Catch up on Old news (BBC iPlayer)

Member Name: Missydoc

Product:	BBC iPlayer
Date:	07/01/09 (72 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to use and navigate

Disadvantages: Not as good as watching TV

Over the festive period I made great use of BBC iPlayer to catch up on the episodes of Eastenders that I had missed whilst I was busy out partying to early hours of the morning.
In brief, BBC iPlayer allows you to catch up on TV and Radio over the last 7days. The website is very easy to navigate giving you options to view the highlights, yesterdays and today's programmes, most popular and a list of your last played viewings.
I knew about iplayer but never really had a chance to give it a go. I went onto the website http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/ and typed in Eastenders in the search box. All the episodes came up showing the dates and times they were shown on TV. It is very easy to click on the link, and play. I only have a 15" screen on my laptop and with full screen, I found it comfortable to watch although it will never be as good as watching it on TV.
The website allows you to browse through categories to select programmes. The categories include Children's, Comedy, Drama, Entertainment, Factual, Music, News, Religion & Ethics, Sport, Sign Zone, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. If that doesn't help you find something to watch, there is an A-Z listing that will list all the programmes alphabetically or to narrow the search down even more by recently screened on TV.

It wasn't until I went onto iPlayer that I realised how many channels BBC actually deal with. It just shows how out of touch I am. BBC includes BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, CBeebies, BBC News Channel, BBC Parliament & BBC Alba. Some of these, I didn't even know existed.
If you enjoy listening to the radio, there are even more stations available through BBC than TV channels. You can select from the Network, National and Local stations.

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Summary: A brilliant invention to catch up on programmes you've missed

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