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TELEVISION PROGRAMMES

In Great Britain and USA

The Simpsons is a CARTOON programme

CARTOON

DOCUMENTARY

BBC Channel produces very interesting documentaries on animals and plants.

REALITY SHOWS.

Big Brother is a reality show.

FILMS

My favourite film is Twilight

COMEDY PROGRAMME

Mr. Bean’s comedy programmes are very funny!

Aquí no hay quien viva is a Spanish comedy programme

THE NEWS

I watched the news in the television. It was raining a lot in Tenerife!

SPORTS PROGRAMMEI like watching Sunday’s sports programmes

TALK SHOWThe best talk show in Spain is Buenafuente’s

programme

SOAP OPERA

The majority of soap operas are made in South America

GAME SHOW

Who wants to be a millionaire is a big game show.

Wheel of Fortune is an interesting game show

ADVERTS

In my opinion, Coke adverts are the best!

ACTIVITY-TIME

• Student’s Book: Page 20 ex. 1; Page 30 ex. 1 (in your notebook)

• Workbook: Page 12 ex. 1; page 63 ex. 1; page 64 ex. 1; page 65 ex. 1

• Correction time!

Famous soap operas in Britain

Eastender is a soap opera about life in an area of London. It is very popular for teenagers.

Coronation Street is another soap opera and it started in 1960 and it is on TV four times a week!

• It stands for: British Broadcasting Corporation.

• It was founded in 1922.

• In Britain people must pay for having TV sets at home. It is called TV License.

• But, how much?– Colour TV: 139.50 pounds a year (150 euros)– Black and white: 47 pounds a year (60 euros)

TV Detection units.• They detect the signal from TV sets.

• If you use a TV set without paying the license, you are warned. If you don’t pay, you can be fined with 1.000 pounds. (1200 euros)

• Adverts did not exist in BBC. That’s why the license was paid, but they do now.