Teletext Recovery Work

In 2022 I began my journey with recovering the wonders of teletext from home-recorded VHS tapes.

This page isn't here to serve as a "what is teletext" (see bottom of page) or "how to recover teletext" (see Guides below), but is here to serve as a public view of my progress of recoveries; and importantly as a way that people can download my recoveries if they so wish.

Table Structure

D# - Directory number, internal use. Should be 1:1 with a physical cassette marked with the same number.
Date - confirmed date of the capture. (dd/mm/yyyy)
Time - confirmed time range of the capture.
Service - name of the service captured (e.g. CEEFAX, TELETEXT). Plus the region of the service if applicable.
Channel - the name of the channel the capture comes from (e.g. BBC1, BBC2, ITV).
Broadcast Programme - the identified programme(s) that were being broadcast during the capture. If a BBC broadcast then the relevant Genome entry will be linked.
Tape ID - any identifying markers on the cassette shell/packaging, more for internal use only.
Notes - a rating (see Ratings System below) plus any notes about the recovery quality.
VCR - the model number of the VCR used for the capture.
Deconvolved - a Teletext file which contains all recovered pages in timed sequence.
Squashed - a process unique to vhs-teletext wherein duplicate subpages are removed and reduced. This would give you the most accurate representation of the original service being broadcast.
Final - [optional] what I consider to be a final representation of the service, often edited by hand to correct errors unless the recovery is of such quality that it can be presented without adjustment.
Preview - [optional] working from the Final file, an interactive HTML rendering of the service that you can view in your web browser!

Further Notes

All files provided here are of the .T42 file type, which is generally agreed to be the teletext file format. Most teletext adjacent programs will work with these files.
All "automated" processing of these files is completed via ali1234's vhs-teletext tool.
The reason for providing different versions of the same file, is that there may be hidden (or yet undiscovered) data in earlier revisions.
It is natural that the files usually get smaller with each revision.
Capture times are approximated. Total captured pages is calculated via Meddler SE.
Any capture should only contain pages for the service and date specified. However sometimes due to issues with the recovery or a mistake on my part, a few rogue pages from another service may appear.
Capture length used to be capped at around 15 minutes, however this behaviour has now been discarded with the attempt to capture all data from the broadcast (e.g. a capture from a film broadcast might be 2 hours long). However when performing a capture I will often stop it at around the 3 hour mark, as any further capture after this is usually redundant.

Guides

As teletext recovery can be considered a bit of a dark art still, I have created a series of guides that explain various procedures you might go through when performing teletext recovery operations.

Teletext Recovery Environment Setup Guide - a guide that explains how to prepare an environment for the capture and initial processing of teletext data.
Teletext Capture and Recovery Guide - a guide that explains how to capture and process teletext data
Guide to Speeding Up Teletext Data Procesing with NVIDIA CUDA - a guide that explains how to greatly improve the speed at which you can process raw teletext data (sometimes referred to as the VBI data).

Tools

If you're new to all this and unsure what to do with these T42 files, or if you want to play with teletext then see these links to various useful tools:

Teletext Meddler SE My primary tool used for viewing my T42's, editing them, adjusting stuff etc. Download Page
Teletext Recovery Editor Another tool for viewing and editing, but has a limit and won't work with large captures. Download Page
Teletext Player A great tool for viewing teletext files in the most "natural" way on a computer. Download Page

Recoveries

These are all my recoveries, some of them are extremely poor and some are nearly perfect. Download the .t42 files from the right-hand side of the table or click on the Eye icon to view in your browser.

If you want the nicest, cleanest captures you'll want the Final column, if you want the most "untouched" data you'll want the Deconvolved column and if you want a stream that has the duplicates removed you'll want Squahsed.

"Junk" recoveries (where the recovered data is so screwed up that there is little to no readable information) are rarely published as they just take up valuable hosting space.

Some files have the extension of .tidy at the end. Fear not, they're T42 files as you'd hope, just trimmed down to remove some excess off the end.

Ratings System: I have now developed a simple 5 point rating system for the recoveries, this is to help identify the best of whats available.

5 Star a near perfect or perfect recovery, usually hand corrected with no spelling mistakes or graphical corruptions. Very rare.
4 Star a very high quality recovery, usually with occassional graphical corruptions or simple spelling mistakes (e.g. Telitext vs Teletext).
3 Star an average recovery, readable and structure present but spelling mistakes and graphical glitches present.
2 Star a below average recovery, structure present but lots of spelling mistakes.
1 Star a poor or "junk" recovery, scrambled text, little to no structure, no complete graphics.

NEW FEATURE! (Q4 2024) I've just added a final column to the table below called Preview this will allow you to view the squashed (or final if available) .t42 file in your web browser without having to download anything. It's not perfect, all sub-pages will appear on one page, but the page numbers and fasttext buttons can be clicked on!

NEW CHANGE! (Q2 2025) to keep hosting costs down, many of the .t42's below are now in a standard .zip archive as this reduces the amount of space they consume by a considerable amount!

