COMING SOON The Essentials New channel numbers Vanity Fair on Sky Movies 2 Now Sky is even Your cut-out-and-keep guide (channel 302) Entertainment 155 E! 264 DiscHome&H 408 Sky Spts News Kids 101 BBC1 157 Ftn 265 Disc H&H +1 410 Eurosport UK 601 Cartoon Netwrk 102 BBC2 159 OBE 267 Artsworld 411 Eurosport2 UK 602 Cartoon Nwk + easier to use! 103 ITV1 161 Biography 269 UKTV Br’t Ideas 413 Motors TV 603 Boomerang 104 Channel 4 / 163 Hollywood TV 271 Performance 415 At The Races 604 Nickelodeon S4C 165 Bonanza 273 Fashion TV 417 NASN 605 Nick Replay We’re improving the way your on-screen TV guide 105 five 169 UKTVG2+1 275 Majestic TV 419 Extreme Sports 606 Nicktoons works, making it simpler and smoother than ever. If the 106 Sky One 173 Open Access 2 277 LONDON TV 421 Chelsea TV 607 Trouble 107 Sky Two 179 FX 279 Real Estate TV 423 Golf Channel 608 Trouble Reload changes haven’t happened on your screen yet, don’t 108 Sky Three 180 FX+ 281 Wine TV 425 Channel 425 609 Jetix worry, they will very soon! Read all about them here 109 UKTV Gold 181 Information TV 283 Disc. T&L 427 TWC 110 UKTV Gold +1 183 Passion TV 285 Baby Channel 429 Setanta Sports1 111 UKTVG2 185 abc1 430 Setanta Sports2 112 LIVINGtv 187 Raj TV Movies 432 Racing UK 113 LIVINGtv +1 189 More4 +1 301 Sky Movies 1 434 Setanta Ireland 114 LIVINGtv2 193 Rapture TV 302 Sky Movies 2 436 Celtic TV Sky Guide changes 115 BBC THREE 195 propeller 303 Sky Movies 3 438 Rangers TV 116 BBC FOUR 971 BBC 1 Scotland 304 Sky Movies 4 440 Sport Nation 972 BBC 1 Wales 305 Sky Movies 5 480 Prem Plus 973 BBC 1 NI 306 Sky Movies 6 481 Setanta PPV1 Panda Nursery on 974 BBC 1 London 307 Sky Movies 7 482 Setanta PPV2 National Geographic Fast-track to TV heaven! 975 BBC 1 NE & C 308 Sky Movies 8 (channel 526 ) 976 BBC 1 Yorks 309 Sky Movies 9 News Have you read your Essentials booklet telling you 977 BBC 1 Yrks&Lin 310 Sky Movies 10 501 Sky News about improvements to your Sky service yet? 978 BBC 1 N West 313 Sky Cinema 1 502 Bloomberg 610 Jetix +1 979 BBC 1 W Mids 314 Sky Cinema 2 503 BBC NEWS 24 611 Disney Chnl Here’s how the changes will work for you 24 on Sky One 980 BBC 1 E Mids 315 Film Four 504 BBC PARL’MNT 612 Disney Chnl +1 (channel 106) 981 BBC 1 East (E) 316 Film Four+1 505 CNBC 613 Toon Disney New-look TV Guide 982 BBC 1 East (W) 317 Film Four Weekly 506 CNN 614 Playhse Disney Who would have thought that one simple 983 BBC 1 S East 319 TCM 507 S4C~2 615 Disc. Kids change to your on-screen TV Guide could ones, such as Shopping, which 117 Channel 4 984 BBC 1 South 321 HorrorChannel 509 EuroNews 616 CBBC Channel make it so much easier to find the shows enters the line-up for the first time. 118 ITV2 985 BBC 1 Oxford 323 True Movies 510 FOX News 617 CBeebies you want to watch? Give it a try! Press tv guide on your Sky 119 ITV3 986 BBC 1 West 511 CCTV-9 618 Nick Jr. It’s simple, really. We’ve decided to run remote, and you’ll see page one; press 0 or 120 ITV4 987 BBC 1 S West 512 SAW 619 POP your TV Guide main menu over on to two scroll up or down for page two (below right). 121 Challenge 988 BBC 1 Cl 513 NDTV 24x7 620 Tiny Pop pages, so that we can list more categories One final thing: to fit in with the new 122 Challenge +1 989 BBC 2 England 621 Toonami for you. We’ve split some – for example, categories, some channel numbers will 124 Bravo 990 BBC 2 Scotland Documentaries Music & Radio now each get their own slot; change. They’re all listed in your handy 125 Bravo +1 991 BBC 2W 520 Discovery Music and we’ve introduced some brand-new cut-out-and-keep guide, opposite. 