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In 1963, an unknown schoolteacher with a strong Christian faith began campaigning for higher moral standards from the broadcasting services.

Eleanor Margesson

Her ‘Clean up TV’ campaigns gathered huge support from like-minded viewers and listeners who were appalled by the unedifying content that was often channelled into living rooms during the earlier part of the evening when families were having tea. 500,000 signed her petition to the Queen, a record number at the time, all of whom believed in a Christian way of life, wanting to protect their children from the ‘disbelief, doubt and dirt that is poured into our homes by TV’.