TV
Advice
With the development of satellite television, it is now possible to receive television programmes in most of the main languages in any home, office, school or university. Watching television is an excellent way of developing listening skills and learning about the target culture. Most programmes are designed for native speakers of the target language, but some are made specifically for language learners. The BBC makes a great range of programmes for language learning on BBC2 Learning Zone. and Channel 4 has an excellent range of resources for learning French, German and Spanish for students of 9 to 19 on it's Extra site.
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LINKS (in alphabetical order)
Anglia Television TV company covering the east of England.
BBC1 Popular independent TV channel
BBC2 Independent TV channel catering for more selective viewers e.g.culture, arts, documentaries and education etc.
BBC News | Talking Point | Do we take soap operas too ... Debate on how seriously English people are involved in soap operas.
Bleb - UK TV guide
Carlton Televison Private TV channel
Channel 4 Commercial channel with up market programmes
Channel Five New channel with some good films and an interesting mix of progammes. Not available everywhere in the UK.
Digiguide.com / - World's best free interactive TV and radio guide
Mydigiguide.com / - World's best free interactive TV and radio guide - you can personalise this website
ITV Popular commercial TV channel
ITV2 New commercial channel
Onthebox.com 160 channels & easy to use
Radio Times TV listings, articles and interviews
TVlibrary.co.uk / - Massive free resource of TV and radio information
Watch live TV from U. KINGDOM Channel listings with links
Yahoo.com main channels