126 ParaComedy 1 992 BBC 2 NI 521 Discovery+1hr 340 MTV 127 ParaComedy +1 993 ITV1 (AD) 522 Civilisation 341 VH1 128 ParaComedy 2 994 Channel 4 (AD) 523 Science 342 MTV Hits See the difference on screen The Players Here’s the fi rst page of your Main Menu… … and this is what page two looks like! 129 Sci-Fi Championship on Sky 524 Disc. Wings 343 MTV Base 131 Men & Motors Lifestyle & Culture Sports 2 (channel 402) 526 Nat Geo 344 MTV Dance 133 UKTV Drama 250 Disc.RealTime 527 Nat Geo +1hr 345 MTV2 In a nutshell… 135 S4C Digidol 251 Disc RT +1 528 Adventure One 346 VH2 137 Life TV 252 Disc RT Extra 325 matineemovies 529 History 347 VH1 Classic • TV Guide now runs over two pages 138 Life2 253 Sky Travel 327 bad movies 530 History+1hour 348 TMF 139 LifeShowcase 254 Sky Travel +1 700 to 755 532 UKTV Docs 349 The Box • Some categories that were linked 140 E4 255 Sky Trvl Extra Sky Box Office 533 UKTV Docs+1 350 KISS together have been split into two 141 E4+1 256 UKTV Style 534 UKTV People 351 Smash Hits! 142 More4 257 UKTV Style +1 Sports 535 Animal Planet 352 Magic • We’ve created some new categories 146 You TV 258 UKTV S Garden 401 Sky Sports 1 536 Animal Plnt+ 353 Q 148 BEN 259 UKTV Food 402 Sky Sports 2 537 UKTV History 354 Kerrang! • Some channel numbers are changing 150 Reality TV 260 UKTV Food +1 403 Sky Sports 3 538 UKTV H’tory+1 355 Chart Show TV – see your handy guide (opposite) 151 Reality TV+1 261 Travel Channel 404 Sky Spts Xtra 539 CommunityChnl PHOTOS: ACTION IMAGES; CORBIS; KOBAL; ™©2005 FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY BROADCASTING FOX ™©2005 KOBAL; CORBIS; IMAGES; ACTION PHOTOS: cut out and keep 153 Hallmark 262 Travel Ch +1 406 MUTV 541 UKTV People +1 continued overleaf

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Barclays Premiership on Sky Sports 1 Your cut-out-and-keep guide (channel 401) Your fave channels – at a glance Colour buttons 356 The Vault 0127 Oneword 0169 Desi Radio 649 Shop on TV 797 SouthForYou Wouldn’t it be great if you could push a button and 357 B4 0128 smooth fm 0170 The Hits 650 Thane Direct 798 AlphaEtcPun see what’s showing right now on the channels you have changed! 358 The Hits 0129 Solar Radio 0171 Galaxy 651 TVW Select 799 Al Jazeera Green, yellow and blue are 359 Classic FM TV 0130 Panjab Radio 0172 Smash Hits 652 Vector 24/7 800 Vectone Bangla watch most often? Well, soon you’ll be able to! 360 Channel U 0131 BBC 7 0173 Kismat Radio 653 Stop + Shop 801 DW-TV now key to getting around 361 Fizz 0132 Prime Time 0174 Century Radio 654 YES 802 TVEi With so many channels to choose from, 2 From either page of the menu, press your on-screen TV Guide 362 The Amp 0133 Sunrise Radio 0175 Capital 655 speedauctiontv 803 Vectone Punjab checking what’s on your Favourites can blue to see your favourites grid. 364 Scuzz 0134 UCB Bible 0176 Amrit Bani 656 Myphone.tv 804 Abu Dhabi TV sometimes take a bit of scrolling. It looks a lot like a normal listings Green Button 366 Flaunt 0135 UCB Talk 0177 LBC 97.3 657 eeZee tv 805 TV5 Not any more! Now you can view your page, except it only shows your From now on, getting to your Personal 368 Musicians Ch. 0136 UCB Insp 658 Vitality 806 MAX very own TV listings screen, which shows Favourite channels (below left). Planner or Sky+ Planner from your TV 395 Music Choice 0137 1Xtra BBC 659 SkyTravelShop 807 ATN Global nothing but the channels you’ve selected as 3 When you see what you want to Guide is much more straightforward. 396 Music Choice 0138 TWR 660 Gems.tv 2 808 Aastha TV your Favourites.