By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 07:34 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 08:09 EST, 23 October 2012 Ceefax will take its final bow tonight as the beloved text service succumbs to the final stage of the UK's switch to digital television broadcasts. The world's first teletext service will finally end after 38 years on the BBC when Olympic champion Dame Mary Peters switches off analogue transmissions in Northern Ireland. As the corporation prepared to finally pull the plug on the service, the Plain English Campaign announced a lifetime achievement award for its 'clarity' and use of 'everyday words'
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Plain English Campaign announces lifetime achievement award for Ceefax
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Former PM Sir John Major says the service can be 'proud of its record'
Meanwhile @placeholder weather presenters will pay tribute to the service by using Ceefax-type pixelated maps on the forecasts.