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Services such as Ceefax and Minitel last a lot longer. As do BBS services.

Mirage 4000. Could've gotten W. Europe into the heavy fighter / multi-role division earlier competing with the F-15C/D and F-15E derivatives and SU-27/30/35. Yes, the Tornado makes it into this category weight wise. However, agility was lacking.

What if Steve Jobs never met Steve Wozniak?

What if Eric Morcambe never met Ernie Wise?

Whoops, my mistake then!

Refuse to sell Alaska. Moscow keeps some prime territory, huge oil reserves and a toehold - or rather a massive footprint on America's doorstep. Did I mention the oil?

Well here in GB, the likes of Tony Blair and Ken Clarke would probably be lawyers. Given their oratory skills, they'd become high fliers. Gordon Brown may well stay in education and become a professor. Or expanding on his TV journalism.

Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth. With over 1m species and making up 50% or more of all known living organisms, they would be next to impossible to totally wipe out. In a total thermonuclear WW3 confrontation for example, it is said one of the few species which would thrive...

'Dragonfly' has a nice ring to it. If a V bomber, then perhaps 'Vindicator' as taken from the movie 'Fail Safe'.

Most aircraft have a designation number and a name. Some just a designation number such as the F-111. Unofficially named Aardvark, the name became official upon retirement. Thus for 99% of its 30yr career, the F-111 was almost unique in having no official name. So suppose in an alternative...

I think Britain funded 3 consecutive designs as an insurance policy. The Valiant was the most basic of the 3 and would serve the shortest length of time, largely due to wing and fuselage cracks due to the move to low level flight. The remainder served as tankers. However, it did serve as a back...

Laser Guided Bombs are as described laser guided. They need a laser designator. Whether this designator is built into the airframe such as the F-117 and A6E, carried in a pod as with the F15E, F16, F/A-18, Rafale, M2000 or Tornado, designated by a fellow aircraft or special / friendly forces on...

Father Ted - Ted wakes up in a cold sweat and realises its all a dream...or is it? Father Jack is a teetotal moral campaigner, Mrs Doyle is a brothel owning madam, Dougal is a university professor and Bishop Brennan is a hippy peace campaigner. Ted himself is a middle manager contemplating the...

You'd need to stretch the fuselage for more fuel, a permanent second crew member and extra weapons carriage. Then you'd need a dedicated attack / nav radar and TFR (terrain following radar). Remember, most Jaguars are radarless. This all adds more weight leading to a more powerful power plant...

Bin Laden became the modern day Dr No, Blofeld and Dr Evil. A figure seen / portrayed as a global terror who belongs to no state organisation or indeed state. Thus post 9/11 he becomes public enemy No 1. Without Bin Laden (say the above scenario or he dies prematurely), many of the real and...

Park the USS Nimitz, Enterprise, JFK and Coral Sea off the Argentine coast. Send fully bombed up B-52G's (with F-4 and F-14 escorts and EA-6B support) on 24hr patrols on the edge of Argentine airspace. Send a trio of Iwo Jima and Tarawa class amphibious carriers with a compliment of Marines...

Yorkshire pudding?

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century perhaps? I remember the series in the 1980's where new characters were introduced throughout the series. Could be the basis for an expanded universe. The main thing that may put some off is the cheesiness of the late 70's / early 80's series starring Gil Gerard.

Yes. Saw this a couple of years ago on YT. Thought it rather good myself.

Well it would say less about Morgan perhaps and the state Britain would have to be to elect him to high office. That said another media tart, Boris Johnson was until very recently hotly tipped to become PM (Simpson's style shudder).