Royal Mail is the national postal service of the UK. It can trace its history back to when HENRY VIII established a "Master of the Posts" in 1516. The Royal Mail Services were made available to the public by CHARLES I in 1635. The person receiving the letter paid the postage, but this caused many problems. In 1840, the penny post was introduced. This was a single rate for delivery anywhere in the UK. To prove that payment had been made, the sender stuck the stamp on the letter. The first stamp became known as the 'Penny Black'.
Faking It
This programme began on Channel 4 in the UK in 2000, and the idea has since been copied by other TV channels around the world. The original concept was "a modern-day Pygmalion", referring to the play by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW in which an uneducated flower seller is taught to behave like an aristocrat. The show's basic format is that a member of the public lives and trains with an expert for four weeks, and then takes part in a contest against experienced participants. a panel of professional judges tries to guess which participant is the faker.
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