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Did you know that the Sun is our closest star? On a clear night, we can see about 2,500 different stars in the sky. Discover these and
more intriguing facts in Stars.
more intriguing facts in Stars.
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John Willis is one of Britain's best known television executives. He is a former Director of Programmes at Channel 4 and Director of Factual and Learning at the BBC. He was Vice-president of National Programs at WGBH Boston. In 2012 he was elected as Chair of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).He was educated at Eltham College and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge where he read history. He started his career as a documentary maker and won a string of awards for his films, including Johnny Go Home, Alice - A Fight For Life, Rampton: The Secret Hospital, and First Tuesday: Return To Nagasaki.He was Chief Executive of Mentorn Media - producer of Question Time for the BBC - and he now chairs the Board of Governors at the Royal Central School for Speech and Drama. He divides his time between London and Norfolk.
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