel and Atlantic coast were included therein. This area of water within the Harbour is known as Wareham Channel and includes other places such as Rockley Sands. Show More Sentences Their main African base was in Mozambique, and therefore the Portuguese navigators preferred to use the Mozambique Channel to go to India. In 2013, one boar was reported to have completed the seven mile swim from France to Alderney in the Channel Islands. The cargo ship was carrying wheat from the Netherlands up the Bristol Channel towards Cardiff. To the west of the highlands, the increasingly arid terrain gradually slopes down to the Mozambique Channel and mangrove swamps along the coast. Lundy island lies on the borderline where the North Atlantic Ocean and the Bristol Channel meet, so it has quite a mild climate. Scottish and EU students, with the exception of students from the Channel Islands, England, Northern Ireland and Wales, do not pay tuition fees. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel. The Eurostar, along with the Eurotunnel Shuttle, connects with the United Kingdom through the Channel Tunnel. Any new trains would need to meet the same safety rules governing passage through the Channel Tunnel as the existing Class 373 fleet. The northern Channel Islands are now known to have been settled by maritime Paleo Indian peoples at least 13,000 years ago. This left the Channel drastically reduced of large vessels, with only 11 ships of the line present. The Channel Tunnel study proposed three possible locations, two south of Calais and one offshore. Shipping enters Torres Strait via the Adolphus Channel which joins to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon to the southeast. The Channel Islands remain part of the Diocese of Winchester effectively under a scheme of episcopal delegation. The English Channel is a body of water lying between Great Britain and France. The BEF was unable to repel the Germans and it became clear that the Channel ports were threatened. It took me 100 minutes to waterski the Channel and I only fell in eight times. Each weeknight, the Family Channel runs old movie shorts featuring the Three Stooges. The English Channel and the southern North Sea are the busiest seaways in the world. During the ice ages, when the sea level dropped, most of the English Channel was dry land. Show More Sentences At the end of the last Ice Age the Bristol Channel was dry land, but subsequently the sea level rose, resulting in major coastal changes. Lyme Bay is an area of the English Channel situated in the southwest of England between Start Bay in the west and Portland in the east. According to the definitions of the International Hydrographic Organization the island lies outside the English Channel and is in the Celtic Sea. To its west lie the Channel Islands and to the southwest lies the Brittany Peninsula. The river then discharges into the Bristol Channel which in turn discharges into the Celtic Sea and the wider Atlantic Ocean. In 933, the Duchy of Normandy annexed the Channel Islands including Chausey, Minquiers and Ecrehous. A specialised style of sailing boat, the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter, developed in the area. The Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary have the potential to generate more renewable electricity than all other UK estuaries. The high quality of the landscape of much of both coasts of the Bristol Channel means that they are popular destinations for walkers. Further excavations were carried out in 2008 by Wessex Archaeology and was featured in the Channel 4 TV programme Time Team. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The importance of holding the Channel Ports as the only means of supply and if necessary, evacuation, became vital for the Allies. The current position of the English Channel was a large river flowing westwards and fed by tributaries that later became the Thames and Seine. It borders the River Thames and the North Sea to the north, and the Straits of Dover and the English Channel to the south. Unable to tour, he headed to the Channel Island of Jersey to spend August and September recuperating, with Bonham and Page in tow. The British public voted it the 13th greatest album of all time in a 2004 Channel 4 poll. British literature is literature in the English language from the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands. The imported eisteddfod tradition in the Channel Islands encouraged recitation and performance, a tradition that continues today. A drunken Tracey Emin walked out of a live Channel 4 discussion programme, presented as part of the coverage of the award. Both brothers saw the Channel reward of only a thousand pounds as insignificant considering the dangers of the flight. Show More Sentences Only three ships ever sailed again, a devastating setback to the French Channel fleet. Cooper Key was transferred to a special squadron operating in the Channel formed to combat fears of war with Russia. On 29 May 2008, Honda, in partnership with Channel 4, broadcast a live advertisement. By