All of the free TV channels on PGSTART190 in the UK

Below is a list of all the television and radio channels that you can watch in the UK using one of the free services: DAB (for radio), Freeview, Sky No Card - Sky without a viewing card (Freesat from Sky (or fSfS)) and Freesat.. Where a channel can be watched for free, the channel number is listed below. In addition, if you can watch (or listen) immediately online, press the button in the "web" column.

As some channels are exclusive to one service alone, you may need to get receive more than one service to get all the channels you want. The coverage for Freeview differs too - those channels not provided by the public service "Freeview Light" transmitters the current coverage shown thus (54%), taken from Connected Nations Report 2017: Data analysis'

Key: _{wb_sunny} daytime; _{watch_later} nighttime; _{account_box} funded from the TV License; flags show Freeview channel limits.

Choose from four options: ■ Show everything ■ Just on Freeview ■ Just on Freesat ■ Just on Sky

High definition channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
BBC Alba HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	7	169_{watch_later}	109_{watch_later}
BBC Four HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	106_{watch_later}	116_{watch_later}	108_{watch_later}
BBC News HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		503	200
BBC One HD_{account_box}		101		101
BBC Scotland HD	_{live_tv}	108		110
BBC Three HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	107 _{watch_later}	173_{watch_later}	107_{watch_later}
BBC Two HD_{account_box}		102	102	102
CBBC HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	204_{wb_sunny}	607_{wb_sunny}	600_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	205_{wb_sunny}	608_{wb_sunny}	601_{wb_sunny}
Channel 4 HD		104	104	104
Channel 4 HD (Wales)		110		104
Channel 5 HD		105	105	105
CNN International HD			506
ITV 1 HD		103	103	103
New Media HD			594
Quest HD			144
S4C HD_{account_box}	_{live_tv}		134	120
SportyStuff TV HD			437
STV HD		103	103	103
Travelxp HD			182
UTV HD		103	103	103
WION HD			523

