Launch Party! Teletext50 Audio Documentary // Teletext Sofa Club

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Gather your orangeade and carrot cake, because it's the official launch of the long-awaited Teletext 50 radio documentary!

Teletext 50: The Stories is a gripping new documentary by illarterate and Byte High no Limit Productions covering the first 50 years in the life of teletext.

It features 20 people that have played a role in the development, creation and re-birth of the blocky medium since 1974.

Adapted from Carlos’ smash hit podcast, it’s a 110-minute epic guiding you through the decades via the stories of the Teletext People.

Music
"Heroes" (David Bowie) cover by Pixelblip
The Tripping Forecast by Carlos

Timecodes

0:00 Welcome to the launch party!
2:08 What is this documentary?
8:39 Mort Smith's house: where it all started
12:57 Teletext: Wild West to commercial concern
24:24 Why Teletext Ltd ended
28:44 Teletext goes global
33:08 The controversial Debbie's Diary
37:54 Succinct and to-the-point
43:38 Teletext (not Ceefax) Holidays
48:11 Why teletext "failed" in America
54:35 Teletext and art
57:14 The music men
1:03:10 Teletext60 coming soon? & Shoutouts, special thanks
1:12:06 Chuck Swirsky has never heard of freakin' teletext