Irish brodcasting's move from monochrome to colour in 1973, and the impact in one house where political results were being closely watched... For Sunday Miscellany: listen to Portrait of the Artist as A Young Smart-Alec, by Gerard Stembridge above.
For over a week TV continuity announcers were telling viewers that the 1973 General Election results programme would be in colour for the first time...
This essay appeared on the programme of January 11th - listen back here
