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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.

8th August

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23:35Sport
23:30Sport
  • Murray return comes to early endAndy Murray
  • Murray plays down US Open chancesAndy Murray
  • News
    22:15Search
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    Dangerous Knowledge

    Tonight 10.05pm BBC Four

    Take a glimpse into the minds of four brilliant mathematicians, whose intellectual obsessions changed our world, but cost them their sanity and their lives.

    An actor portraying a mathematician from Dangerous Knowledge
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    Heroes

    Episode 5 on BBC Three at 10pm

    Digital viewers have the advantage of being able to see episode 5 straight after episode 4 tonight. Find out more about digital.

    Masi Oka as Hirao Nakamura
    20:15Search
    19:15Search
    18:20News
    18:15Search
    17:45Sport
  • Murray comeback halted by unknownAndy Murray
  • Murray return comes to early endAndy Murray
  • 17:35Sport
  • Murray comeback halted by FogniniAndy Murray
  • Murray comeback halted by unknownAndy Murray
  • 17:30Sport
    17:20Search
    17:05Sport
    17:00Sport
    16:15News
  • Animal movement ban to be relaxedBBC breaking news graphic
  • Animal movement ban to be relaxedOfficial within restricted zone
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    15:55News
  • Livestock movement ban is relaxedBBC breaking news graphic
  • Animal movement ban to be relaxedBBC breaking news graphic
  • 15:45News
  • Foot-and-mouth transfer is probedFootpath closed
  • Livestock movement ban is relaxedBBC breaking news graphic
  • 15:15Search
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    The eternal question

    What makes women tick?

    Is it coffee? Macho men? There's no shortage of scientific studies hoping to unravel the mysteries of the female mind.

    A woman reading the paper and thinking
    changed to:

    Dangerous Knowledge

    Tonight 10.05pm BBC Four

    Take a glimpse into the minds of four brilliant mathematicians, whose intellectual obsessions changed our world, but cost them their sanity and their lives.

    An actor portraying a mathematician from Dangerous Knowledge
    14:55Sport
    14:45Sport
  • Pollution risk for Olympic eventsChina is marking a year to go to the 2008 Olympics with a series of celebratory events
  • Pollution risk for Olympic eventsDancers put on a show in Beijing to mark one year to go before the 2008 Olympics
  • 14:15Search
    14:05Sport
  • Pollution risk for Olympic eventsChina is marking a year to go to the 2008 Olympics with a series of celebratory events
  • Pollution risk for Olympic eventsChina is marking a year to go to the 2008 Olympics with a series of celebratory events
  • 13:30Sport
  • Pollution risk for Olympic eventsChina is marking a year to go to the 2008 Olympics with a series of celebratory events
  • Pollution risk for Olympic eventsChina is marking a year to go to the 2008 Olympics with a series of celebratory events
  • 13:15Search
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    End of a species: China's river dolphins 'extinct' (image By S. Leatherwood shows a Yangtze river dolphin)
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    The eternal question

    What makes women tick?

    Is it coffee? Macho men? There's no shortage of scientific studies hoping to unravel the mysteries of the female mind.

    A woman reading the paper and thinking
    12:50News
    12:45News
    12:15Search
    11:20Sport
  • GB heroes fear Beijing track flopBeijing Olympic logo
  • Pollution risk for Olympic eventsChina is marking a year to go to the 2008 Olympics with a series of celebratory events
  • 11:15News
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    BBC archive trial

    Watch and listen now

    Choose from more than 60 TV and radio programmes in our India & Pakistan '07 collection.

    Princess Indira of KapurthalaThe Taj MahalA tiger
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    End of a species: China's river dolphins 'extinct' (image By S. Leatherwood shows a Yangtze river dolphin)
    11:00News
    10:55News
    10:15Search
    09:40Sport
    09:25Sport
  • GB heroes fear Beijing track flopFormer British Olympians dismiss Team GB's prospects of winning many athletics medals at Beijing 2008.
  • GB heroes fear Beijing track flopBeijing Olympic logo
  • 09:20Sport
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    08:55Sport
    08:15Sport
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    Door to the Sixties

    Ray Manzarek's Summer of Love

    Is everybody in? Then join The Doors' keyboard player on a unique trip, as he explores the musical roots of the band who shaped the sound of the Sixties.

    The Doors: John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison and Robby Krieger
    changed to:

    BBC archive trial

    Watch and listen now

    Choose from more than 60 TV and radio programmes in our India & Pakistan '07 collection.

    Princess Indira of KapurthalaThe Taj MahalA tiger
    05:55News
    05:50News
    05:25News
  • Outbreak source 'linked to lab'Footpath closed
  • Foot-and-mouth transfer is probedFootpath closed
  • 05:20News
    05:15Search
    04:05News
    01:40News
    00:20Sport
  • Murray wins easy comeback matchAndy Murray
  • Murray eases to win on comebackAndy Murray
  • 00:05TV

    CoreyLast Man Standing

    9pm BBC Three

    Last Man Standing Watch preview online

    Masi Oka as HiroHeroes

    9pm BBC Two

    10pm BBC Three

    Heroes Watch clips

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