Ceefax was the first teletext service to go live, launching in September 1974. Run by the BBC, it would last until 2012 when it was lost to the digital switchover. It was superseded by BBC Interactive, later the BBC Red Button.
Colin McIntyre was appointed Editor of Ceefax in 1974. Dubbed Mr Ceefax, he was born in Argentina and moved to the UK, where his father ran a cotton factory, to join the war effort.
This artwork was made shortly after McIntyre’s passing in May 2012.
A still from the BBC’s 1975 ‘This is Ceefax’ documentary depicting Mort Smith editing a Ceefax page – except here, he’s slacking off by playing Pong on his visual display unit.