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Re: First transmission of Channel 4, 2 Nov 1982

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Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 2 Nov 2010 15:03

Gentle nudge please

Thank you
xx

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 2 Nov 2010 04:24

I should remember this as it was when I was at home from work with my baby son, just 4 months old and tv was a good companion to me, being a single Mum. Did we really have no daytime tv till then? I suppose with being at work full time I hadn't noticed.

I watch a lot of Channel 4 programmes especially the documentaries about other countries and ways of life.

Lizx

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 1 Nov 2010 22:56

Dear All

Hello

Hope you are okay.

Until this date, there was just the three TV channels, no breakfast shows and no daytime TV.

Some areas around the UK had to have their TV sets adjusted to receive the new signals.

However, on 2 November 1982, the first voice heard on Channel was that of continuity announcer Paul Coia, who intoned,
"Good morning/afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able to say to you: Welcome to Channel Four", before heading into a montage of clips from its programmes set to the station's signature tune, "Fourscore", written by Lord David Dundas, which would form the basis of the station's jingles for its first decade.


The first programme to air on the channel was the teatime game show Countdown, at 16.45 produced by Yorkshire Television.

The first person to be seen on Channel 4 was Richard Whiteley with Carol Vorderman being the second and the first female on the channel. Whiteley opened the show with the words "As the countdown to a brand new channel ends, a brand new countdown begins."

On its first day, Channel 4 also broadcast controversial soap opera Brookside, which ran for 21 years.

Upon its launch, Channel 4 committed itself to providing an alternative to the existing channels, an agenda in part set out by its remit which required the provision of programming to minority groups.


Has TV improved since the introduction of more channels?

Take gentle care
Very best wishes
xx