1. British Culture
Radio, Television and Newspapers
Main Features
Christopher Medina Rodríguez 1488028
Javier Alejandro Garza Vasquez 1606968
Juan Jose Moreno Velazco 1524350

2. Radio and Television
The three public bodies responsible for television
and radio throughout Britain are:
•The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which
broadcasts television and radio programmes;
•The Independent Television Commission (ITC),
which licences and regulates commercial television
service including cable, satellite and independent
teletext services;
•The Radio Authority, which licences and regulates
commercial radio services, including cable and satellite.

3. Television
 People in Britain watch on average 25
hours of TV every week.
 Television viewing is Britain's most
popular leisure pastime. About 96 per
cent of the population of Britain have
television in their homes. In 1999, 13%
of households had satellite television
and 9% cable television.

4. There are five main channels in Britain:
Two national commercial-free BBC networks, BBC1 and BBC2,
commercial ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 services. The BBC
channels are commercial free while the other three have
commercials.
ITV1 is the most popular commercial television channel in Britain,
watched on average by 45 million people every week.

5. The most popular are "Eastenders", an often shocking drama about
life in East London, and "Coronation Street", which is about life in
Northern Britain. We also watch "Emmerdale", about life in a farming
village and two Australian soaps, "Neighbours" and "Home and
Away".

6. Reality programmes
These type of programmes involve filming normal people
in their every-day lives or putting several people in a
specially built house where they can be filmed 24 hours-
a-day and giving them challenges to do.
The most famous of these is Big Brother. People in the
house vote on who should be kicked out of the house and
in the end the viewers vote for the winner who receives a
large amount of money

7. TV Licence
 In the UK pay an annual licence to watch the television
or PC at home, no matter how much or how little we
watch TV.
 In the UK, if you use a TV or any other device to
receive or record TV programmes (for example, a
VCR, set-top box, DVD recorder or PC with a
broadcast card) - you need a TV Licence. You are
required by law to have one.
 Currently a TV Licence costs £142.50 for colour and
£48.00 for black and white.
 There are no advertisements during BBC programmes.
www.tvlicensing.co.uk/

8. Freeview TV
 You can buy a digital box (costs about
£40 to £60 and plugs into TV) or a new
TV.
 Additional free digital services include
the existing channels. There are about
30 channels in all, known as 'Freeview'
channels.

10. Radio
 People in Britain listen to an average 15
hours and 50 minutes of radio each week.
 The BBC has five national radio networks
which together transmit all types of music,
news, current affairs, drama, education,
sport and a range of feature programmes.
There are also 39 BBC local radio stations,
and national radio services in Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland.

11. Newspapers
 There are about 130 daily and Sunday
newspapers, over 2,000 weekly
newspapers and some 7,000 periodical
publications in Britain.
 The press in Britain is free to comment on
matters of public interest, subject to law.
 Daily Newspapers sell 322 copies per 1000
people in the UK, the eighth highest rate in
the world.

12. British newspapers include the
following:
 The Daily Mail
 The Daily Telegraph
 The Financial Times
 The Guardian
 The Independent

13.  The Scotsman
 The Times
 Western Mail and Echo
 The Sun
 The Mirror
 The Herald