26 August 2005 (Friday)
- Baron Fitt, founder leader of Northern Ireland's Social Democratic and Labour Party dies. (BBC)
- Lord Birt delivers this year's James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival, calling on the government to "maintain the existence of strong public service broadcasters and to promote competition between them." (BBC)
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“If August passes
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