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Colour TV sets did not outnumber black-and-white sets until 1976, mainly due to the high price of early colour sets. In March 1969, there were only 100,000 colour TV sets in use in the UK; by the end of 1969 this had doubled to 200,000, and by 1972 there were 1.6 million.
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Other British color television programs made before the introduction of color television in the UK include Stingray (1964–1965), which was claimed to be the first British TV show to be filmed entirely in color, although when this claim was made in the 1960s it was protested by Francis Coudrill who said his series The Stoopendus Adventures of Hank had been shot entirely in color some years ...
This video shows how TV was made and how it looked to viewers at home watching colour TV at home for the first time in 1967. Producer: Amanda Murphy. Editors: Lisa Forrest, Dominic Clarke for ...
Despite a lack of valves, the Colourmaster was still a very bulky television due to the complexity of the transistor circuitry and the sheer bulk of the colour display tube. Available in 19″ and 25″ sizes, the price of the 25″ Colourmaster was an eye-watering £362.18s (pre-decimal) in 1968, so it’s no wonder that colour televisions ...
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26 January 1926:First public demonstration of television to members of the Royal Institution by John Logie Baird in his London laboratory. 24–27 May 1927:Baird demonstrates long distance transmission of television pictures over telephone lines from London to Glasgow (438 miles). 20 September 1927:Baird makes first electronic image recordings onto o...
14 March 1930:Simultaneous sound-and-vision 30-line television transmissions are made possible by a new transmitter (Brookman’s Park). 14 July 1930: First British television drama: Pirandello’s The Man with a Flower in his Mouth. March 1931:The Gramophone Company (HMV) and Columbia Graphophone Company merge to form a new company, Electrical and Mus...
23 December 1941:Baird gives first demonstration of 600-line electronic stereoscopic television in colour. 7 June 1946:BBC television reopens after the war. July–August 1948: London hosts the 1948 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic tournament to be broadcast to home television. 17 December 1949:BBC TV Midlands transmitter opens.
27 August 1950:First live link from the continent (Calais to London) lays the foundation for the later Eurovision network. 12 October 1951:BBC TV North transmitter opens, serving the North of England. 15 January 1952:BBC TV Scotland transmitter opens. 2 June 1953:Biggest outside broadcast to date: the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. 22 September ...
11 July 1962:First transatlantic satellite link via Telstar. 16 April 1964:First live link from Japan via Telstar II. 20 April 1964: BBC2 scheduled to open on 625 lines. Massive power failure in West London means gala opening night is cancelled. BBC2 opens the following morning, 21 April, with episode of Play School. 2 May 1965:First trans-Atlantic...
29 July 1981:Biggest outside broadcast to date: the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (750 million viewers in 74 countries). 1 January 1982:New ITV contracts start. New companies include Central Television, TVS and TSW. 2 November 1982:Channel 4 television begins broadcasting. 17 January 1983:BBC Breakfast Time (breakfast television)...
29 April 1990:Launch of British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) (satellite television broadcaster). 2 November 1990:Sky and BSB merge to form BSkyB. 1 January 1993:New ITV contracts start. New companies include Carlton Television, Meridian Broadcasting, Westcountry Television and GMTV. Old companies lost in the franchise change include TV-AM, TVS, TSW...
22 October 2002:UK’s Freeview free-to-air digital terrestrial television (DTT) service officially begins. 2 February 2004:Merger of Granada Television and Carlton Television is completed. The new company is named ITV plc. 27 May 2006:The BBC begins broadcasting in high-definition (HDTV) on their new subscription channel BBC HD. 17 October 2007:The ...
30 March 2010:Freeview HD is launched across the UK, featuring the new Channel 4 HD. 1 October 2010:Sky launches Europe’s first stereoscopic (3DTV) television channel. 28 February 2011:Product placement is permitted on UK television for the first time. 2012–2013: The BBC sells Television Centre, and moves most of its operations from Television Cent...
An episode of Steptoe and Son showing the excitement of owning a colour TV after its introduction on BBC One in 1969. David Attenborough explaining the official colour launch on BBC Two in 1967 ...
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