Wrekin transmitter works – in pictures

Friday 4th September 2009, 7:45AM BST.

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A major airborne operation took place on top of The Wrekin to upgrade its TV transmitter.

The work was to get the county ready for the switch-over to digital television in 2011 and the eventual  switching off of the analogue signal.

However, the works resulted in blank TV sets in 13,000 homes.

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