When Channel 4 started.

Re: When Channel 4 started.

i think it was november when it started. used to love brookside when it first started.

[fynger]

Re: When Channel 4 started.

I remember its start up....1st program was Countdown

[beccabear67]

Anyone have any memories of when Channel 4 started? Late 1982 wasn't it? Was it exciting to have an entire new channel as well as new shows? I guess there's a political aspect to it existing at all, I wonder if any people boycotted it that didn't like Thatcher or whatever at the time.

I have an interest in the Brookside soap and how it changed over time. Also S.W.A.L.K., a show for teens connected with me pretty strongly for some reason at the time. It had this photo-comics gimmick with Prunella Scales as the advice lady appearing in a bubble to give her stereotype advice which contrasted with the reality played out in the show (like the main character's older sister getting married after becoming pregnant and moving out).

I guess it wasn't all that many years after Channel 4 launched that satellite and Sky and specialty channels came along.