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Rillington · 02-12-2012, 23:21

For the record, on-air Ceefax transmissions ended at 5.59am on Monday 23 October 2012 after 32 and a half years on air. They began as 30 minute slots in March 1980 and from May 1983 they filled all daytime closedowns until BBC1 began daytime transmissions on 27 October 1986 and for an additional 2.5 more years on BBC2 as that channel didn't commence all day broadcasts throughout the year until June 1989. Throughout the 1990s all Ceefax transmissions were restricted to 15-30 minute broadcasts before the first programme of the day but around the turn of the century the BBC2 transmitters were kept on all night and Ceefax was used to fill the overnight closedown gaps.

Incidentally, the Pages from Ceefax name for the transmissions didn't begin until the start of 1984 which was when Radio Times first began listing daytime Ceefax transmissions. Prior to this they were listed on the Ceefax BBC TV listings pages as Ceefax In Vision with only the pre-Breakfast Time Ceefax AM transmission getting a listing in RT.

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Rillington cf.mega poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Services: Virgin Media, DAB Posts: 1,157	Re: Ceefax In Vision to close this Sun/Mon. For the record, on-air Ceefax transmissions ended at 5.59am on Monday 23 October 2012 after 32 and a half years on air. They began as 30 minute slots in March 1980 and from May 1983 they filled all daytime closedowns until BBC1 began daytime transmissions on 27 October 1986 and for an additional 2.5 more years on BBC2 as that channel didn't commence all day broadcasts throughout the year until June 1989. Throughout the 1990s all Ceefax transmissions were restricted to 15-30 minute broadcasts before the first programme of the day but around the turn of the century the BBC2 transmitters were kept on all night and Ceefax was used to fill the overnight closedown gaps. Incidentally, the Pages from Ceefax name for the transmissions didn't begin until the start of 1984 which was when Radio Times first began listing daytime Ceefax transmissions. Prior to this they were listed on the Ceefax BBC TV listings pages as Ceefax In Vision with only the pre-Breakfast Time Ceefax AM transmission getting a listing in RT.