D#	Date	Time approx.	Service	Channel	Programme Playing Genome URL [if BBC]	Tape ID	Notes	VCR	Deconvolved	Squashed	Final
0002	30/08/2003	21:09-22:37	TELETEXT East of England	C4	Angela's Ashes	"Angelas Ashes" Memorex E180	Possible 1st Gen Good overall quality No Ghosting Steady picture	Samsung SV-651B
0003	27/07/1997 28/07/1997	23:45-02:00	CEEFAX	BBC1	Havana (1990) Genome	JVC XR 1-YSL60	Pos. 2nd/3rd Gen Good overall quality No Ghosting Steady picture	Samsung SV-651B
0003	15/07/1997	TBC	TELETEXT East of England	C4	Brookside	JVC XR 1-YSL60	Good quality but overall very short and missing a lot of content.	Samsung SV-651B
0003	08/07/1997	19:20-20:00	CEEFAX	BBC1	EastEnders Genome	JVC XR 1-YSL60	Pos. 2nd/3rd Gen Good overall quality No Ghosting Steady picture	Samsung SV-651B
0004	26/09/1993	20:00-TBD	TELETEXT East of England	ANGLIA	Memphis Belle (1990)	"KEEP - MENTHIS BELL" Generic E-180	⭐⭐⭐ Pretty good recovery, variety of spelling mistakes mostly	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0004	22/09/1993	22:00-22:15	TELETEXT	ANGLIA	ITN News	"KEEP - MENTHIS BELL" Generic E-180	Pos. 2nd/3rd Gen OK overall quality Minor Ghosting Steady picture	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0006	TBD		TBD	Hallmark Sky	Adverts Junctions	"NEW TAPE 6/2/04" FUJI E-180 0193G2EA(?)	Pos. 2nd/3rd Gen OK overall quality Slight ripple in picture.	Samsung SV-651B	Pending	N/A	N/A
0006	TBD		TBD	Sky One Sky	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	"NEW TAPE 6/2/04" FUJI E-180 0193G2EA(?)	Pos. 2nd/3rd Gen OK overall quality Slight ripple in picture. Start of capture is interrupted	Samsung SV-651B	N/A	N/A	N/A
0006	TBD		TBD	BBC1	EastEnders	"NEW TAPE 6/2/04" FUJI E-180 0193G2EA(?)	Pos. 2nd/3rd Gen OK overall quality Slight ripple in picture.	Samsung SV-651B	Pending	N/A	N/A
0008	23/12/1983	22:02-22:57	CEEFAX	BBC1	The Dirty Dozen (1967) Genome	"THE DIRTY DOZEN" MEMOREX E-180 ASF203	Good quality Possibly 1st/2nd generation.	Samsung SV-651B
0010	28/10/1996	22:12-22:50	CEEFAX	BBC1	Billy Collony's World Tour of Australia Genome	"Australia Tour Billy Connelly" FINLANDIA E180 ??22ENA	OK quality Possibly 3rd generation Some frequent drop-outs.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0010	25/11/1996	22:13-22:51	CEEFAX	BBC1	Billy Collony's World Tour of Australia Genome	"Australia Tour Billy Connelly" FINLANDIA E180 ??22ENA	OK quality Possibly 3rd generation Some frequent drop-outs. Considering this, this capture has many perfect pages.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0010	09/12/1996	20:44-20:57	TELETEXT	C4	The Real Holiday Show	"Australia Tour Billy Connelly" FINLANDIA E180 ??22ENA		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0011	20/08/2000	14:41-14:52	SKY TEXT	SKY PREMIER	Dr Dolitte (1998)	"Dr Dolittle" TDK E-240 TV AGOD 914	Poor recovery, lots of missing data. Might require a re-capture to improve.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0013	19/11/1994	14:59-15:16	CEEFAX	BBC2	Glenn Miller: America's Musical Hero Genome	TDK E-180 E 180 TV EE	Great quality Second generation Recovery GREAT, many perfect pages	Samsung SV-651B
0013	15/12/1994	22:39-22:54	TELETEXT East of England	ANGLIA	Marquee	TDK E-180 E 180 TV EE	Great quality Second generation Recovery GREAT, many perfect pages	Samsung SV-651B
0014	26/10/2008	19:44-19:59	CEEFAX	BBC1	Strictly Come Dancing S6E12 Genome	BASF E180 267 8 S 24 082107 9	OK quality Multi-generation Recovery OK, mis-spellings	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0014	13/12/2008	19:15-19:38	CEEFAX	BBC2	A Life on the Box: Arthur Lowe Genome	BASF E180 267 8 S 24 082107 9	OK quality Multi-generation Recovery OK, mis-spellings	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0014	26/12/2007	22:33-22:48	TELETEXT	ITV1		BASF E180 267 8 S 24 082107 9	OK quality Multi-generation Recovery poor	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0015	26/09/2007	01:12-01:25	TELETEXT	ITV1		FIDELITY	Really short capture, missing a lot of content	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0016	27/12/1993	18:59-19:07	TELETEXT LONDON	CARLTON	Wish You Were Here		⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good recovery, few spelling mistakes but otherwise ok	Samsung SV-651B
0016	02/12/1997	16:29-16:37	TELETEXT	C4	Countdown		⭐⭐⭐ Pretty good, but missing pages	Samsung SV-651B			WIP
0016	14/04/2008	19:36-19:51	CEEFAX	BBC1	Watchdog		⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good recovery, few spelling mistakes but otherwise ok	Samsung SV-651B
0016	15/04/2008	21:11-22:27	TELETEXT LONDON	ITV1	The Duke: A Portrait of Prince Philip		⭐⭐ Sub-par recovery, many spelling mistakes but looks like all pages are present	Samsung SV-651B
0016	12/05/2008	19:51-19:59	CEEFAX	BBC1	Watchdog		⭐⭐ Sub-par recovery, missing a fair bit of data in some areas	Samsung SV-651B
0016	12/05/2008	21:01-21:17	TELETEXT LONDON	ITV1	Cops with Cameras		⭐⭐ Sub-par recovery, nearly junk	Samsung SV-651B
0021	01/12/1999	12:10-12:20	CEEFAX	BBC1	Call My Bluff Genome	JVC XR "A"	Good quality, occassional rolling line. Possibly first gen	Samsung SV-651B
0021	01/12/1999	13:34-13:43	CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	The Arts and Crafts Hour Genome	JVC XR "A"	⭐⭐⭐ OK quality, some pages better than others	Samsung SV-651B
0021	02/12/1999	19:15-19:26	CEEFAX	BBC1	Watchdog Genome	JVC XR "A"	⭐⭐⭐ OK quality, fair amount of pages missing	Samsung SV-651B
