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The BBC\u2019s teletext information service, Ceefax, launched on 23rd September, 1974 - providing the British public with a way to look up headlines, football results and TV listings, some twenty years before the launch of Internet Explorer.\nCountless National Lottery winners discovered their victories via the analogue service, which was discontinued in 2012. To this day, devotees still share ancient samples of it by uploading old VHS tapes to the web.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain why teletext never caught on in France; revisit the 1,445-episode \u2018soap opera\u2019 ITV Oracle ran on its rival service; and play a Teletext-style Bamboozle quiz of their very own\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018The Editors: Goodbye Ceefax\u2019 (BBC, 2012): https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/2012/10/goodbye_ceefax.html\n\u2022 \u2018Minitel: The Old New Thing\u2019 (WIRED, 2001): https://www.wired.com/2001/04/minitel-the-old-new-thing/\n\u2022 \u2018Pages from Ceefax - Three and a half hours of outdated news, sport and weather\u2019 (No Data Available, 2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU8P5G-GM_g\nWe had EVEN MORE to say about this internet 0.1, including the underwhelming Ceefax competition prizes on offer in the 1970s, the impact the BBC's teletext service had on the development of the TV remote control, and how to research cinema listings for the St George\u2019s Centre Harrow in 1995. To hear bonus material this and every week*, support the show NOW at\xa0Patreon.com/Retrospectors!\n*top two tiers only\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#70s #Technology #Inventions #UK\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices