TV5 Europe

TV5 Monde is a French-speaking channel available on Virgin Media on 825. It's part of our XL package. I said "French-speaking" because it doesn't just show programmes from French channels but also Canadian, Swiss and Belgian ones. It is great for people learning/teaching French but it is also great for French people who live in England or anywhere else in the world as it enables them to keep in touch with their culture and to find out about the other French speaking countries. I personally try to watch the Belgian news at lunchtime. I find the presenter friendly and there are differences of vocabulary between French from France ...  Read the complete review

Having studied French for my AS/A Levels it was inevitable that the only way to imrove my listening of the language would be through either listening to the radio or watching television. I am not a very big radio listener, however I do watch a bit of TV on both weekdays and weekends so why not make it educational for a change? TV5 Monde is a French channel specialising in a wide range of programmes from cookery, documentaries as well as sports. It is accessible on Sky via channel 805 and I would compare it to BBC1 in terms of the types of programmes it offers. ~ Mornings ~ Weekday mornings are basically spent on current affairs and a ...  Read the complete review