0021	12/02/2000	17:56-18:06	TELETEXT	ANGLIA	Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed	JVC XR "A"	Good quality, occassional rolling line. Possibly first gen	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0021	13/02/2000	18:30-18:40	TELETEXT	ANGLIA	Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed	JVC XR "A"	Good quality, occassional rolling line. Possibly first gen	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0021	17/07/1999	16:17-16:21	TELETEXT EAST OF ENGLAND	ANGLIA		JVC XR "A"	⭐⭐ Missing a lot of pages, but what is recovered is good	Samsung SV-651B
0022	02/11/1999	12:00-12:18	CEEFAX	BBC1	Call My Bluff Genome	"G Painting" Sony CD E180 F2246148	Very good quality. Possibly first gen Squashed T42 has many good pages	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0022	06/02/1999	23:02-23:06	TELETEXT	C4	UNKNOWN	"G Painting" Sony CD E180 F2246148	Partial, very short recording Good quality. Possibly first gen Squashed T42 needs work	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0022	12/11/1999	20:16-20:20	TELETEXT	ANGLIA	Who Want's To Be a Millionaire	"G Painting" Sony CD E180 F2246148	Partial, short recording Good quality. Possibly first gen Squashed T42 needs work	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0022	30/11/1999		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Arts and Crafts Hour Genome	"G Painting" Sony CD E180 F2246148	Good quality. Possibly first gen Squashed T42 needs work	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0022	08/12/1999		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Arts and Crafts Hour Genome	"G Painting" Sony CD E180 F2246148	Good quality. Possibly first gen Squashed T42 needs work	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0023	31/12/1996	19:00-19:19	CEEFAX	BBC1	The Only Fools and Horses Selection Box Genome	"Q" Maxell 3 HOUR Z	Very good quality. Possibly first gen Squashed T42 has many good pages	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0023	01/01/1997	19:59-20:17	CEEFAX	BBC1	Ronnie Barker - a Life in Comedy Genome	"Q" Maxell 3 HOUR Z	Very good quality. Possibly first gen Squashed T42 has many good pages	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0024	30/12/1987	12:10-12:22	CEEFAX	BBC1	Montreux Rock Festival 1987 Genome	"Q" Granada TV & Video E-180 D690Y	Good quality.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0025	11/09/2005	22:37-22:47	TELETEXT	C4	Angela's Ashes	"N" Memorex E180 C10117M	OK quality	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0025	22/08/2005	15:18-15:48	TELETEXT	C4	Rising Damp	"N" Memorex E180 C10117M	OK quality	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0026	08/03/2004		TELETEXT	C4	Laughter in Paradise (1951)	"J" Sony E180 K3396169	Good quality	Samsung SV-651B	Pending		Pending
0026	08/03/2004	20:45-20:56	TELETEXT	C4	Salvage Squad	"J" Sony E180 K3396169	Good quality	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0026	13/10/2003	14:34-14:45	TELETEXT	C4	The Golden Salamander (1949)	"J" Sony E180 K3396169	Good quality	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0027	11/06/1994	18:40-19:12	CEEFAX	BBC1	The Paul Daniels Magic Show Genome	"J" JVC XR E180	Good quality	Samsung SV-651B
0027	11/06/1994	22:17-22:28	TELETEXT	C4	The Unpleasant World of Penn and Teller	"J" JVC XR E180	Good quality	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0027	16/10/1994	12:45-12:56	CEEFAX	BBC2	Snowy River: the McGregor Saga Genome	"J" JVC XR E180	Good quality	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0027	22/03/1994	04:04-04:09	TELETEXT	C4	French Schools Program?	"J" JVC XR E180	Good quality SHORT CAPTURE	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0028	20/12/1992	17:10-17:33	CEEFAX	BBC1 (?)		Sony Pro-X E180		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0028	27/12/1994	17:03-17:22	TELETEXT	C4	The Mousehole Cat	Sony Pro-X E180		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0028	27/12/1994	17:34-17:58	CEEFAX	BBC1	Beatrix Potter: The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends - The Tale of Pigling Bland	Sony Pro-X E180	Nearly perfect recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0028	03/09/1992	21:53-22:10	CEEFAX	BBC1	Porridge	Sony Pro-X E180	High quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0028	04/09/1992	19:52-19:59	CEEFAX	BBC2	Gardener's World	Sony Pro-X E180	Very short recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0028	15/12/1991	17:43-17:47	CEEFAX	BBC1	Merlin of The Crystal Cave	Sony Pro-X E180	Very short recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0028	19/05/1991	20:00-20:08	CEEFAX	BBC2	Great Journeys	Sony Pro-X E180	Very short recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0029	06/09/2000	21:13-21:37	CABLE	FrontRow	Universal Solider III (1998)	"UNIVERSAL SOLDIER III" Scotch E240 A0256	Good quality but bizarre capture result	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0029	10/10/1998	22:39-23:01	TELETEXT	LWT	The Big Match	"UNIVERSAL SOLDIER III" Scotch E240 A0256	Good quality	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0030	18/03/2002	22:03-23:25	SKY TEXT	SKY MOVIEMAX	Scary Movie (2000)	PYE E180 5K010131 0643		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0030	08/03/2002	00:00-01:44	SKY TEXT	SKY MOVIEMAX	Scream 3 (2000)	PYE E180 5K010131 0643		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0031	02/05/2000	19:04-21:05	TELETEXT	ITV CARLTON	Emmerdale	PYE E180 5K010131 1113		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0031	02/05/2000	21:05-22:03	TELETEXT	ITV CARLTON	Bad Girls	PYE E180 5K010131 1113	Due to how this was recorded I thought these were seperate days, this is a continuation of the previous entry.