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BBC Homepage Archive

Welcome to the bbc.co.uk Homepage Archive. Within this area you will find a comprehensive archive of all the Homepages from July 14th 2005 onwards. You can view how the Homepage changed throughout each day and also view a snapshot of the page at various times, using the Time column. There's more information about the archive here. This was a project initiated on backstage.bbc.co.uk.

This page shows how the BBC Homepage changed throughout the day. It shows the time a change was made and what changed.

Please follow the links in the left hand Time column to see a snapshot of the homepage at that time of day. For more information please follow this link.

20th April

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Timewatch: Atlantis

Tonight 9pm BBC Two

Did the great Minoan civilisation suffer a terrible fate that inspired the legend of Atlantis? Timewatch looks at new evidence tonight.

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News in video

Watch this week's video highlights

Watch news stories from the past week, including a snowstorm in the US, panda cubs in Japan and a marathon being run in space.

Pictures from this week's stories (dramatic arrest on CCTV, marathon runner, pandas, snowstorm)
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  • Police hand honours file to CPSScotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner John Yates
  • Police hand honours file to prosecutorsScotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner John Yates
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  • Kenyon rules out Mourinho sackingChelsea manager Jose Mourinho
  • Kenyon rules out sacking MourinhoChelsea manager Jose Mourinho
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  • Kenyon rules out Mourinho sackingBreaking news
  • Kenyon rules out Mourinho sackingChelsea manager Jose Mourinho
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  • Police hand honours file to CPSBBC breaking news graphic
  • Police hand honours file to CPSScotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner John Yates
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    Ghost ship

    A modern-day Mary Celeste?

    An empty yacht has been found adrift off the Queensland coast. Why did the crew abandon ship?

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    Timewatch: Atlantis

    Tonight 9pm BBC Two

    Did the great Minoan civilisation suffer a terrible fate that inspired the legend of Atlantis? Timewatch looks at new evidence tonight.

    Graphic of a tidal wave
    News
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  • England name Moores as new coachPeter Moores
  • England name Moores as new coachPeter Moores
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    Any Dream Will Do

    Tomorrow 7.25pm BBC One

    Things hot up as the remaining 11 contestants sing their hearts out for the chance to become Joseph.

    Andrew Lloyd Webber, Denise Van Outen, John Barrowman, Graham Norton
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    Ghost ship

    A modern-day Mary Celeste?

    An empty yacht has been found adrift off the Queensland coast. Why did the crew abandon ship?

    The 'ghost yacht'
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  • Bidding war breaks out for BootsBoots sign
  • Bidding war breaks out for BootsPerson holding Boots bag walking past Alliance UniChem van
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  • Amnesty condemns Iraq executionsIraqi prisoners in Baghdad
  • Somalia faces aid crisis, says UNSomali woman injured in Mogadishu
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  • Legend Lara ends Windies careerBrian Lara
  • Legend Lara to end Windies careerBrian Lara
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  • Amnesty condemns Iraq executionsNoose on the gallows before the execution of Saddam Hussein
  • Amnesty condemns Iraq executionsIraqi prisoners in Baghdad
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  • Amnesty attacks Iraq executionsNoose on the gallows before the execution of Saddam Hussein
  • Amnesty condemns Iraq executionsNoose on the gallows before the execution of Saddam Hussein
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  • Fletcher to quit after World CupDuncan Fletcher
  • Moores tipped to replace FletcherPeter Moores
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  • Police 'regret' at killer's videoScreen grab of picture of Cho Seung-hui that he sent to NBC News. Picture from NBC News
  • Amnesty attacks Iraq executionsNoose on the gallows before the execution of Saddam Hussein
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    Get creative with the BBC - visit the CREATE site.

    Andrew NeilThis Week

    Missed the latest episode of the show? Catch it here.

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    Make it, send it, rate it. Go on, get creative.

    Film stripMovies

    Movie news, reviews, the latest trailers and more.

    News logoBBC News email alerts

    The news you want, when you want it - in one daily email.

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    Make it, send it, rate it. Go on, get creative.

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    A Chelsea PensionerChelsea Pensioners

    8.30pm BBC Four

    Chelsea Pensioners: Watch documentary clips online

    Monty DonGardeners' World

    8.00pm BBC Two

    Gardeners' World: Watch horticultural clips online

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    Edwardians in Colour

    Thursdays 9pm BBC Four

    Edwardian people come vividly to life in startling colour photographs collected by Albert Kahn.

    Eel catcher West Meath Ireland 1913 (c) Musee Albert KahnCliff-top party Cornwall 1913 (c) Musee Albert KahnChildren on steps in St Ives, Cornwall 1913 (c) Musee Albert KahnHorses and carts near Lincoln's Inn, London (c) Musee Albert KahnThree Japanese ladies 1912 (c) Musee Albert Kahn
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    Any Dream Will Do

    Tomorrow 7.25pm BBC One

    Things hot up as the remaining 11 contestants sing their hearts out for the chance to become Joseph.

    Andrew Lloyd Webber, Denise Van Outen, John Barrowman, Graham Norton

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