Are you still watching TV in black & white?
According to recent research by TV Licensing over 7,000 people are still watching TV in black and white more than half a century after colour broadcasts began in 1967.
London has the most TV licences for black and white sets at 1,768, followed by 431 in the West Midlands and 390 in Greater Manchester.
BBC2 was the first channel to regularly broadcast in colour from July 1967 with the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
The figures were released by TV Licensing in what appears to be a reminder that anyone watching television must by law have a TV licence.
Spokesman Jason Hill said: “Whether you watch EastEnders, Strictly or Question Time in black and white on a 50-year-old TV set, or in colour on a tablet, you need to be covered by a TV licence to watch or record programmes as they are broadcast.
You also need to be covered by a TV licence to download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer, on any device.”
It is no longer possible to buy a new black and white set, though many are still offered for sale on sites such as Gumtree and eBay.
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