Thousands of Britons have turned a blind eye to the trends for huge high-definition TVs and streaming programmes on tablets in favour of their old black and white set.
According to TV Licensing, some 9,356 people in the UK still have a licence to watch television in shades of grey, nearly 50 years after the first colour broadcasts.
But the number has reduced dramatically since 2000, when 212,000 people went without colour, while nine years ago, in 2006, 50,000 people stuck with black and white.

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