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At midnight on 15 November, 1969 simultaneously with ITV and two years after BBC2, BBC1 officially began 625-line PAL colour programming on UHF with a broadcast of a concert by Petula Clark. Initially BBC 1 & ITV transmitters in the London, Birmingham and Manchester were first areas to go live with colour.
The PAL system allowed colour transmissions to be received in monochrome 625-line sets until the end of analogue broadcasting.
First transmitted: 15 November 1969 London, Birmingham & Manchester.
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At midnight on 15 November, 1969 simultaneously with ITV and two years after BBC2, BBC1 officially began 625-line PAL colour programming on UHF with a broadcast of a concert by Petula Clark. Initially BBC 1 & ITV transmitters in the London, Birmingham and Manchester were first areas to go live with colour.
The PAL system allowed colour transmissions to be received in monochrome 625-line sets until the end of analogue broadcasting.
First transmitted: 15 November 1969 London, Birmingham & Manchester.