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0032	17/03/2006	18:01-18:12	TELETEXT	FIVE	Home and Away	JVC (?) E-180 M H303EBSI		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0032	17/03/2006	19:01-19:30	TELETEXT	ITV1	Emmerdale	JVC (?) E-180 M H303EBSI	Good quality Long Capture	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0032	17/03/2006	20:00-20:30	CEEFAX	BBC1	Hustle	JVC (?) E-180 M H303EBSI		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0032	14/03/2006	00:05-02:32	TELETEXT	ITV1	Quizmania	JVC (?) E-180 M H303EBSI	Good quality recovery, many good pages Long capture so large deconvole file!	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0033	26/02/2002	21:04-00:06	SKY TEXT	SKY PREMIER 3	The Haunting (1999)	E180 5K010131 1113 "The Haunting"	Alright capture, spelling issues. Entirely about betting results.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0034	29/12/2002	14:28-16:50	CEEFAX	BBC1	Eastenders Genome	SONY E240CDA 4G 40068		Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0034	10/12/2002	09:26-10:10	TELETEXT	ITV1 CARLTON	Trisha	SONY E240CDA 4G 40068	OK capture, few corruptions.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0035	18/01/1992	15:53-16:29	CEEFAX	BBC2	Annie's Coming Out (1984) Genome	GOLDSTAR E180S 13186C	Decent capture, needs spell check.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0035	24/01/1992	16:08-16:46	ORACLE	THAMES	CITV	GOLDSTAR E180S 13186C	OK to poor capture.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0035	15/02/1992	17:31-21:40	ORACLE	LWT	Baywatch ?	GOLDSTAR E180S 13186C	Poor capture.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0036	04/07/2005	22:03-23:59	TELETEXT London	C4	Four Weddings & a Funeral (1994)	TDK	⭐⭐ Barely passable recovery, missing a fair amount of data and what is present is corrupt.	Samsung SV-651B
0037	06/12/2000	22:12-22:16	TELETEXT London	ITV1 CARLTON	Corination Street	TDK	⭐⭐ Actual recovered data is pretty good, just missing a lot of pages likely due to being a short capture	Samsung SV-651B
0037	06/12/2000	22:16-23:39	TELETEXT London	SKY MOVIEMAX	Avalanche (1999)	TDK	⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pretty good recovery, not many spelling issues.	Samsung SV-651B
0038	11/09/1994	21:03-22:47	TELETEXT London	C4	Edward Scissorhands	TDK HS E-180	⭐⭐ Sub-par recovery, lots of page corruptions	Samsung SV-651B
0038	21/09/1994	19:02-21:00	CEEFAX	BBC1	Bigfoot and the Hendersons (1987) Genome	TDK HS E-180	⭐⭐ Sub-par recovery, lots of page corruptions	Samsung SV-651B
0039	09/02/2007		CEEFAX East	BBC1	Homes Under the Hammer Genome	TDK 180 SFB08E02 E-180	Short capture, but decent capture - rest of tape unusable.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0040	27/12/2003		CEEFAX East	FIVE	Jackie Mason: A Night at the Opera	TDK 180 E-180 TV SLK03AED	Long quality capture.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0041	19/01/2007		CEEFAX East	BBC1	Wanted Down Under Genome	E-180 MLI24BN96	Short capture, poor quality - missing lines.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0041	20/01/2007		CEEFAX East	BBC1	All New Just For Laughs Genome	E-180 MLI24BN96	Short capture, poor quality - missing lines.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0041	04/02/2007		CEEFAX East	BBC1	Waking the Dead: Double Bind Genome	E-180 MLI24BN96	Long capture, good quality - spelling mistakes.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	24/01/1991		CEEFAX	BBC1	Open All Hours	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	31/01/1991		CEEFAX	BBC1	Open All Hours	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	07/02/1991		CEEFAX	BBC1	Open All Hours	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	21/02/1991		CEEFAX	BBC1	Open All Hours	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	28/02/1991		CEEFAX	BBC1	Open All Hours	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	07/03/1991		CEEFAX	BBC1	Open All Hours	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	21/03/1991		CEEFAX	BBC1	Open All Hours	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	24/09/1990		ORACLE	C4	Strangers on a Train (1951)	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Short capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0042	30/09/1990		ORACLE	C4	Rome Express (1932)	Sony DX E-240 3642081	Short capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0043	05/11/1993		CEEFAX	BBC1	Animals of Farthing Wood	Sony E-180 A2213118	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0043	12/11/1993		CEEFAX	BBC1	Animals of Farthing Wood	Sony E-180 A2213118	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0043	19/11/1993		CEEFAX	BBC1	Animals of Farthing Wood	Sony E-180 A2213118	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0043	26/11/1993		CEEFAX	BBC1	Animals of Farthing Wood	Sony E-180 A2213118	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0043	03/12/1993		CEEFAX	BBC1	Animals of Farthing Wood	Sony E-180 A2213118	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0043	10/12/1993		CEEFAX	BBC1	Animals of Farthing Wood	Sony E-180 A2213118	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0043	