Main TV standard-definiton channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
— &UYesterday +1		74 (90%)	255
— &W +1			232
4Music	_{live_tv}		354
4seven	_{live_tv}	49 (90%)	137	127
5Action		33 (90%)	150	132
5SELECT		46_{watch_later}	153_{watch_later}	133_{watch_later}
5STAR		32 (90%)	128	131
— 5STAR +1			228	140
5USA		21 (90%)	141	129
— 5USA +1			241	130
Al Jazeera Eng		235 (90%)
Al Jazeera English		251 (90%)	513	203
Arirang TV			522	214
Arise Play			175
BBC Four_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	9 _{watch_later}	815_{watch_later}
BBC Four (Scotland SD)	_{live_tv}	24 _{watch_later}
BBC News_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	231
BBC One (SD)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	1
BBC Parliament_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	232	504	201
BBC Scotland SD	_{live_tv}	9	187
BBC Three_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	23_{watch_later}
BBC Two_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	2
Blaze		64 (90%)	164	161
— Blaze +1		81 (90%)
Bloomberg TV			502	208
CBBC_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	201_{wb_sunny}	643_{wb_sunny}
CBeebies_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	202_{wb_sunny}	644_{wb_sunny}
Challenge		48 (90%)	152	142
Channel 4 (Wales)		7	104
Channel 4 (SD)	_{live_tv}	4	804
— Channel 4 +1		15	204	121
Channel 5		5	805
— Channel 5 +1		38 (90%)	205	128
Channel 7 (Ghana)			181
Clubland TV			364
CNBC			505	210
Court TV			179
Deen TV			783
DMAX		39 (90%)	172	147
— DMAX +1			272	153
Dunamis TV			592
E4	_{live_tv}	13		122
E4 (Wales)	_{live_tv}			122
— E4 +1		30		123
E4 Extra	_{live_tv}	31 (90%)	138	126
EarthxTV		79 (90%)	180
EuroNews English			508
Film4	_{live_tv}	14		300
— Film4 +1		47 (90%)	314	301
Food Network		43 (90%)	140	148
— Food Network +1			240	154
Foodxp			712
FRANCE 24 (in English)		255 (90%)	512	205
FreeSports	_{live_tv}		422
GoodNews TV			591
GREAT! action		42 (90%)	323
GREAT! christmas		52 (90%)	319
GREAT! movies		34 (90%)	321
Great! Movies Action 1			324
GREAT! romance mix		63 (90%)	320
Heart 80s			0112
Heart 90s			0217
HGTV		44 (90%)	158	149
— HGTV +1			258
HobbyMaker		73 (90%)
ITV 1 (SD)	_{live_tv}	3	803	111
ITV 2	_{live_tv}	6	118	113
— ITV1 +1		35	203	112
— ITV2 +1		29 (90%)_{watch_later}	218	114
ITV3	_{live_tv}	10	119	115
— ITV3 +1		58 (90%)	219	116
ITV4	_{live_tv}	26	120	117
— ITV4 +1	_{live_tv}	59 (90%)	220	118
ITVBe		28	131	119
— ITVBe +1		93 (90%)
Kerrang! TV	_{live_tv}		358
Ketchup Too		210 (90%)
Ketchup TV		209 (90%)
Kiss (TV)	_{live_tv}		356
Legend		41 (90%)	148	137
LEGEND XTRA 1			318	139
Magic (TV)	_{live_tv}		357
More4	_{live_tv}	18		124
— More4 +1			236	125
Now 90s			363
NTD			185
PBS America		84 (90%)	174	155
Pitaara International			773
— Pop +1			619
— POP MAX +1			621
Primal Living			670
Quest		12 (90%)		144
— Quest +1		70 (90%)	244	151
Quest Red		40 (90%)	149	146
— Quest Red +1			249	152
Really		17 (90%)	142	145
— Rok Sky +1		265 (90%)
RTÉ One		54
RTÉ Two		55
SBN International			593
Showcase TV			186
Sky Arts		36 (90%)		143
Sky Mix		11 (90%)	151	141
Sky News	_{live_tv}	233 (90%)		202
Smithsonian Channel			171
STV (SD)		3	803
— STV+1		35	203
Talking Pictures TV		82 (90%)	328	306
TCC		78 _{wb_sunny}
TG4		53
That's 60s MCR		77
That's 80s		80
That's 90s		75 (90%)	361
That's 90s MCR		86
That's TV (UK)		56 (90%)	183
That's TV 2		65 (90%)	366
That's TV 2 MCR		76 (90%)	362
That’s 60s		71
The Box	_{live_tv}		355
— Tiny Pop +1			618
Together TV		83 (90%) _{wb_sunny}	170	164
Trace Vault			360
Trace Hits			359
TRT World			516	215
TRUE CRIME		67 (90%)	146	135
TRUE CRIME 1			246	136
TRUE CRIME XTRA		68 (90%)	147	134
— TV Warehouse+1		88
U&Dave		19 (90%)	811	157
U&Dave ja vu		57 (90%)	211
U&Drama		20 (90%)	143	158
— U&Drama +1		60 (90%)	243
U&W		25 (90%)		156
U&Yesterday		27 (90%)		159
UTV (SD)		3	803
— UTV +1		35	203	112
WildEarth		91 (90%)
YAAAS!		211 (90%)

Local TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Bay TV Clwyd		7 (54%)
Bay TV Liverpool		7 (54%)
Bay TV Swansea		7 (54%)
Big Centre TV		7 (54%)
Cambridge Presents		7 (54%)
Estuary TV Doncaster		7 (54%)
Estuary TV York		7 (54%)
GREAT! real		61 (54%)	322
Latest TV		7 (54%)
LEGEND XTRA		69 (54%)	317	138
LONDON LIVE	_{live_tv}	8 (54%)
Made in Bristol		7 (54%)
Made in Cardiff		8 (54%)
Made in Leeds		7 (54%)
Made in Teesside		7 (54%)
Made in Tyne and Wear		7 (54%)
Mustard		7 (54%)
Notts TV	_{live_tv}	7 (54%)
NvTv		7 (54%)
POP MAX		208 (54%)	620
Sheffield Live		7 (54%)
STV Edinburgh		8 (54%)
STV Glasgow		8 (54%)
That's Berkshire		7 (54%)
That's Lancashire		7 (54%)
That's Manchester		7 (54%)
That's Oxford		7 (54%)
That's Salisbury		7 (54%)
That's Solent		7 (54%)
That's Surrey		7 (54%)
The York Channel		7 (54%)
Tiny Pop		207 (54%)	615