May 1940, the 1st Army Group was responsible for the defence of France from the Channel coast to the west end of the Maginot Line. The Channel Islands are considered culturally and historically a part of Normandy. This line closed in stages between 1966 and 1969 after just 60 years of service, 28 years before the opening of the Channel Tunnel rail link. These were joined around AD 1000 by Bantu migrants crossing the Mozambique Channel from East Africa. San Miguel Island does not receive protection from the open ocean as do the other Channel Islands. McGregor's first professional role was in 1993, when he won a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. In 1923, the first successful commercial flying boat service was introduced with flights to and from the Channel Islands. The Calais border barrier built jointly by Britain and France on French soil surrounds the port and Channel Tunnel entrance at Calais. The Belgae had made their way across the English Channel into southern Britain in Caesar's time. Channels on the service include the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 terrestrial channels, as well as their digital services. The investment in new port facilities at Cairnryan gives security to the future of the North Channel route. The southern boundary is the coastline of the English Channel and the Solent, facing the Isle of Wight. Dumbo was the codename given to the pipeline that ran across Romney Marsh to Dungeness and then across the English Channel to France. The island of Steep Holm in the Bristol Channel is within the ceremonial county and is now administered by North Somerset Council. Traditionally, Cornish people refer to the Duke of Cornwall in the Loyal Toast, much like the Duke of Normandy in the Channel Islands. In June 1690 he was commodore of a small squadron, which convoyed King William across St George's Channel to Carrickfergus. On 8 March 2007 Channel 4 screened the highly controversial documentary The Great Global Warming Swindle. Show More Sentences Only those land species which crossed before the creation of the English Channel and those introduced by humans exist in Great Britain. The lough opens into the North Channel and connects Belfast to the Irish Sea. Since the launch of subsequent British television channels, Channel 4 has become typical in its lack of regional programming variations. According to the team's website, members of the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team have swum the English Channel over 40 times. This list includes mammals from the small islands around Great Britain and the Channel Islands. In 1999 the Channel 4 television programme Time Team investigated Cooper's Hole in an attempt to find evidence of Palaeolithic human activity. It was also debunked in one of the earlier episodes of the popular Discovery Channel television show MythBusters. Remains found at the Channel Islands of California place coastal Paleoindians there 12,500 years ago. The channel carries the same schedule as Channel 4, broadcasting programmes in HD when available, acting as a simulcast. For example, the series Glee is not available on Channel 4 on Sky in Ireland. When the final analogue terrestrial broadcaster, Channel 5, was launched in 1997 it too was given a number of public service requirements. The Channel Islands are located off the Southern coast, while the Farallon Islands lie west of San Francisco. Scheduled services to the Channel Islands began in 1952 and charter flights to various locations followed. It is operated by DTV Services Ltd, a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqiva. In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. Some of the energy from this wave travels through the English Channel into the North Sea. The theory is a vast underwater landslide in the English Channel was triggered by the earthquake, which in turn caused a tsunami. Sheltered from the rough seas of the North Channel and the North Atlantic the loch has been an important safe harbour for vessels. Throughout the centuries until the 18th, the English Channel did not have any fixed name in English and in French. The Channel is of geologically recent origins, having been dry land for most of the Pleistocene period. Show More Sentences For nearly a thousand years, the Channel also provided a link between the Modern Celtic regions and languages of Cornwall and Brittany. With the rise of William the Conqueror the North Sea and Channel began to lose some of their importance. The Channel subsequently became the stage for an intensive coastal war, featuring submarines, minesweepers, and Fast Attack Craft. Although it is sometimes considered an island in the English Channel, it does not form part of the Channel Islands. As a busy shipping lane, the Channel experiences environmental problems following accidents involving ships with toxic cargo and oil spills. The number of ferry routes crossing the Strait of Dover has reduced since the Channel Tunnel opened. The Channel went from the entrance of Munlochy Bay to the Meikle Mee Starboard Hand