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2012: UK Digital Terrestrial Television Channels

This card was based on the UK terrestrial television channels at the time. Each channel name represents its channel number and indirectly the letter occupying that position in the alphabet. So Yesterday, for example, is channel 19 and represents the letter “S”. Channel names and numbers are not fixed, and many changes have occurred since 2012, when this card was prepared. The correspondence at the time was:

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This translates as:

				ITV	3	C
				BBC Alba	8	H
BBC Alba	8	H		4Music	18	R
BBC One	1	A		BBC Four	9	I
QVC	16	P		Yesterday	19	S
QVC	16	P		Gold	20	T
Dave ja vu	25	Y		Channel 4 + 1	13	M
				BBC One	1	A
				Yesterday	19	S

– giving:

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This translates as:

				Channel 4 + 1	13	M
				Channel 4 + 1	13	M
BBC One	1	A		ITV4	24	X
More4	14	N		BBC Four	9	I
Channel 4	4	D		BBC Four	9	I
				BBC Four	9	I
BBC Two	2	B
Channel 5	5	E		ITV2	6	F
Yesterday	19	S		4Music	18	R
Gold	20	T		Film4	15	O
				Channel 4 + 1	13	M
Bid	23	W
BBC Four	9	I		BBC Two	2	B
Yesterday	19	S		4Music	18	R
BBC Alba	8	H		BBC Four	9	I
Channel 5	5	E		BBC One	1	A
Yesterday	19	S		More4	14	N
ITV2	6	F		BBC Two	2	B
Film4	15	O		BBC One	1	A
4Music	18	R		4Music	18	R
				Pick TV	11	K
				Channel 5	5	E
				4Music	18	R

– giving:

There was no convenient way to represent digits using this code, so once again I had to resort to roman numerals for the new year.

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Version 4: Revised 21 December 2017
Brian Barker