BBC Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, has completed its final broadcast after 38 years on air. Before Olympic champion Dame Mary Peters turned off the last of the UK's analogue TV signals in ...

Ceefax, the world's first teletext service, is gradually being switched off around the country as the digital switchover takes hold. To mark its 35th birthday, Ceefax journalist Ian Westbrook has ...

Ceefax was the world's first teletext service, going live on 23 September 1974. In a pre-internet world, the revolutionary system allowed people to check the latest BBC news and sport updates at the ...

The British teletext service Ceefax was launched on September 23, 1974 and it continued until 2012. A BBC story said: “Before the advent of the internet and 24-hour news channels, Ceefax was at ‘the ...

England winger Ian Hunter was picked for the British and Irish Lions in 1993 One of the biggest stories from the announcement of British and Irish Lions squad was the selection of 20-year-old Henry ...

When the BBC got rid of its Ceefax service there was widespread disappointment. But one dedicated software engineer has created his own teletext system to keep the concept alive. Peter Kwan, 63, uses ...

The end is nigh: Ceefax will come to an end tonight after 38 years BBC Ceefax is set for its final bow tonight as the TV text service ends after nearly four decades to make way for the UK's digital ...

The BBC’s Ceefax text service closed down yesterday after 38 years on the air. The world’s first teletext information service, Ceefax began broadcasting in 1974 and provided everyone from insomniacs ...

Using Ceefax was admittedly a dreadfully frustrating process, and yet it was so utterly methodical, so completely logical, that everyone understood it and just accepted they would have to wait and let ...

Tributes have been pouring in as the world's first TV text service - the BBC's Ceefax - marks its 30th birthday. Launched on 23 September, 1974, Ceefax has developed an army of armchair fans from the ...

BBC Ceefax is set for its final bow tonight as the TV text service ends after nearly four decades to make way for the UK's digital switchover. The much-loved service will be taken off air this evening ...