Mark, but was not maintained and filled in very quickly. The Channel Crossing Association was set up at about this time to cater for unorthodox crossings. Ushant is famous for its maritime past, both as a fishing community and as a key landmark in the Channel approaches. The number of swims conducted under and ratified by the Channel Swimming Association to 2005 was 982 by 665 people. Haig's GHQ Reserve was massed in the north, 72 hours' march away, to protect the Channel Ports. The North Channel, Irish Sea, St George's Channel and Celtic Sea separate the island from the island of Ireland to its west. He also landed on San Miguel, one of the Channel Islands, and continued as far as Point Reyes. The opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994 connected London directly to the continental rail network, allowing Eurostar services to begin. Pancras International with Lille, Paris, Brussels and European tourist destinations via the High Speed 1 rail link and the Channel Tunnel. A few remnants of Normandy, including the Channel Islands, remained in John's possession, together with most of the Duchy of Aquitaine. It is possible that Saxon settlement of Great Britain began only in response to expanding Frankish control of the Channel coast. Dwarfing occurred with the pygmy mammoth on the outer Channel Islands of California, but at an earlier period. Present knowledge of the period geomorphology of the Wantsum Channel that created that haven is limited. Chlothar, in particular, needed a friendly realm across the Channel to help guard his kingdom's flanks against his fellow Frankish kings. Show More Sentences The Channel Tunnel is a crucial part of the route as it is the only rail connection between Great Britain and the European mainland. The Channel Islands and the surrounding waters house a diverse ecosystem with many endemic species and subspecies. On 20 December 2010, the Channel Tunnel was closed off for a day due to snowy weather. England dominated the English Channel for the rest of the war, preventing French invasions. He led his ships in attacks on neutral Hanseatic League and Spanish ships in the Channel on flimsy grounds of sovereignty. A 2007 study concluded the English Channel was formed by erosion caused by two major floods. The ferry MV Princess Victoria was lost at sea in the North Channel east of Belfast with 133 fatalities, and many fishing trawlers sank. Flora on the Channel Islands include a unique subspecies of pine, oak, and the island tree mallow. From 1600 to 1603, as governor of the Channel Island of Jersey, Raleigh modernised its defences. Additionally, the Sir Francis Drake Channel in the British Virgin Islands bears his name. In 1938 Great Western and Southern Airlines took over Olley Air Service and Channel Air Ferries. In July 1965, on Nashville's Channel 5 Night Train, Hendrix made his first television appearance. The current border runs from Plouha on the English Channel to the Rhuys Peninsula on the Bay of Biscay. The close proximity resulted in possessions on both sides of the Channel by some religious orders. It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, the Celtic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the Bay of Biscay to the south. This involved the bombing of English Channel convoys, ports, and RAF airfields and supporting industries. The Isle of Man and the two states of the Channel Islands, Jersey and Guernsey, are known as the Crown Dependencies. The remnants of the Duchy of Normandy, which conquered England, remain associated to the English Crown as the Channel Islands to this day. Unless one is close to the Channel ports, it's unlikely to be financially beneficial. At the time of the leak, Carmichael denied all knowledge of the leaking of the memo in a television interview with Channel 4 News. Show More Sentences This leaves the large rectangle north of the coast, south of Parry Channel and east of Baffin Island. Most of the region is located on the South West Peninsula, between the English Channel and Bristol Channel. There is keen competition between ferry operators and the Channel Tunnel Eurotunnel Shuttle. McAllan, as having completed a British Channel tunnel successfully in 1940, five years into the future of the film's release. The A256 provides a link to Dover and onwards to the A20 for the Channel Tunnel. The UK Home Office stated that approximately 19,000 attempts to cross the Channel during the first half of 2015 had been detected and prevented. Such a licence is required to legally receive broadcast television across the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. A fifth ident, in which hundreds of the blocks form what appears to be a clock face, is used to introduce the Channel 4 News. In 2010, Channel 4 organised Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a comedy benefit show in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. She trained with Jabez Wolffe, a swimmer who had attempted to swim the Channel 22 times. For some time Portland was the base for the Channel and then the Home Fleets and a