#OnThisDay 1978: Ceefax Is Here went behind the scenes of everybody's favourite teletext information service. BBC Archive loves the naturalistic conversations captured in this piece. | BBC Archive

Hmm... BBC Archive is experiencing a few minor technical issues. Here are some pages from Ceefax - from the 29th of February, no less. | BBC Archive

Ceefax pages move too fast, or maybe they’re too slow, the spelling is often rubbish and as for the spoliers on the sports results… #Onthisday 1987: Open Air visited the thrilling headquarters of Ceefax to give people a chance to air their grievances. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1983: What was on TV 35 years ago tomorrow? Ceefax had your back with a bit of fancy music. Check out what aired on a day special to you here... https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1975: This is Ceefax took a look behind the scenes of everybody's soon-to-be favourite teletext information service. | BBC Archive

#OnThisDay 1974: CEEFAX - the world's first teletext service - went live, with a whopping 30 pages of information at your fingertips. In 1972, BBC science correspondent David Wilson chatted to project lead Stanley Edwardson about this newfangled interactive service, and got a sneak peak at a CEEFAX prototype. | BBC Archive