The Best in British TV – For Free

Posted June 11, 2007

BBC CANADA is offering a free preview weekend from Saturday, June 15 to Monday, June 17. Beginning this Saturday, all Rogers subscribers will be able to enjoy the best and boldest lifestyle, drama and comedy programming from Britain. This free preview will be available to Rogers analogue subscribers on Rogers Channel 59 and digital subscribers on Rogers Channels 1 and 59.

Programming highlights include:

· 20 Quickest Ways to Make Money on Your House
Saturday, June 16 at 4pm and 9pm ET
20 Quickest Ways to Make Money On Your House features Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan (of How Not To Decorate) as they reveal countless tips, advice, and a good dose of wit on the many aspects of property and interior design. The program incorporates interviews with experts who voice their opinions, stories, and experiences in the industry of buying and selling real estate.

· Little Britain Marathon
Saturday, June 16 beginning at 1 am ET
Written and performed by Matt Lucas and David Walliams, this character-based sketch show looks at the debris of modern life and all that is mad, bad and quirky about the people and places of Britain. Little Britain is a small and surreal parallel universe, peopled by gloriously over-the top eccentrics, lunatics and social misfits who live in towns with strange names like Flange and Scoffage.

· Absolutely Fabulous Marathon
Sunday, June 17 beginning at 9 pm ET
Edina runs a fashion agency, wears designer clothes and lives the life of a jet-setter. Her friend Patsy smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish and dresses like a dream. Life would be one long party – if only Edina’s snotty daughter would stop complaining and start joining in like a normal teenager…

BBC CANADA is the home of the best and the boldest British television from the world-renowned BBC. For more information visit www.bbccanada.com.

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