died from the infection. She is also left requiring the aid of crutches to walk. 7 May – The BBC airs its final episode of The Simpsons, having lost the broadcasting rights to Channel 4 in February 2002. Behind the Laughter is the last episode shown on the BBC. However, broadcasting rights were held until 2006, two years later. 8 May – The final edition of Parkinson to air on BBC One. Guests include The Corrs, Boris Becker, Jamie Cullum and Patrick Kielty. 14 May – BBC Four Controller Roly Keating is appointed to succeed Jane Root as Controller of BBC Two. 15 May – Strictly Come Dancing makes its debut on BBC One. Ukraine's Ruslana wins the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with "Wild Dances". Paul Cowperthwaite, performing as Michael Jackson wins the third junior series of Stars in Their Eyes. 19 May – A UK version of the popular US TV series The Apprentice is to be produced for the BBC, with Amstrad founder and chairman Sir Alan Sugar as presenter. Applications will be invited for 14 candidates to take part in the programme, which will air in 2005. Martin Bashir is to leave ITV after signing a deal to work for the US ABC network, where he will be a correspondent on its 20/20 news programme. 21 May – Mark Thompson is appointed new Director-General of the BBC. 24 May – Former pop star Billie Piper is announced as the new Doctor Who companion Rose Tyler. 26 May – As part of a government trial to test the feasibility of switching the UK to digital television, Ferryside and Llansteffan, two towns in Carmarthenshire, have been chosen to become the first places in the UK to have their analogue signal switched off. Residents who do not currently have access to digital television will be provided with set-top boxes to enable them to receive a digital signal before the analogue transmitter is turned off later in the year. The government hopes to convert the UK to digital television by 2010. 27 May – Channel 4 airs Paul Greengrass's controversial film Omagh, a graphic portrayal of the events surrounding the Omagh bombing. The film, which took two years to research and make, had previously received a cinema showing that was attended by victims and their families, and later goes on general release. 28 May – Channel 4 airs the final episode