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Ceefax

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Ceefax returns with a blast from the past

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Ceefax - Don't Be Scared

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19/03/1989 - BBC1 - Closedown with Ceefax Fault

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Ceefax being closed down soon (Points of View, 21.10.12)

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The beauty of football on Ceefax

Ceefax was the world's first teletext information service and a forerunner to the current BBC Red Button service. Ceefax was started by the BBC in 1974 and ended at 23:32:19 BST on 23 October 2012, in line with the digital switchover being completed in Northern Ireland. The service then ceased after 38 years of broadcasting.
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