[Matt79]

I have recently seen a Dixon of Dock Green episode that was transmitted around November 1971. I was very surprised to see that the BBC TV logo on the end had "colour" underneath in the same font as the late 60s channel IDs. I know the BBC Colour logo started to be used in late 1971 (I have also recently seen Play Away episodes with the familiar "BBC Colour" on the end that were from late 1971), and dates started to be added in early 1972, but this "BBC TV Colour" on the Dixon of Dock Green episode is something I had never seen before.

I know roman numerals started to be used on copyright dates in late 1976 (I remember mentioning this on the TV Forum), but "colour" didn't disappear from the copyright dates until a year later, although oddly the Ronnie Corbett comedy Sorry had "BBC Colour" on the end credits for its third series, even though the first 2 series had the regular BBC copyright

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