British Television

The main channels..

• BBC1

• BBC 2

• ITV 1

• Channel 4

• Channel 5

The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC)

• Founded in 1922 by Lord Reith.

• Funded by the TV LICENSE (145.50)

• No adverts!

• Several radio stations.

Popular TV programmes

• Soap operas ( soaps)

Coronation Street ( Manchester) Eastenders ( London)

Comedy“Classic” comedies are still popular.

Only Fools and Horses Fawlty Towers

Reality TV

• Big Brother

• X Factor

• I´m a Celebrity, Get me Out

of Here.

British TV Habits• In 2010 British people watched, on

average, 30 hours of TV a week.

• An average of 2.4 rooms with TV sets.

• We’ buy more flat screen TVs than our European neighbours: 43m sets were sold in Britain between 2004 and 2010, compared to 28m in Germany and 27m in France.

Adverts

• The first advert to be shown in the UK was an advert for S.R. Toothpaste on September 22, 1955 on the ITV network (its first day).

• ITV's £250,000 asking price for a 30-second slot during the 2010 series of Britain's Got Talent is currently the most expensive advertising slot on television.