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BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS
Blackpool
Friday 3 September at 2030-2130
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Mark Radcliffe broadcasts live from Blackpool to celebrate the switch on of the world famous Blackpool Illuminations. The show features a host of star artists including Swing Out Sister, Darren Hayes, Lemar, McFly, the cast of Boogie Nights and Geri Halliwell, who switches on the lights.
From 3 September six miles of Blackpool's Promenade will burst into life as the world-famous Illuminations shine out once more - every night for 66 nights.
This year the resort is celebrating 125 years since the UK's first great electric light show dazzled its holidaymakers. So innovative was the original event that it actually preceded by twelve months Thomas Edison's patent of the humble electric light bulb, which eventually lit the way for the world famous Blackpool Illuminations enjoyed by millions of visitors today.
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