Radio stations

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
Absolute Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	727 (90%)	0107
Absolute Radio 80s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0200
Absolute Radio 90s	_{live_tv}	DAB		0201
Absolute Radio Classic Rock	_{live_tv}	DAB		0203
BBC Asian Network_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	709	0119	709
BBC Berkshire_{account_box}		DAB	719
BBC Bristol_{account_box}		FM/AM	719
BBC C&W_{account_box}			719
BBC Cambridge_{account_box}		FM/AM	722
BBC Cornwall_{account_box}			721
BBC Cumbria_{account_box}			721
BBC Derby_{account_box}			717
BBC Devon_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	720
BBC Essex_{account_box}			734
BBC Gloucestershire_{account_box}			735
BBC Guernsey_{account_box}			721
BBC H&W_{account_box}			720
BBC Humberside_{account_box}			721
BBC Jersey_{account_box}			719
BBC Kent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Lancashire_{account_box}			720
BBC Leeds_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Leicester_{account_box}			721
BBC Lincolnshire_{account_box}			722
BBC Manchester_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Merseyside_{account_box}			722
BBC Newcastle_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Norfolk_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	719
BBC Northampton_{account_box}			734
BBC Nottingham_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	720
BBC Oxford_{account_box}			722
BBC Radio 1_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag700	0101	700
BBC Radio 1Xtra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	701	0137	701
BBC Radio 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag702	0102	702
BBC Radio 3_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag703	0103	703
BBC Radio 4 (FM)_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	704	0104	704
BBC Radio 4 Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	708	0131	708
BBC Radio 4 LW_{account_box}	_{live_tv}			0143	710
BBC Radio 5 Live_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	705	0105	705
BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	706	0144	706
BBC Radio 6 Music_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB	707	0120	707
BBC Radio Cymru_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0152	715
BBC Radio Cymru 2_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0219	735
BBC Radio Foyle_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	720	0220	717
BBC Radio London_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0152	718
BBC Radio nan Gaidheal_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag720	0139	713
BBC Radio Scotland_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0116	712
BBC Radio Ulster_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0118	716
BBC Radio Wales_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	719	0117	714
BBC Sheffield_{account_box}			734
BBC Shropshire_{account_box}			721
BBC Solent_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	722
BBC Solent for Dorset_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	734
BBC Somerset_{account_box}			722
BBC Stoke_{account_box}			726
BBC Suffolk_{account_box}			720
BBC Surrey_{account_box}			722
BBC Sussex_{account_box}			720
BBC Tees_{account_box}			722
BBC Three Counties_{account_box}			720
BBC Wiltshire_{account_box}			721
BBC WM_{account_box}		DAB FM/AM	722
BBC World Service_{account_box}	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	_flag710	0115	711
BBC York_{account_box}			720
BFBS Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0211	786
Capital	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	724 (90%)	0109	719
Capital Xtra	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0114	720
Classic FM	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	731 (90%)	0106	721
EWTN Radio Britain and Ireland				0147
Gold	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0121	722
Heart	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	728 (90%)	0111	733
Heart Dance		DAB		0146
Hits Radio	_{live_tv}			0188
Jazz FM				0202
KISS		DAB FM/AM		0178
LBC	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	732 (90%)	0124	734
LBC News	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0221
Magic	_{live_tv}	DAB		0180
Panjab Radio				0130
PlanetRock		DAB		0110
Premier Radio		DAB FM/AM	725 (90%)
Radio Khush Khabri				0151
Radio X	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM		0113	723
RNIB Connect		FM/AM	730 (90%)
RTÉ 2FM				0164	751
RTÉ Lyric FM				0165	752
RTÉ Radio 1				0160	750
RTÉ Raidio na Gaeltachta				0166	753
RTÉ RnaG			729
Scala Radio				0216
Smooth Radio	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	718 (90%)	0128	732
Sukh Sagar Radio				0150
talkSPORT	_{live_tv}	DAB FM/AM	723 (90%)	0108	731
Trans World Radio			733 (90%)
TWR	_{live_tv}	FM/AM		0138	790
V Radio				0215	736
WRN English				0122

Streamed TV and text

	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	BBC RB 1_{account_box}			601		981
	On Demand 365			254 (90%)

High definition shopping

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Sky	Freesat
Daystar TV HD	583	691
Iran International HD	793
Loveworld TV HD	585