depot for submarines. The East Channel is navigable as far as Gloucester Docks, from where the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal provides a navigable channel south. The river becomes tidal at Maisemore, on the West Channel just north of Gloucester, and at Llanthony Weir on the East Channel. The largest islands in the Bristol Channel are Lundy, Steep Holm and Flat Holm. The Normandy landings were the first successful opposed landings across the English Channel in over eight centuries. The service is owned and operated by Eurotunnel, the Channel Tunnel owners. The ratio was 20 Channel Islanders to be interned for every German interned but its enactment was delayed and then diluted. Edward crossed the English Channel to France in January, leaving Gaveston as his custos regni in charge of the kingdom in his absence. The Channel Islands were amongst the most heavily fortified parts of the Atlantic Wall, particularly Alderney which is the closest to France. Across the English Channel lies the Atlantic mixed forests ecoregion in northern France and the Low Countries. Show More Sentences The Channel Tunnel bored beneath the English Channel, now links the UK with France. There is also a boundary between the jurisdiction of France and the UK on the Channel Tunnel. They decided to bypass the Channel Islands due to their heavy fortifications described above. Great Western ships linked Great Britain with Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. With the Roman invasion, a road network was constructed to connect London to the Channel ports of Dover, Lympne and Richborough. Recent growth is partly due to more international services including the Channel Tunnel and Port of Felixstowe, which is containerised. Brighton lies between the South Downs and the English Channel to the north and south, respectively. The inhabitants of the Channel Islands were mainly of Norman descent until modern time. Gertrude possessed a contract from both the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune when she attempted the Channel swim a second time. On 16 December 1996 Channel 4 broadcast a documentary about Blyton, Secret Lives. The realisation of the necessity of civilian evacuation from the Channel Islands came very late. In 2009, Doctor Who was voted the 3rd greatest show of the 2000s by Channel 4, behind Top Gear and The Apprentice. The British government did not encourage resistance in the Channel Islands. The Channel Tunnel was completed in 1994 and High Speed 1 in November 2007 with a London terminus at St Pancras. The first person to be seen on Channel 4 was Richard Whiteley with Ted Moult being the second. The opening of the Channel Tunnel saw operations by Eurostar begin from London Waterloo to Paris and Brussels. Between 3 September 1939, when the United Kingdom declared war against Germany, and 9 May 1940, little changed in the Channel Islands. The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. The Germans estimated their troops had been responsible for fathering 60 to 80 illegitimate births in the Channel Islands. Even if the Royal Navy had been neutralised, the chances of a successful amphibious invasion across the Channel were remote. Show More Sentences Plans called for Soubise's force to wait for good winds, and then cross the Channel speedily from Le Havre landing in Portsmouth. Kevin Pietersen, having scored his maiden Test century at a crucial point, was voted Man of the Match by Channel 4 viewers. The channel started broadcasting on 1 November 1982, the night before Channel 4's opening. The club played its first fixture against overseas opposition in 1907, as Racing Club de Bordelais crossed the Channel to play at the Rec. Meanwhile, Azinger joined Faldo and Brian Hammons on Golf Channel for the 2009 Presidents Cup. Taped coverage using the BBC world feed is aired in primetime and overnights on Tennis Channel and is branded Wimbledon Primetime. It is located on the Channel coast, north of Rouen at the mouth of the Arques river and lies east of the mouth of the river Scie. In the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, over the counter services are provided by the Post Office rather than by PayPoint outlets. Companies operating such services included Channel Air Bridge, Silver City Airways, and Corsair. The remainder of Normandy was liberated only on 9 May 1945 at the end of the war, when the Channel Island occupation effectively ended. Simultaneous censuses were taken in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, with the returns being archived with those of England. French is the only official language in continental Normandy and English is also an official language in the Channel Islands. Turner crossed the Channel from Great Britain, attracted by the light and landscapes. They comprise the Channel Island bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey, and the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. It finished with the Channel 4 logo box on the right of the screen and the name 'Channel 4 Schools' being shown. To the east, the Irish Sea connects to the Atlantic Ocean via St George's Channel and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. The Lord Chancellor, a post in the UK Government, is responsible for relations between the government and the Channel Islands. