TV viewers in Telford and most of the rest of Shropshire were today reminded to re-tune their boxes to restore channels which will disappear as part of the digital switchover.

The last remaining TV viewers in Shropshire who are yet to receive digital signals will be able to begin making the switch from midnight tonight.

About 32,000 homes in the West Midlands are still not ready for the latest stage of the digital TV switch- over – despite it being less than a month away.

All Freeview viewers in north Shropshire and part of south Shropshire have been told they will need to retune their TVs and boxes today as the second phase of the digital switchover gets under way.

SHROPSHIRE TODAY entered the digital TV revolution as the first phase of the long-awaited switchover was completed in the early hours of this morning.

All Freeview viewers in north Shropshire and parts of south Shropshire will today need to retune their TVs and boxes today in order to receive all channels as the first phase of the digital switchover got under way.

A Shropshire technology expert is predicting “bedlam” when the county’s televisions go digital tomorrow.