The arrival of colour television spurred the team to new heights of invention.

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The image of pick-axe-wielding thugs breaking down the door and seizing the colour television set is deeply ingrained in the public's imagination.

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Prosecutor Tony Elliott had said Evans, of Llwynypia, Rhondda, was interviewed under caution on 4 June this year after being found using a colour television the previous day.

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In the years of his best form (helped by the advent of colour, which made sense of the balls), snooker became a television sensation.

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