When it does, it will mark the end of mass TV manufacturing in the UK - a technology the country invented.

When John Logie Baird demonstrated his first television set to the world in 1926, a reporter from the Times wrote: "The image as transmitted was faint and often blurred, but substantiated the claim that through the 'televisor', as Mr Baird has named his apparatus, it is possible to transmit and reproduce instantly the details of movement, and such things as the play of expression on the face."

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The drive overseas has been a combination of superior technology and lower costs - Toshiba say they are closing their Plymouth factory as it is cheaper for them to make their sets in Poland.

Instead of manufacturing the actual sets, Britain is now focused on making world-leading content.

Programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing, the Weakest Link, Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Pop Idol were all created in Britain and have gone on to huge acclaim and massive audiences across the world.