9th form Reading "Television"

1. Over 99 percent of Britain homes have a TV and the average person ____ "the box" 26 hours a week.

2. There are four (non-sattelite) TV channels in Britain: BBC1, BBC2, ITV and Channel 4. BBC1 and BBC2, the two state channels, _____ adverts.

3. BBC1 and ITV tend ____ popular programmes: sports programmes, recent films, the news, game shows, children's programmes and soaps.

4. BBC2 and Channel 4 show programmes which usually attract ___ audience: Tv plays, classical concerts, foreign films and programmes for minority groups.

5. Only 8 percent of British homes subscribe ___ satellite or cable TV.

6. Some countries buy British television programmes. The wildlife documentary series are ____ popular.

7. Soaps are popular TV serials ____ dramatize their characters' daily lives.

8. The storylines are entertaining, but often ____.

9. Soaps are broadcast either three or four times a week and each episode ____ about half an hour. They are very popular in Britain.

10. About 70 percent of UK households now ____ a video recorder.

11. People ____ use them to record TV programmes which they then watch at a more convenient time.

12. Teenagers aged between 14 and 16 like _____ together with friends to watch a video, especialle films with an 18 rating.