Colour Strike
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The Colour Strike was an industrial action by technicians at ITV from late 1970 to early 1971, who due to a pay dispute with their management, refused to work with colour television equipment. The technicians simply switched off the colour signal whilst this dispute took place. [1]
This meant that even though the equipment was available, all shows had to be broadcast in black and white [2], [3],
[edit] Shows affected by the ITV colour strike
- Budgie
- Please Sir
- Upstairs, Downstairs
- Timeslip
- Doctor|At Large
- On The Buses
- Bless This House
- Crossroads
- Coronation Street
- Hine
- Mind of Mr JG reader
- The trouble with you Lilian
- Six Dates With Barker
- A Family At War
- Callan
- The Dickie Henderson Show
- Hadleigh
- Elephants Eggs in a Rhubarb Tree
- The Freewheelers
