Teletextr Podcast : Recent Episodes
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On the Teletext R Podcast’s (un)welcome return, Dan & Carl run the rule over Internet and TV regulation, AI-proof aliens and unintelligible Radio 4 Longwave cricket broadcasts. Whatever the potential answers, one thing’s for certain: everything links back to Mah-Mah-Max Headroom. Sorry we’ve been gone for so long! So much has happened in the meantime, […]
If your favourite part of teletext was always the TV listings, then this is just the podcast for you! Carl, along with gatecrasher Dan, welcomes Twitter’s Ceefaux to the Byte High No Limit Lounge for an extended chat about his puntastic teletext parody of the Radio Times. How are his Ceefax-style listings made? Just who […]
There is netlore. There is Faxlore. So can there be teletextlore? In this episode of the Byte High No Limit Podcast, Carl and Dan discuss what might constitute “teletextlore” – a type of folklore incorporating urban legends, stories and artworks that surround the medium of teletext. The idea for this discussion is borrowed from the […]
Thirty measly years ago, a grand changing of the teletext guard took place. Piece by piece, ORACLE disappeared from our screens to be replaced by a new service from Teletext (Limited). Jokingly billed as a ‘nightmare’ by ORACLE’s TV listings, midnight on 1st January 1993 marked the end of a glorious era that encompassed legends […]
The Max Headroom incident has been increasing in notoriety year upon year. Ever since pirates hijacked the signals of two Chicago television stations in November 1987, the Federal Communications Commission, and latterly the Internet, have been attempting to solve the mystery of who exactly was behind the stunt. In this podcast, Dan and Carl posit […]
Carlos presents a conversation with teletext legend Mort Smith, formerly of Ceefax and Intelfax, from the Sunday of Block Party 2022. This was not a scheduled panel, rather a discussion that broke out regarding Intelfax’s bid for the ITV/Channel 4 teletext offer in 1993. Due to its impromptu nature, only the second half of this […]
It’s precisely ten years since the fateful day that Ceefax disappeared from its rightful home in the Beeb’s Vertical Blanking Interval once and for all. That’s a decade too long for our liking, so let’s relive those golden days via a fun chat with Grim Underscore Fandango himself, the Master of Astrophysics, Jason Robertson. The […]
Greetz to the t3l3t3xt crew! Orange roolz! Infinite lives? (Y/N) Itʼs festival season, and teletext has been appearing at demoparties and techie events the length and breadth of Britainʼs very own Silly-con Valley. Aided by the knowledgeable Teletext Discord, Dan and Carl investigate various communication methods that may be featured alongside teletext in a muddy […]
Dan and Carl welcome a selection of Block Party panellists to the Teletext Sofa Club for a behind-the-scenes review of proceedings at 2022’s biggest teletext festival. This hour-long session also includes an interview with the internationally-renowned Nathan Dane – how has fame changed him? What’s the story behind his Ceefax Mission Control setup? Starring: Dan […]
Reckon you know all about Bamber Boozler? Think again, maaan! During the 1990s, Digitiser’s Mr Biffo took it upon himself to expand the Boozler family lore in a long-running series of pre-clickbait headlines. And considering he is a just a man made of yellow pixels, Bamber has led a rich and varied life. Fervent preservationist […]
If you’ve ever seen a teletext animation, there’s a very good chance Ian Irving had something to do with it. Arguably the world’s first teletext art superstar, he pushed the boundaries of the medium’s artistic capabilities in its formative years. As a member of the original Ceefax team, Irving revolutionised the service with a variety […]
It’s one of the most iconic moments in FA Cup history – Roy Essandoh leaping to score a last-minute goal against Leicester and earn Wycombe Wanderers a place in the semi-finals of England’s most prestigious cup competition. The ‘Ceefax Striker’, as he has been dubbed, signed for injury-stricken Wycombe after his agent spotted a story […]
Who ever thought that opening teletext doors could be so much fun? Yes, on today’s episode of Teletext R, Dan and Carl revisit that childhood thrill, the teletext Advent calendar. Prising open those doors is a simple case of pressing the REVEAL button on your remote, or even just waiting for your page to load […]
Recently, Spanish prisoners have hit the international headlines for their use of teletext to communicate with the outside world. But, as Dan and Carl find out, this certainly isn’t the first time this sort of thing has happened. In a Teletext R Podcast special feature, teletext fan Thomas Boevith presents his elightening research into Copenhagen […]
As soon as the medium of teletext started offering package vacations in the 1980s, the Ceefax Holidays legend was born. ‘Ceefax Holidays’ soon became a generic term for holidays advertised on any teletext service. Package holidays to Magaluf, weekend breaks on the English Riviera, cruises around the Mediterranean… wherever you wanted to go, Ceefax Hols […]
Earlier this year, we reported on the BBC Red Button teletext service, which has unfortunately been threatened with switch-off. Since then, it has stayed on the air – albeit temporarily – due to the current global situation. In this episode of Teletext R, Sarah Gayton of the National Federation of the Blind UK provides an […]
In her glittering career, Sara Scott-Rivers worked extensively with both Viewdata and teletext. Following designer-editor roles with Prestel in the 1980s, she joined Teletext Ltd prior to its launch in 1993. However, she is perhaps best known for her unique fashion sensibilities, which might be described as ‘teletext goth geek-chic’. Bonus: This interview also includes […]
If you had to make a list of memorable teletext sections, you’d probably have Digitiser somewhere in your top 5. Today’s guest is, aside from Mr Biffo, perhaps the world’s most knowledgeable person on the subject of Digitiser. And today on this interview special of Teletext R, his specialist subject is Reversible Sedgewicks. Owner of […]
Digital artist Jarkko Räsänen is a member of the FixC artists co-operative, who have been organising teletext festivals since 2012. Their most recent teletext project, TART2020 (Teletext Art 2020), proved so popular that it has been extended for another month (until 25/5) on YLE Text. Note: this episode was recorded before the extension was announced. […]