17/12/1993		CEEFAX	BBC1	Animals of Farthing Wood	Sony E-180 A2213118	Full episode capture, great quality recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0044	31/10/2005		CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	Operation Crossbow (1965) Genome	Sony Dynamicron DX E-240 3342081	⭐⭐⭐ full film capture ok quality recovery with a lot of corruptions	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0044	26/07/2005		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Jane Eyre (1944)	Sony Dynamicron DX E-240 3342081	⭐⭐⭐⭐ Partial film capture really good quality recovery	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0044	18/12/2004		CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	The 39 Steps Genome	Sony Dynamicron DX E-240 3342081	⭐⭐ short scraps capture fair amount of corruptions including spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0045	05/05/1991		ORACLE	ANGLIA	The Darling Buds of May		Full programme capture, very good quality.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0045	12/05/1991		ORACLE	ANGLIA	The Darling Buds of May		Full programme capture, very good quality.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0045	20/12/1991		ORACLE	ANGLIA	The Darling Buds of May		OK to poor quality, missing lines.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0045	22/12/1991		ORACLE	ANGLIA	The Darling Buds of May		Very good quality.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0046	08/05/1984		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	TDK Super Avilyn E-180 AEAI203	⭐⭐⭐⭐ high quality recovery with a few corruptions	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0046	15/05/1984		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	TDK Super Avilyn E-180 AEAI203	⭐⭐⭐⭐ high quality recovery with a few corruptions	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0046	29/05/1984		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	TDK Super Avilyn E-180 AEAI203	⭐⭐⭐⭐ high quality recovery with a few corruptions	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0046	05/06/1984		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	TDK Super Avilyn E-180 AEAI203	⭐⭐⭐⭐ high quality recovery with a few corruptions	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0046	12/06/1984		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	TDK Super Avilyn E-180 AEAI203	⭐⭐⭐⭐ high quality recovery with a few corruptions	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0048	11/09/2004		CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	BBC Proms 2004 Genome	Maxell Mega Power E-180 H053EEX	⭐⭐⭐ spelling mistakes/minor corruptions/missing lines	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0048	13/09/2004		TELETEXT	Five	Extreme Engineering	Maxell Mega Power E-180 H053EEX	⭐⭐⭐ spelling mistakes/minor corruptions	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	09/01/1993		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Ready Steady Go	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	16/01/1993		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Ready Steady Go	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	23/01/1993		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Ready Steady Go	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	25/01/1993		TELETEXT East of England	C4	On The Other Hand: India at the Crossroads	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	30/01/1993		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Ready Steady Go	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	06/03/1993		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Ready Steady Go	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	13/03/1993		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Ready Steady Go	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	27/03/1993		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Ready Steady Go	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0049	12/12/1992		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Quiet Man Genome	Memorex HQ E180 G100253M	⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0050	28/12/1998		CEEFAX EAST	BBC1	Men Behaving Badly: Delivery Genome	TBC	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes, some structure issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0050	15/01/1999		CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	TBC	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes, some structure issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0050	12/01/1999		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Father Ted	TBC	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes, some structure issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0050	22/01/1999		CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	TBC	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes, some structure issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0051	30/12/2003		TELETEXT East of England	ITV1	The Return	BBC E-180 SGE30DEE	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ nearly perfect recovery.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0052	04/05/1994		TELETEXT East of England	ITV	The Little Picture Show	BASF E240 "16"	⭐⭐⭐ good recovery that need some work.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0052	14/01/1994		CEEFAX	BBC1	Love Hurts Genome	BASF E240 "16"	⭐⭐⭐⭐ good recovery that need some work.