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Digit Al’s fun facts
- In the 1930s, the cost of a TV was about the same as the cost of a small car!
- On the first day of BBC television in 1936, there was only one hour of TV!
- On September 1st 1939, in the middle of a Mickey Mouse cartoon, all the TV screens in Britain went blank! This was because the Second World War had begun and the BBC had shut down.
- On June 7th 1946, the BBC returned to the screen. The Mickey Mouse cartoon continued just where it had stopped, seven years earlier when war broke out!
- In 1948, the London Olympic Games were the first Olympic Games to be shown on home television, although not many people in the UK actually owned a TV.
- The digital TV switchover is the biggest change in broadcasting since the introduction of colour in 1967!
Tell your friends and family about the switchover to digital TV
It’s important that everyone knows when the switchover is happening and what they need to do, so that they are ready. Why not tell your parents or carers, grandparents, aunties and uncles about the Parent Zone on this site where they can get more information about going digital?