A bookseller conducting a market survey asked a woman, “Which book has helped you most in your life?”
The woman replied, “That would be my husband’s check book.”
U.K. Colour televisionIn 1966, plans to begin broadcasting television programmes in colour from the following year were announced. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) would make Britain the first European country to have a schedule of colour programs. Postmaster General, Anthony Wedgwood Benn, made the announcement in the House of Commons. The cost of production would be paid from a higher licence fee for the use of colour televisions, beginning with four hours of original programming per week in colour, with David Attenborough, controller of BBC2, in charge. Service was expected to expand to 10-12 hours weekly within a year. A new colour receiver then cost about £250. Black and white reception would be unaffected.« |
