@@ajs41 I believe teletext was trialled in the US by a few stations, but it never gained FCC approval and wide acceptance. It had most success around the world in PAL system countries. The US and Canada instead got the closed captions system, which uses the same field blanking interval as teletext. France had a similar teletext type system called Antiope on their SECAM system.
I want to go back to the 1970s so much. Three TV channels and that was your lot. When those three channels actually cared about the viewers, since there were only three stations, it meant a lot. Now BBC and ITV do not give a stuff about us.
Ceefax! It was the internet of it's day for about 20 years by the looks of it! I actually had no idea that they had this in the mid 70's, I always thought we only had it from the early 80's onwards until the world wide web would finally outdate it!!
@TheRenaissanceman65 Ceefax subtitles appeared on a few different pages to begin with. Eventually in 1981 they settled on 170, where they stayed until about 1988 when they moved to 888, which was a co-ordinated move with ITV and C4's Teletext service, Oracle.
Yes, I used it right up until the very end. In the days before smartphones it was faster than booting up a PC. They could have continued broadcasting it with the DVB-T signal after switchover, but chose to discontinue it in favour of the 'Red Button'.
I love stuff like this - we certainly had Ceefax in the early 80s on the family TV (ok, in the UK it was the only one) but I had no idea it was around (if in its infancy) in the mid 70s! Just the fact you could call up "pages'" on the TV was pretty mind-blowing at the time.......
More mature than listening to the child like Zoe Ball in the morning. Such a talentless overpaid goon. The BBC is finished and I hope it sinks very soon.
The BBC certainly made a lot of use of Ceefax pages, as from 1983-1986 it filled hundreds of hours of dead air on BBC One when they could not be bothered to provide daytime television. For example in 1984, BBC One during the summer would air Pages from Ceefax from 6.00am-6.30am, 9.00am-10.30am, 11.00am-12.30pm and from 2.00pm-3.55pm.
Still going strong thanks to Tony Hall's decision to suspend his idea to stop it. These days it goes under the catchy title of The Red Button Service. Long may it continue.
Yes, because there was nothing like it before. Previously we only got our news and current information from newspapers, newsreels, TV and radio broadcasts.
Kids in the 70s might have been interested in current affairs. I know I waa. This was in the age long before trivial garbage like TikTok and YT Shorts. The Provisional IRA affected a lot of people all over the UK, and wasn't just Northern Ireland.
Telex I think it was called, and Prestel cost a fortune to run compared with the broadband or mobile broadband today. That was dial up internet costing more per minute than making a phone call did back then. Even in the 1990's on a YTS course, I did a little dabble of using Prestel to find out some information on it and it was still extortionate cost then.
I often called it spaniel hairstyle. Because it looks like the ears of a King Charles spaniel dog. And then later on the mullet hairstyle became a thing.
CEEFAX NEWS HEADLINES: Peter's jeans are exceptionally tight around the old Purves family jewels! 🤣 ... You wouldn't think it would be allowed on kids TV?
I can’t believe it’s from 1975! Ahead of its time!
25 years after this, American TV still had nothing similar.
@@ajs41 25 years after 1975 is the year 2000
@@ajs41 I believe teletext was trialled in the US by a few stations, but it never gained FCC approval and wide acceptance. It had most success around the world in PAL system countries. The US and Canada instead got the closed captions system, which uses the same field blanking interval as teletext. France had a similar teletext type system called Antiope on their SECAM system.
What a fantastic find! Great to see these sample pages from the earliest days of Ceefax. Thanks for uploading!
Apols for horrifically delayed reply. Thanks and glad you enjoyed this clip!
I want to go back to the 1970s so much. Three TV channels and that was your lot. When those three channels actually cared about the viewers, since there were only three stations, it meant a lot. Now BBC and ITV do not give a stuff about us.
Now it's just 'Shut up and pay your licence fee!'
@@darganx I love trying to explain the licence fee to Americans, they can not believe it.
@@johnking5174 anyone who's seen 'live' American TV needs to keep quiet.
@@stepheng8779 Why?
@@johnking5174 Ads every 5 minutes, quality control non existent. Think the worst experience on Freeview then imagine it 20 times worse.
We had our first Teletext TV in the early 80’s and we thought it was great. Great bit of TV nostalgia with Blue Peter.
I imagined Peter Purves as my older brother when I was a little boy. It’s amazing how such things can take hold and help when you are a kid
Ceefax...The internet before the internet.
I remember looking for holiday deals and if you missed the page you’d have to go all the way around again and hope the deal was still there!!!!!
Poor guy typing in the Ceefax HQ, he suffered from "someone is watching me type syndrome" and slowed right down.
Ceefax! It was the internet of it's day for about 20 years by the looks of it! I actually had no idea that they had this in the mid 70's, I always thought we only had it from the early 80's onwards until the world wide web would finally outdate it!!
I seem to remember Ceefax transmissions from as late as 1995 (the last time I went back to Scotland). Am I correct on the date?