Other TV channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
3ABN		268 (90%)
A1 TV			759
Aaj Tak			710
Aastha			724
Ahlebait TV			745
Ahlulbayt TV			787
Akaal Channel			770
Al Arabiya		261 (90%)
Alaraby Network		279 (90%)
AlJazeera Arabic		252 (90%)
AmazingDiscoveries		269 (90%)
Arise News			519
ARY Digital			758
ARY World			736
Asharq News		260 (90%)
Asharq News #2		272 (90%)
ATN Bangla			779
Best Direct			669
Brit Asia TV			767
British Muslim TV			752
Channel S			777
Channelbox		271 (90%)
Channels 24			518
CRAFT EXTRA			673
Create & Craft		85 (90%)_{wb_sunny}	683	813
Cruise 1st TV			688
Dunya News			754
Eman Channel			757
EWTN			586
FailArmy		264 (90%)
Faith			590
Faith World TV			588
GB News		236 (90%)	515	216
Gems TV	_{live_tv}	45 (90%)	665	805
Geo			738
Geo News International			734
GOD Channel			580	694
God TV		282 (90%)
GREAT! tv		50 (90%)	157
— GREAT! tv +1		62 (90%)	257
Hidayat TV			733
High Street TV 1			666
High Street TV 2			667
High Street TV 3			672
High Street TV 4			675
Hum Masala			732
Hum TV			751
Ideal World		51 (90%)	664
Inspiration TV			584
Ion TV			782
Iqra Bangla			778
Iqra TV			742
Islam Channel			737
Islam Channel Urdu			755
Islam TV			744
Jewellery Maker	_{live_tv}	72 (90%)	674	807
JML Direct			661
Kanshi TV			772
KICC TV			589
Madani Channel English			746
MATV Channel			711
MTA 1			731
NDTV 24x7			510
Newsmax		273 (90%)
NHK WORLD		286 (90%)	507	209
Noor TV			739
NTV			780
Pet Collective		266 (90%)
Phoenix CNE			791
Pop Player		212 (90%)
Psychic Today			680
PTC Punjabi			766
PTV Global			735
QVC	_{live_tv}	16 (90%)	660	800
QVC Extra	_{live_tv}		682	802
QVC Style	_{live_tv}		677	803
QVC2	_{live_tv}	37 (90%)	663	801
Real Crime		258 (90%)
Revelation TV		281 (90%)	581	692
Rok		280 (90%)	329
Sangat TV			769
Sanskar TV			725
Shots!		262 (90%)
Sikh Channel			768
Sky News Arabia			788
SonLife		263 (90%)
Sonlife TV		96 (90%)		695
Takbeer TV			749
TalkTV		237 (90%)	526
TBN UK		66	582
Thane			679
The Word Network			587
TJC		22 (90%)	662	809
TJC Beauty			668	810
— Together TV +1		90 (90%)_{wb_sunny}
TV One			781
TV Warehouse		87	676
TVC News Nigeria			524
UK 44			756
UK RADIO PORTAL		277 (90%)

Where Local TV broadcast

	Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	web	radio	Freeview	Sky	Freesat
	Ideal World Extra	_{live_tv}			671
	Pop			206 (54%)	614

Adult channels

Channel name _{arrow_drop_down}	Freeview	Sky
92 News		743
ADULT Babestn	674 (90%)
ADULT Section	699 (90%)
ADULT Section (start)	670 (90%)
ADULT smileTV3	673 (90%)
ADULT Xpanded TV	671 (90%)	902

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jb38

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9:23 AM

Margaret : If the coax from your box is connected into a plate socket of the threaded "screw in" variety and "not" a coax push in type such as on the rear of your TV, then this is a connection.

If you can receive some programme on your Sky box but not others, then this is inclined to indicate a fault on the flats distribution system, the easiest way of determining whether it is or not being to ask one of the other flat dwellers with or Sky boxes, should any of them be using satellite boxes!

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Douglas
2:36 PM

Am I correct? From the above list it seems that the 'Yesterday' is not availabel on !
Is there anything afoot to rectify this, what I consider to be, omission?

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7:50 PM
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Yep, sadly 'Yesterday' is not available via the TV platform...

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Dave Lindsay

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10:34 PM

: That is correct.

Yesterday is purely a commercial which means it has not "Public Service" obligation, so no requirement to make itself available on any/all platforms.

As it is available via 's service it is not likely to become available on free-to-air , .

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MikeB

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10:57 PM

: Apparently yes, and since thats the way Yesterday apparently want it (its on ), there is not a lot you can do about it, other than have both and .

