Bargain Hunt is a British television programme in which two pairs of contestants are challenged to buy antiques from shops or a fair and then sell them in an auction for a profit. It has aired on BBC One since 13 March 2000 in a daytime version, and from 22 August 2002 to 13 November 2004 in a primetime version.

Bargain Hunt was originally presented by David Dickinson. From 2003 to January 2016 it was presented by Tim Wonnacott. In 2016 the format changed to a rota of hosts from a "team of experts" fronting the series. (Full article...)

BBC Sport presenter Sue Barker during the broadcast of the parade in London to celebrate the achievements of British competitors at the 2008 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. A professional tennis player, Barker won the French Open in 1976 before retiring in 1984 and joining BBC Sport in 1993.

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Sir Michael Thomas Lyons (born 15 September 1949) is the non-executive chairman of the English Cities Fund and Participle Ltd, and a former Chairman of the BBC Trust.

A former Labour Party councillor and council chief executive in the United Kingdom, he was also involved in some of the key central government commissions and reports into local government finance from 2000 to 2007. (Full article...)

The MediaCityUK development at Salford Quays, Greater Manchester, became a BBC production centre in 2011 with a number of BBC departments relocating there from London and other sites in the Manchester area. BBC Breakfast began broadcasting from the site in 2012.

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