@TheRenaissanceman65 Ceefax subtitles appeared on a few different pages to begin with. Eventually in 1981 they settled on 170, where they stayed until about 1988 when they moved to 888, which was a co-ordinated move with ITV and C4's Teletext service, Oracle.
@@bb3ca201 Ceefax was still going on until 2011. I used it until then myself.
@@ajs41 That's true!! Amazing it was still around in 2011...
Yes, I used it right up until the very end. In the days before smartphones it was faster than booting up a PC. They could have continued broadcasting it with the DVB-T signal after switchover, but chose to discontinue it in favour of the 'Red Button'.
2:09 Charlie Chaplin had the flu?! In 1975?! Yikes, he was in far better health than I'd have thought for 1975!
Why?
considering the guy's age at the time, he was in his late 80's, the flu probably would have killed him. He died in 1977, as it goes.
I love stuff like this - we certainly had Ceefax in the early 80s on the family TV (ok, in the UK it was the only one) but I had no idea it was around (if in its infancy) in the mid 70s! Just the fact you could call up "pages'" on the TV was pretty mind-blowing at the time.......
This seems fantastic, where can I get ceefax for my smart phone?
Best line up by far.
Notice how this isn't dumbed down for kids at all....
More mature than listening to the child like Zoe Ball in the morning. Such a talentless overpaid goon. The BBC is finished and I hope it sinks very soon.
He talking to GenX, mostly. No dumbing down or sugar coating sought or provided to this generation in UK at least.
One could always switch to Channel 4 and be Bamboozled. Which didn't exist in 1975 of course.
The BBC certainly made a lot of use of Ceefax pages, as from 1983-1986 it filled hundreds of hours of dead air on BBC One when they could not be bothered to provide daytime television. For example in 1984, BBC One during the summer would air Pages from Ceefax from 6.00am-6.30am, 9.00am-10.30am, 11.00am-12.30pm and from 2.00pm-3.55pm.
I used to sit there reading it all.
Me too. Not sure what my parents thought I was doing! 😊
Still going strong thanks to Tony Hall's decision to suspend his idea to stop it.
These days it goes under the catchy title of The Red Button Service.
Long may it continue.
In 2023, even the red button came under threat
45 years ago. Damn.
Excellent
Teletext it was called in NZ , Very flash back in the day
Oh, so this explains how CEEFAX, has all of the things before Online Things, were made, even TH-cam!
It was all included in the price of your TV licence. Once I got a Teletext set I was using Ceefax for hours.
The very important difference was, it was TV projecting at you what it chose to, it was not comment-interactive the way the web 7s.
Peter's Pat Jennings hair was epic....
This is amazing! The future is here …
Peter’s wearing spray-on jeans.
And they're exceptionally tight around the old Purves family jewels! 🤣
Bamboozle.
It was known has Teletex in France. Gosh, I almost forgot about that technology of the 70's 80's era.
So what did you black out at the top?
I would genuinely prefer it if this got switched back on. It is less busy and noisy than all this internet s**t.
Had Pete cracked Leslies’ Code by then ? 😁
Peter Kay’s “ tinternet”
What a " Trill " seeing Pete's Budgie smuggler.
Was this very advanced for its time?
Yes, because there was nothing like it before. Previously we only got our news and current information from newspapers, newsreels, TV and radio broadcasts.
I know Middlewich road in Sandbach 🙂
I’m sure kids loved updates re the IRA!! 🤣
Thanks to John Craven's Newsround, kids then were actually interested in what was going on and the BBC wasn't afraid to explain.
Kids in the 70s might have been interested in current affairs. I know I waa. This was in the age long before trivial garbage like TikTok and YT Shorts. The Provisional IRA affected a lot of people all over the UK, and wasn't just Northern Ireland.
"See facts"...geddit?
forunner to teletex
Telex I think it was called, and Prestel cost a fortune to run compared with the broadband or mobile broadband today. That was dial up internet costing more per minute than making a phone call did back then. Even in the 1990's on a YTS course, I did a little dabble of using Prestel to find out some information on it and it was still extortionate cost then.
😃Peter's Budgie Smugglers were certainly a sign of the times 😁.
Vay beee adamlar teletex i 1975 te nasıl kullanılacağını anlatıyorlar
Those jeans are a bit tight Peter, something for the Mums?
Evidently the BBC wardrobe department were a bit tight on their sizing here.
Peters hair style 😂😂
I often called it spaniel hairstyle. Because it looks like the ears of a King Charles spaniel dog. And then later on the mullet hairstyle became a thing.
Distracted by those tight jeans x
James May lives everywhere.......
Peter Purves sounds a bit disjointed.
CEEFAX NEWS HEADLINES: Peter's jeans are exceptionally tight around the old Purves family jewels! 🤣 ... You wouldn't think it would be allowed on kids TV?
The BBC wardrobe department were a bit tight on their sizing here.
'Im reading faster than you can type". Read slower, then!.