It's very nearly the 50th anniversary of Teletext, rumour has it that our unique widescreen test service, which imagines what CEEFAX 'could' have looked like today, may be up and running...
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They are making a documentary film about the Sinclair ZX Spectrum! The Rubber-Keyed Wonder - Official Film Trailer (2024) youtu.be/tWTkK4BjKeA?si… via YouTube
Android 15 is finally here for Pixel phones today. On the upgrade screen, it says: "Learn more at android.com/15." Unfortunately that page doesn't exist. 🙄 #TeamPixel
Twenty years ago today ITV1 got a new look in the morning and at 9pm ITV3 was born! The Carlton and LWT brands were also banished as programmes became Granada productions. (Remember Granada Anglia, Granada London and Granada Manchester?) I wrote about it: 625.uk.com/tv_logos/itv_0…
What you're missing at... the other place... Someone posted a video of Kate Bush singing the theme from Rentaghost. @darrellmaclaine eat your heart out ;-) youtube.com/watch?v=wT46ja…
On this day thirty years ago, BBC1 showed The Full Wax, with Ruby Wax singing karaoke with US TV evangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in her bath) followed by Everyman and Comes a Horseman. Snooker was on BBC2. youtu.be/CoxnX4w2Nak
David Williams's digital Christmas card from 2021, I think it was one of the last complete BBC BASIC programs he wrote before 'retiring'; an amazing talent, much missed. You can run it in your own browser at this link: wasm.bbcbasic.net/bbcsdl.html?ap… #bbcbasic
WEBSITE UPDATE: Re-creations of regional ITV identities... There's a clock from Ulster Television, colour and black-and-white versions of Southern's animated The Station That Serves The South ident and a Schools caption from Westward! 625.uk.com
WEBSITE UPDATE: Finally revised the page about the BBC 1 'COW' following the 40th anniversary of EastEnders. The lovely folk at BBC Wales, who resurrected their device for live presentation duties, kindly sent me some photos, so we can look inside the box! 625.uk.com/tv_logos/bbc1_…
WEBSITE UPDATE: The ITV/C4 re-creations now number one hundred! The eight new additions include ATV and Central production captions, clocks from Ulster and Scottish, a classic ITV schools interval slide and an animated Associated-Rediffusion ident.
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