It was in the mid-1990s when we saw the first signs of television becoming a staple in the British family home. On the 7^th June 1946, BBC television re-opened after the war, and in July 1948, London hosted the 1948 Summer Olympics, which was the first ever Olympic tournament to be broadcast to home television in the UK. At this time, only a select few had working television sets from before the war. Few British homes would invite family, friends, and neighbours round to sit and watch the small screened box.
Following that was the biggest broadcast to date: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, which was broadcast on the 2^nd June 1953. A royal moment that has lived on in Great Britain ever since as a national tradition.
By the summer of 1955, 95% of the UK could receive BBC television. Watch-anytime TV was born in the late 1950s, followed by video recording in the late 1970s, early 1980s, which then allowed people to record and watch their favourite shows at their convenience.
Satellite television was established in the 1990s and by Christmas Day 2007, the BBC had launched iPlayer, an internet service, which back then was for watching previously aired TV shows. Netflix then launched its movie and TV streaming service in the UK in January 2012, which many people didn’t realise would shape a lot of our viewing habits to date. Since then other streaming sites such as Amazon Prime have launched, advertising their own exclusive TV shows and films.

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