WITH colour television turning 50 years old on July 1, BBC TV Licensing have released figures showing that seven homes in Barry still view their favourite shows in black and white.

In total, there remain more than 8,000 homes across the UK which still enjoy programmes in black and white, most of which are in urban areas such as London, Birmingham and Manchester.

Richard Chapman, TV Licensing spokesman in Wales, said: "It is striking that in an era of HD TV and spectacular true-to-life pictures, there are still more than 8,000 viewers, including seven in Barry, content to watch spectacular programmes like The Night Manager and Planet Earth in monochrome.

"Whether you watch in black and white on a 50-year-old TV set or in colour on a tablet, you need to be covered by a TV Licence to watch or record programmes as they are broadcast. You also need to be covered by a TV Licence to download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer, on any device."

Fewer than 500 families had a colour TV set in 1967 when coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships became the first televised colour transmission.

Comparatively, more than 9 million people tuned in to watch Andy Murray contest the title last year, with BBC iPlayer recording the highest unique browser reach on record, with an average of 19.9 million unique browsers weekly across June 2016.

A TV Licence is needed to watch or record live TV, as well as to watch or download BBC programmes on iPlayer. A licence costs £147 and can be purchased at tvlicensing.co.uk/info.

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