UK cable television subscribers
The first UK cable relay system opened in Gloucester in 1951.

	cable subscribers	% of TV households
1951	326	0.04
1952	1,283	0.09
1953	2,686	0.13
1954	7,737	0.24
1955	28,418	0.63
1956	53,637	0.93
1957	108,019	1.55
1958	196,165	2.42
1959	322,604	3.49
1960	451,224	4.31
1961	544,728	4.83
1962	677,815	5.76
1963	767,520	6.26
1964	866,712	6.79
1965	978,885	7.39
1966	1,082,774	7.81

Source: Briggs & Roberts: Aerial Handbook (Bradford: Rank Wharfdale, 1968)

 

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