At 4.44pm on Tuesday November 2 1982, the now-iconic multicoloured “4” logo materialised on our screens for the first time. With palpable excitement in his voice, presenter Paul Coia announced: “Good afternoon. It’s a pleasure to be able to say to you: welcome to Channel 4.”
Since then, the free-to-air broadcaster has gone on to pioneer a groundbreaking new world of broadcasting, breaking social taboos, providing cutting-edge investigative journalism and revolutionising the landscape of British television and culture.