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0052	29/12/1998		CEEFAX	BBC1	The Echo Genome	BASF E240 "16"	⭐⭐ structure present but lots of spelling mistakes.	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0052	10/01/1994		CEEFAX	BBC1	Brittas Empire Genome	BASF E240 "16"	⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0053	13/11/1998		CEEFAX	BBC2	Blackadder Goes Forth Genome	MEMOREX? AGNA404 E-240HS	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes, some structure issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0053	23/04/????		TELETEXT	C4	Kenny Everett?	MEMOREX? AGNA404 E-240HS	⭐ Junk	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0053	18/04/1998		CEEFAX	BBC2	Spike Night Genome	MEMOREX? AGNA404 E-240HS	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes, some structure issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0053	21/04/1998		CEEFAX	BBC2	Blackadder the Third Genome	MEMOREX? AGNA404 E-240HS	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes, some structure issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0053	12/11/2001		TELETEXT East of England	C4	The Chequered Flag	MEMOREX? AGNA404 E-240HS	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes, some structure issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0053	28/04/1997		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Four Weddings and a Funeral	MEMOREX? AGNA404 E-240HS	⭐⭐ poor quality recovery, barely legible	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0054	11/12/2001		TELETEXT East of England	C4	Fifteen to One/Countdown	MGM E-180 H3415IE	⭐⭐ poor quality recovery, missing date?	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0054	15/12/2001		CEEFAX East	BBC1	Vicar of Dibley Genome	MGM E-180 H3415IE	⭐⭐⭐⭐ pretty good recovery, many CRC matches	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0054	15/12/2001		CEEFAX East	BBC1	A Tribute to George Harrison	MGM E-180 H3415IE	⭐⭐⭐⭐ pretty good recovery, many CRC matches A prime example of Teletext being truthful to a changed running order and Genome being incorrect!	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0054	30/10/2001		CEEFAX East	BBC1	Ronnie Barker - a Life in Comedy Genome	MGM E-180 H3415IE	⭐⭐⭐⭐ pretty good recovery, many CRC matches	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0054	18/12/2001		TELETEXT East of England	ANGLIA	This Morning	MGM E-180 H3415IE	⭐⭐⭐⭐ pretty good recovery	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0054	12/12/2001		CEEFAX East	BBC1	Madonna's Millions (partial) Genome	MGM E-180 H3415IE	⭐⭐ poor to OK recovery, lots of structure issues and spelling	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0054	17/12/2001		TELETEXT East of England	ANGLIA	It Ain't Necessarily So (partial)	MGM E-180 H3415IE	⭐⭐⭐⭐ very good recovery	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0055	24/12/1994		CEEFAX	BBC1	Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)	TDK HS AGPA404 E-240HS	⭐⭐⭐ ok quality, but needs work	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0060	26/09/1989		CEEFAX	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	BASF Chromdioxid E180	⭐⭐⭐ lots of spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0061	30/11/1994		TELETEXT	ANGLIA	Survival Special	Sony 3452214 ES60NT	⭐⭐⭐ spelling mistakes and graphic glitches	Sharp VC-M303			Pending
0062	06/07/1996		CEEFAX	BBC1			⭐⭐ pretty poor, lots of errors	Sharp VC-M303			Pending
0063	25/12/1993		CEEFAX	BBC1	Back to the Future III	Memorex E180 C100253M MRX E180	⭐⭐⭐ ok quality, a lot of spelling errors however	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0064	18/10/2000		CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	Harry Enfield and Chums	BBC E-240 SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐ ok quality, some pages have a lot of errors however	Thomson VTH6400E			Pending
0064	25/10/2000		CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	Harry Enfield and Chums	BBC E-240 SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐ ok quality, some pages have a lot of errors however	Thomson VTH6400E			Pending
0064	08/12/2000		CEEFAX EAST	BBC2	Harry Enfield and Chums	BBC E-240 SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐ ok quality, some pages have a lot of errors however. Short capture	Thomson VTH6400E			Pending
0064	30/10/2000		TELETEXT EAst of England	C4	Scream Dawson's Creek Death Race 2000 (partial)	BBC E-240 SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐ ok quality, some pages have a lot of errors however. long capture	Thomson VTH6400E			Pending
0065	19/01/1999	22:03-22:29	TELETEXT East of England	C4	Father Ted	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ nearly perfect!	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	26/01/1999	22:05-29:29	TELETEXT East of England	C4	Father Ted	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ nearly perfect!	