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A trade information film about an exciting modern extra for TV, Ceefax is Here looks at how Ceefax - the world's first teletext service - can change daily life for people in Britain. At the touch of a few buttons, people with teletext decoders can now "see facts" through their television screens - news headlines, football scores, television listings, the latest pop charts, weather forecasts, recipes, jokes, and even the latest information from the stock market.
Ceefax was officially launched back in September 1974, but as the technology becomes cheaper, and television sets with built-in decoders begin to hit the market, the BBC is banking on Ceefax to become a staple of British homes.
Are you ready for Ceefax?
Clip taken from Ceefax Is Here, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 20 October, 1978.
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A trade information film about an exciting modern extra for TV, Ceefax is Here looks at how Ceefax - the world's first teletext service - can change daily life for people in Britain. At the touch of a few buttons, people with teletext decoders can now "see facts" through their television screens - news headlines, football scores, television listings, the latest pop charts, weather forecasts, recipes, jokes, and even the latest information from the stock market.
Ceefax was officially launched back in September 1974, but as the technology becomes cheaper, and television sets with built-in decoders begin to hit the market, the BBC is banking on Ceefax to become a staple of British homes.
Are you ready for Ceefax?
Clip taken from Ceefax Is Here, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 20 October, 1978.
You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of TV to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic clips from the BBC vaults.
Make sure you subscribe so that you never miss a single stop on our amazing journey through the BBC Archive - youtube.com/c/BBCArchive?sub_confirmation=1
You can also dive into plenty more BBC Archive on our website - bbc.co.uk/archive
