A selection of films about cable TV in the UK from the 80s and 90s.
This video starts with a news report about the launch of Sky Channel on the Swindon Cable system in 1983 followed by a short film from a local cable channel in Swindon about how cable TV works filmed sometime in the mid 90s. Promotional videos from the early 90s for Birmingham Cable and United Artist Cable (Tyneside) are at the end.
Swindon Cable, Birmingham Cable and United Artist Cable as now known as Virgin Media as are most other cable companies in the UK.