tv years

[photoworld]

Why do most programmes show the year they were made in Roman numerals ?

[oxfordrocks]

The following quote appears here:-http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1934990.stm

"The practice is believed to have started in an attempt to disguise the age of films or television programmes. In other words, the opposite of claiming an undeserved antiquity"

ITV now tends to use numbers instead of numerals.