BBC Parliament

BBC Parliament is available as a free to air digital channels, available on most platforms such as Sky, Freeview and also via the Internet. It is funded by the BBC and provides near 24 hours coverage of politics and Parliament. The channel is not designed to appeal to the majority of the public, in the same way that Hansard (the written record of Parliament) is not designed to be a best-seller. It is one of those services which is there to make politics accessible and it means that it is available to those that want to see it. Democracy is inevitably aided by any mechanism which allows any member of the public to watch their elected representatives ...  Read the complete review

Further to the purchase of my freeview digital box for my analogue TV another BBC channel. BBC PARLIAMENT a specialist channel by the beeb formally called the Parliamentary channel to quote the channels editor “BBC Parliament is the channel dedicated to detailed coverage of Parliament & Politics“. Some of the information that follows is from the website by Wikipedia. Launched 23.September.1998 and owned by the BBC, it has a low audience rating of almost zero (May 2006). AVAILABILITY Terrestrial - Freeview channel 81. Satellite - Sky Digital channel 504. Cable - NTL channel 128/13. - Telewest channel 612. ...  Read the complete review

This really most be the biggest waste of licence payers money - can none cable subscribers actually get this channel? If you want to see major changes in british law being listiened to by 3 men and a dog then tune in here! The only good thing that it does is to show you just how hard working your elective representatives in parliament - i dont think. This really is snooze time tv if you cant sleep turn this on you'll be asleep in seconds. Instead of just showing debates why not have interviews with mps etc on it. ...  Read the complete review

BBC Parliament might sound very dull to many people but it is actually very important. It means that we can actually listen and watch our elected representatives and see that they are doing what we elected them to do. You would soon notice if your MP was asleep, for example! If he didn't stand up for what your city or constituency wanted you would be able to see that if you watched a particular debate. Some issues are not important on a national scale and don't make it into the news but if your MP was speaking in a debate on something that affected you and your area, you would want to make sure he/she put your views across. BBC ...  Read the complete review

BBC Parliament is a new channel available to digial viewers, yet funded by all of us through the license-fee. It provides coverage of the all speeches and hearings in the Houses of Parliament, House of Commons etc... It's quite handy if you want to hear parliament-type news first hand, as most broadcasts are live. Examples being new changes to the law, Prime Minister's Question Time etc... The down side is that there is ONLY sound on BBC Parliament, it's audio only and probably surives on a fiver-a-year budget like Channel 5. Can't say I've ever watched it much myself. Still.... a very handy and useful channel to have if ...  Read the complete review