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	02/03/1999	22:03-22:26	TELETEXT East of England	C4	Father Ted	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐ ok quality, spelling and structure mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	06/04/1999	22:02-22:27	TELETEXT East of England	C4	Father Ted	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐ poor to ok quality, spelling and structure mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	06/04/1999	21:45-21:59	CEEFAX	BBC2	Great Railway Journeys S4E7 Genome	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐ poor to ok quality, spelling and structure mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	20/03/1999	21:03-21:52	TELETEXT East of England	ANGLIA	It'll Be Alright on the Night 7	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐ ok quality, spelling mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	26/02/1999	22:00-22:29	CEEFAX East	BBC2	The Young Ones	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐ poor to ok quality, spelling and structure mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	05/03/1999	21:59-22:27	CEEFAX East	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐ poor to ok quality, spelling and structure mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	17/01/1999	21:01-21:29	CEEFAX East	BBC2	A History of Alternative Comedy Genome	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐⭐⭐ very good quality, with some mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0065	26/03/1999	22:00-22:30	CEEFAX East	BBC2	The Young Ones Genome	BBC E240/ SFK07CEC	⭐⭐ poor to ok quality, spelling and structure mistakes	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0066	11/11/2000	22:37-23:31	Teletext East of England	C4	Heroes of Comedy: Bernard Manning		⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ nearly perfect recovery!	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0066	10/12/2000	21:00-22:26	CEEFAX East	BBC2	Monty Python and the Holy Grail Genome		⭐⭐⭐⭐ pretty good recovery	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0066	25/12/2000	08:29-09:53	CEEFAX East	BBC2	Laurel and Hardy: Busy Bodies Genome		⭐⭐⭐ OK recovery, mostly structural issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0066	26/12/2000	08:33-09:03	CEEFAX East	BBC2	Laurel and Hardy: Laughing Gravy Genome		⭐⭐⭐ OK recovery, mostly structural issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0069	31/07/1994	19:02-20:56	Teletext London	C4	The Valour and the Horror	Kodak E-180 S?G19ANB	⭐⭐⭐ OK recovery, mostly spelling issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0069	17/04/1993	20:09-20:23	CEEFAX	BBC1	Wings of the Apache Genome	Kodak E-180 S?G19ANB	⭐⭐⭐ OK recovery, mostly spelling issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0069	18/04/1993	09:03-09:11	GOLDtext	UK GOLD	Doctor Who	Kodak E-180 S?G19ANB	⭐⭐⭐ OK recovery, mostly spelling issues	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0070	25/01/1997	18:20-19:55	Discovery Text	Discovery	Wings	BASF E180 EQ	⭐⭐ Poor to OK recovery, mostly spelling issues some junk pages	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0070	26/01/1997	19:59-20:59	Discovery Text	Discovery	Nightfighters	BASF E180 EQ	⭐⭐ Poor to OK recovery, mostly spelling issues some junk pages	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0072	12/11/1988	14:54-15:41	Oracle	C4	The Battle of the River Plate (1951)	Memorex E-195 H5325LE D	⭐⭐ Poor to OK recovery, mostly spelling issues some junk pages	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0072	23/10/1988	21:57-22:01	Oracle London	ITV	????		⭐⭐ Poor recovery, just passes to not be junk but there's a lot of missing data	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0072	30/10/1988	21:10-21:47	Oracle London	ITV	????		⭐⭐ Poor recovery, just passes to not be junk but there's a lot of missing data	Samsung SV-651B			Pending
0073	24/08/1993	21:26-21:27	CEEFAX	BBC1	BBC News at 9		⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really good recovery for an insanely short capture	Thomson VTH6400E			Pending
0073	21/12/1993	21:32-21:55	"Timewarp Text"	Bravo	Battle for Saint Lo (?)		⭐⭐ OK to poor recovery, lots of errors structural and spelling	Thomson VTH6400E
0074	29/09/1997		CEEFAX	BBC2		Kodak E-180 SBG19BNA	⭐⭐⭐ Pretty good recovery considering the media was poor, some pages are a bit messy	Sony			Pending
0075	14/09/1994	22:40-23:39	TELETEXT	ANGLIA	The Battle of Arnhem	Kodak HS E-180 SBG18NA	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nearly immaculate recovery	Sony			Pending
0077	23/05/1993	22:05-23:05	SKYTEXT	Sky Movies Plus	Futurekick (1991)	E-240 CKH25UNDERMX	⭐⭐⭐ Pretty good recovery	Sony
0077	02/08/1997	17:06-19:54	DISCOVERYTEXT	Discovery	Fleet command	E-240 CKH25UNDERMX	⭐⭐ Sub-par recovery with loads of spelling and structural issues	Sony
0078	11/11/1999	19:32-19:57	BBC1	CEEFAX South East	Eastenders Genome	Memorex E-180	⭐⭐ Meh recovery, page structure is there but a lot of spelling issues	Sony
0078	08/05/1995	12:58-13:22	BBC1	CEEFAX	BBC News	Memorex E-180	⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pretty good recovery, some spelling issues	Sony
0079	03/05/1995	21:05-21:54	Discovery Text	Discovery			⭐ Pretty poor recovery all round	Sharp VC-M303
0079	13/02/1996	21:29-21:54	Discovery Text	Discovery	Fields of Armour		⭐⭐ Poor to OK recovery, mostly spelling issues some junk pages	Sharp VC-M303
0079	08/07/1996	17:48-18:00	Discovery Text	Discovery	Secret Weapons: Win Some, Lose Some		⭐⭐ Poor to OK recovery, mostly spelling issues some junk pages	Sharp VC-M303
0081	19/08/1989	05:22-18:00	Oracle	ITV	The War Theatre		⭐ Very Poor recovery, abundant spelling issues and junk pages	Sharp VC-M303
0083	11/08/1996	05:22-18:00	FastText	Sky Movies	E! Network Actor Profiles: Sandra Bullock, Mel Gibson		⭐⭐ Poor to OK recovery, mostly spelling issues some junk pages	Sharp VC-M303

