1. British Television

2. The main channels.. BBC1 BBC 2 ITV 1 Channel 4 Channel 5

3. The British Broadcasting Corporation (The BBC) Founded in 1922 by Lord Reith. Funded by the TV LICENSE (145.50) No adverts! Several radio stations.

4. Popular TV programmes Soap operas ( soaps) Coronation Street ( Manchester) Eastenders ( London)

5. Comedy “Classic” comedies are still popular. Only Fools and Horses Fawlty Towers

6. Reality TV Big Brother X Factor I´m a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here.

7. 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.

8. 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 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.ITVBritain's Got Talent