But what events are under threat?
DartsThe rights to broadcast the BDO World Championships ends in 2016. The annual tournament is a BBC fixture, having been broadcast every year since 1978. But it has faced competition from the rival PDC World Championships on Sky Sports since 1994.
The commitment for the BBC is relatively slight – just over a week each January – but the convenience of a soon-to-expire deal inevitably puts the Lakeside tournament in the firing line. Read More...
Stats can confuse in this debate. Top darts players nowadays regularly hit 100+ averages, whereas in the past this was seen somewhat as a holy grail.
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That’s easy then, we disregard those from the '80s and '90s! Well, no: equipment back then was less advanced – it was more difficult to score heavily as the targets were often smaller with thicker wires, chunky staples holding the segments together and the darts themselves being bulkier, so there was less room to fit them in. Read More...
Groombridge Place Gardens & Enchanted Forest in Kent was featured in 2005’s multi-Oscar nominated film adaptation of Jane Austin’s classic novel Pride and Prejudice starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy.
The gardens at National Trust Stowe in Buckinghamshire have provided a setting for numerous TV and film productions, including the forthcoming Hollywood prequel to Peter Pan, Pan with Hugh Jackman and Cara Delevingne. The gardens, designed by Capability Brown have also featured in James Bond’s The World is Not Enough, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, as well as TV’s Antiques Roadshow and Alan’s Secret Gardens. Read More...
