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The Word

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First episode dateAugust 10, 1990
Final episode dateMarch 24, 1995
Networks Channel 4
Production location(s)Limehouse Studios
Teddington Studios
Number of episodes 104
Presented by Terry Christian
Mark Lamarr
Dani Behr
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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About The Word


The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom. which took its name from the regular column covering up and coming Manchester bands in the Manchester Evening News written by Terry Christian.

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... " But it s still at a stage where any time that happens, The Word fresh or unique or something to that effect is coined to it because it s not something that we see very often...

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... " They are fighting for the idea that a woman s body is not shameful or to be restricted, just as men s bodies are not, so whether they use The Word feminism or not, is up to them, " Steinem says...

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...By Lucy WatkinsonBBC NewsWhen five-year-old Cali said The Word " spider" her mother, Cara, had tears in her eyes...

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... " I ll be trying to spread The Word when I go home...

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... For the last two decades, the show was one of the corporation s biggest earners, exported all around The Word...

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... " The hospital, now, is a ghost house in the full sense of The Word, " he said...

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... " The Word voters chose more than any other to describe the now Lord Cameron was " experienced"...

Penny Lane-made character unrecognizable in Liverpool, over the slavery claims

Nov 17,2023 8:51 pm

The traffic signs overnight on Thursday

traffic signs on Penny Lane in Liverpool were defaced on the claims that you the slave are connected-merchant James Penny, were attacked on Penny Lane .

The Marker had The Word Penny passed out, and The Word is racist, the top of the night written on Thursday.

The City is not International said Slavery Museum, it was safe, whether The Street , which was immortalized in the song by The Beatles in 1967, named after the 18Th Century slave-trader.

A spokeswoman said: "further research is needed" to clarify, the name of the origin.

City Tour Guide Jackie Spencer, the Blue runs-Badge tourist guide, who said she was "absolutely furious".

"It's pure ignorance," She Said .

"We have researched and it has nothing to do with slavery. James Penny was a Slave Trader , but he had nothing to do with the Penny Lane Area . "

Liverpool International Slavery Museum, said The Link to James Penny was "not conclusive"

Liverpool City Council was for "not doing enough" to recognize The City 's links with slavery.

Mr Westgaph said he understood the measures, but added the residents should "talk to The Council and request that certain things have been changed years ago".

The City 's mayor, Joe Anderson , said he was frustrated "" of the "blemish of our road-signs".

"[It] is nothing more advance The Argument and The Debate around Black Lives matter here in Liverpool," He Said .

"It's not only about the artifacts and names of the streets, but it is also about how we can change the basic things that cause deprivation and inequality within our city. "

- Who's James Penny was?

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Liverpool in Europe, the most used " slave-port of 1740 and many of its streets.

But, The International Slavery Museum, the Penny Lane in its display of street names associated with slavery, said, The Evidence , Penny Lane , James Penny, was "not conclusive".

"We Are active in conducting research on this question, and will be a reassessment of our view and modify, if necessary," a spokeswoman added.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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