When ITV began broadcasting in the mid-1950s, it was only in on the afternoons and evenings. The rest of the time viewers were treated to the Test Card - in black and white of course, primarily used ...
It's reminiscent of the feudal knight taking on Death at chess in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal ... only with noughts and crosses, in colour, after the pubs shut. This tale of chalk, sweat and ...