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, and the Bristol Channel to the south. There was no resistance movement in the Channel Islands on the scale of that in mainland France. The Scottish assembly met at Ayr on 26 April 1315, just across the Irish Channel from Antrim. Show More Sentences They had three daughters, one of whom, Sarah Smith, has served as the Washington correspondent for Channel 4 news and now works for BBC Scotland. Due to shortages of personnel, many small craft crossed the Channel with civilian crews. There are other islands in the English Channel which are not part of the Channel Islands. The Isle of Wight, which is part of England, is between the Channel and the Solent. This means that the Isle of Man cannot have the lower excise revenues on alcohol and other goods that are enjoyed in the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands are part of the territory annexed by the Duchy of Normandy in 933 from the Duchy of Brittany. Elizabeth II reigns over the Channel Islands directly, and not by virtue of her role as monarch of the United Kingdom. Acts of the British Parliament do not usually apply to the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, unless explicitly stated. The Channel Islands served no purpose to the Germans other than the propaganda value of having occupied British territory. In due course it is expected that Regulations will be introduced to that effect in the Channel Islands. Neil Gaiman was featured in the History Channel documentary Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked. The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands formed part of the lands of William the Conqueror. The two Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey together make up the Channel Islands. For people living in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, TV licensing law is extended to their areas by Orders made by their own Governments. The lead role was played by Hugh Bonneville, and in the same year Channel 4 broadcast the documentary Philip Larkin, Love and Death in Hull. As of early 2009, however, Channel 4's future involvement in radio remained uncertain. Under the leadership of Freeview founder Andy Duncan, 2005 saw a change of direction for Channel 4's digital channels. In July 2009, a Channel Islands Tunnel was proposed to connect Jersey with Lower Normandy. Following Operation Michael, Germany launched Operation Georgette against the northern English Channel ports. In 2013, their painting One Day You Will No Longer Be Loved III was the subject of Derren Brown's Channel 4 special, The Great Art Robbery. Show More Sentences On 13 September, they carried out another large raid on the Channel ports, sinking 80 large barges in the port of Ostend. From 4 July the RAF achieved some successes with raids on Channel ports, anticipating the build up for an invasion. The Navy now cancelled all further convoys through the Channel and sent the cargo by rail. Throughout 1998, SCEMFA collaborated with Channel 4 UK to organise Cached, a monthly event held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Thatcher, like many Britons, had long been fascinated by the idea of a tunnel under the English Channel linking to France. Channel 4 allowed Internet users in the United Kingdom to watch Channel 4 live on the Internet. It is bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. To the north, the connection is through the North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland and the Malin Sea. With the exception of Northern Ireland, the ITV brand is the brand used by ITV plc for the Channel 3 service in these areas. The two Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey together form the geographical grouping known as the Channel Islands. The island of Guernsey and the other Channel Islands represent the last remnants of the medieval Duchy of Normandy. For most of the Second World War, the Channel Islands were occupied by German troops. Since 1 November 1998, Channel 4 has had a digital subsidiary channel dedicated to the screening of films. During late 2011, the UK decided to end VAT relief on Channel Islands goods. The Committee for the Affairs of Jersey and Guernsey recommends approval of Channel Islands legislation. However, because the Channel Islands have VAT free status, the UK carries out selective customs checks on travellers arriving from there. Part of Channel 4's remit covers the commissioning of programmes from outside London. In the island of Guernsey, Channel Islands, many traditional farms had furze brakes. In 1993, this segment became Channel 4 Schools and later in 2000 4Learning. The British evacuation of Dunkirk through the English Channel was codenamed Operation Dynamo. Find more words! 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