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Douglas
8:33 PM

I don't want to criticize this site, it is the most useful one I can find for availability comparison of FREE and I am grateful for that. However I would like to ask a question and mention a few things which might be considered as .

The introduction says Below is a UK list of ALL the television . . . . in the UK using one of the free . . . No - Sky without a viewing card . . . What have I misunderstood when I can't find, for example, the many BBC One and Two regional channels?

As the list is so long, for people without the convenience of comparison between your Internet screen simultaneously with the televised list of available channels (on , Sky or ) and for those who have that facility but who can easily loose track when scrolling' on two screens, it would be handy if the list was condensed as much as possible or formatted in a way which would one to more easily edit/tailor/cross check it and do to what the individual requires!

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michael

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4:26 PM

I find it near-perfect as it is. It would be ideal if the frequencies could be listed by squeezing the
columns or typeface. If needed, the list can be printed out for cross-checking etc. Older browser versions
do not display the table correctly, but that is a user-problem.

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margaret allison
8:53 PM

could you please explain how a resident of UK receives their TV ? I live in California my sister lives in ! She tells me she receives her TV thru the !! on the of her building. She seem to have a lot of trouble receiving TV channels (not sure which ones, I didn't realize there were so many). I have not lived in UK for 25 years and technology has come so far. She bought a new TV when the change went to from analog and recently the TV stopped working she was told she needed a new one so she purchased a new one and that doesn't work. We are both in our late sixty's but I'm more tech savvy than her but I don't know how to her because i am unfamiliar with your system. We have TV and pay for the various packages available to ones choice of channels. Where would you get similar service in the UK . It seems to me she is being taken advantage of because she doesn't understand the new technology and I would appreciate your help or if you could direct me in the right direction I can try to research it for her. Thank you in advance, Margaret Allison

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MikeP

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10:42 PM

margaret allison:
Around the UK are over 1000 television transmitters, some very powerful and others less so. The main for most of is at , on a hill a little to the south of central London. It transmits UHF signals carrying digitally encoded programmes. Some parts of London cannot get signals from Crystal Palace so there are alternative transmitters available around the capital. To receive these TV signals from any transmitter you need a suitable / aimed directly at the transmitter, just as you did when you lived in the area and had TV. For some who live in blocks, which may be flats or maisonettes etc, they share the use of a single aerial on the , which is known as a communal aerial and operated by the managing agents of the block.
If your sister is not in a block but rather a conventional house and has her own aerial system then it may need to be looked at to see if there are any faults that need to be repaired. If she is in a block of flats or similar then she should ask her neighbours if they also use the communal aerial and if they are also having problems. If they are then the managing agents should be asked to have the system checked.
I understand that the US also uses digitally encoded TV transmissions as well as and , the UK equivalents are available in many parts of London.
that helps? If you have further questions, please post here again and we contributors will try to assist again.

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MikeB

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10:57 PM

margaret allison: My best suggestion would be for her to get someone from a reputable company to come and look at it, or go to a electrical retailer and ask some questions (if she is , she could visit the TV dept of a certain store in Street during a quite weekday, the chaps there will do their best.!)

OK, she seems to have bought a new TV in the past couple of years, and either 'She seem to have a lot of trouble receiving TV ' or the TV 'doesn't work'. If the TV is simply dead, then it should go back to the store (if she bought it from where I work, she has a five year warrenty, but most places its just a year, unless she got an extended warrenty). If it comes on, but she is not getting a , firstly make sure that its connected to the (the lead can fall out - happens more often than you might think), and then make sure that if she is in a flat, etc, that the central aerial system hasn't got a problem. If she has her own aerial, then it might be it has a problem, and in that case, its best if a professional gets called out. In terms of cost to have it checked, there might be a callout charge, but since you can have a new aerial fitted and cabled for no more than £189 in London, she certainly should be charged a lot less than that for just a service check.

Although most people do use dish or in the States, aerials are still widely used - there is a website here http://www.antennaweb.org…spx, for instance. And while your sister could get cable from Virgin or via a dish from , she would have to pay extra for both those . Right now, she just has to pay her licence fee and have a way of getting TV signals. I suspect that her system might just have a simple fault, but its best if a professional gets it sorted out. A look through websites like 'Trust Our Trades' might be a good start in finding someone reliable (a bit like Angie's List).

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