Additional Notes and Remarks

ITV services are marked with whichever service was running at the time, if unsure it will default to ITV. This includes services such as Anglia, Carlton, Granada and Thames.
Channel 4 services are always marked as C4
Channel 5 services are marked as "Five"
Some Satellite channels simply present "SKYTEXT" (i.e. Discovery Channel, History Channel) so they are marked as such in the Service column.

Audio from Teletext (sort-of)

This section is dedicated to recoveries of the audible nature from the above recoveries. These include mystery audio streams or identifiable Audetel/Auditel streams; an early attempt at audio description.

Recovery Name	Description	Download/Listen
BBC1-19940921	A rogue recording of BBC Radio 4 covering News, The Archers, Face the Facts, All in the Mind. Roughly 53 mins long, cut short from recovery as this is just an example. Very poor quality, male voices are easier to hear than female voices.
ANGLIA-19940914	Audetel described programmes schedule 19th September through 2nd October. Roughly 5m30s long.

VCR/VTR Thoughts

Maybe for my own notes, but might as well share, my opinions and thoughts about the different VCR's (or VTR's) that I have used throughout this project.

Samsung SV-651B

One of my personal favourite VCR's, mainly because it was an honorable workhorse of a deck for about a decade. Picked up for free, this deck has seen hundreds of tapes in its life and never really kicked up much fuss. Sadly in April 2025 it developed a fault with playing tapes, where the take-up reel doesn't seem to spin and so the tape goes slack and then ejects the cassette, just after I purchased a remote for it! It's sitting waiting a repair, and possibly a replacement drive assembly from a working unit. All points have been cleaned, belt checked and poked - but no joy.

Sony SLV-ED925PS

Picked up in 2022, this Sony deck seems on the surface to be a nice capable deck. About the same age as the Samsung SV-651B, it turns out its "guts" are much the same and this supposed Sony deck is actually a Samsung after all. Although it support seemingly every video format available in Europe (going by the front panel) it only has composite connections on the back, no SCART. It has a buttery smooth operation and rewinds very fast! Although it plays most tapes without much fuss, it is very fussy with hi-fi audio which on a less than perfect tape can drop in and out rapidly and for that reason I can't really enjoy it as much as I'd like.

Sharp VC-M303

This is the only suriving VCR from my childhood, and have a sentimental attachment to it. Won in a raffle this Sharp unit replaced a wonky Matsui, and made the rounds as being my own personal VCR to the general family VCR, to the "just in case we need it" wardrobe VCR. Amazingly all these years later it still functions fine, with the only real downside being how utterly basic it is. It also seems to lack Hi-Fi audio which is a bit of a shame, as otherwise it would be my go-to all in one deck for all recovery purposes. However with how basic it is, it can often play tapes that other decks are fussy with and so it often takes place as a the primary teletext recovery deck of choice!

Thomson VTH6400E

The newest deck to the collection is this Thomson branded deck, which some people have identified as potentially having LG derived internals. Picked up from a car boot cheap because it had a european plug on it, the deck seems to have been barely used. Much like the Sharp it seems very basic in its abilities, but does have Hi-Fi audio functionality. The biggest problem I have with it currently is a lack of a remote, and although I have a universal remote that can operate basic transport controls, accessing the Menu just flashes the word SAFE on the OSD. Sadly I cannot find a manual online to locate the genuine remote for this deck.

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