* watch, highlight it and press select All you have to do is press green 0139 BBC R n Gael 661 Create & Craft 809 Apna Bazaar to tune straight to it (if it’s on later, Radio 0140 Pure Dance 662 Teletext Hols 810 Record TV All your faves in one place a reminder will be set for it). Sky+ Customers… 0101 BBC R1 0141 Raaj Radio 663 Broadband UK 811 Vectone Sinhla Getting to your Favourites guide is easy: * If you’ve never used Favourites One other little change for you: 0102 BBC R2 0142 RTE Europe 664 Golf Pro-Shop 812 Vectone MH1 1 Press tv guide on your Sky remote to get before, see your Essentials booklet for you’ll notice that your Sky+ Planner 0103 BBC R3 0143 BBC R4 LW 665 We Deliver TV 813 Islam Channel your TV Guide main menu how to set them up – it’s easy! is now simply called Planner 0104 BBC R4 FM 0144 BBC 5L SportX 666 Max TV 814 Channel ‘S 0105 BBC R5 Live 0145 Club Asia 667 OneTV 815 GEO UK Find some sunshine See the difference on screen 0106 Classic FM 0146 Real Radio on Sky Travel 670 Choices UK TV 816 Zee Gujarati See what’s showing on your favourite 0107 Virgin Radio 0147 EWTN (channel 253) 671 Star Bazaar TV 817 DM Digital channels listed in one place, like this: 0108 talkSPORT 0150 Sukh Sagar 672 GDTV 818 ATN Bangla 0109 Classic Gold 0151 Asian Gold 673 2ShopTV 0110 Chill 0152 BBC R London 0178 Kiss 674 treasures.tv Gaming & Dating In a nutshell… 0111 Planet Rock 0153 The Villan 0179 Heat 840 iPlay 0112 Core 0154 BBC R Cymru 0180 Magic Religion 841 AVAGO • You can create a list of up to 0113 Capital Gold 0155 Pulse Rated 0181 Q 760 GOD Channel 842 Quiz Nation 50 of your Favourite channels 0114 XFM 0156 CalvaryRadio 0182 MOJO 761 GOD 2 843 PokerZone 0115 BBC World Sv. 0157 Globecast 0183 Kerrang 762 Wonderful 844 Poker Channel • See what’s on your Favourites in 0116 BBC R Scot. 0158 Gaydar Radio 0184 Radio 763 TBN Europe 845 Sky Vegas Live your personal programme guide 0117 BBC R Wales 0159 Family Radio 0185 Spectrum 1 764 DAYSTAR 847 Vegas 24/7 0118 BBC R Ulster 0160 RTE Radio 1 0186 Liberty 765 revelation 848 Jackpot TV • Press the blue button while you’re 0119 BBC Asian Nt. 0161 Arrow-Rock 0187 Yarr Radio 766 UCB TV 849 BIG GAME TV! watching TV to scroll through 0120 BBC 6 Music 0162 CapitalDisney 0188 On Air 767 INI 850 YouPlay TV what’s on your favourite channels 0121 The Mix 0163 Apple FM 0189 Choice FM 768 LOVEWORLD TV 851 Your TV 0122 WRN Europe 0164 RTE 2FM 0190 Radio London 769 EWTN 852 Quiz TV 0123 Premier 0165 RTE Lyric fm 770 Gospel Channel 853 Quiz Call 0124 Heart 0166 RTE RnaG Shopping 771 DoveVision TV 870 Dating Channel 0125 UCB Europe 0167 jazz fm 630 QVC 871 Gay Date TV 0126 crossrhythm 0168 Akash Radio 631 iBuy TV International 872 Look4Love TV Yellow Button 632 iBuy TV2 780 B4U Movies 873 Gay Network Press yellow at the 633 TV SHOP 781 B4U Music 874 Chat Box main menu and you can 634 Ideal World 782 Sony TV Asia search by genre in the A-Z listings KingKing ArthurArthur 635 price-drop tv 783 STAR News onon SkySky MoviesMovies 7 Specialist (channel(channel 307)307) 636 Pitch TV 784 STAR Plus 880 Teachers’ TV Blue Button 637 Thomson TV 785 PCNE Chinese 881 Pub Channel Pressing blue at the TV Guide main 638 Simply Shop. 786 VECTONE Urdu 882 Sky Venue menu will take you to your Favourites 639 Best Direct 787 mta-muslim tv 883 Open Access listings (see left for more details) 640 Superstore TV 788 Zee TV 884 Audi Channel 641 Simply Ideas 789 Zee Music 642 Shop Vector 790 Zee Cinema Adult 643 TV Warehouse 791 Bangla TV Channels 900 to 950 More 644 bid tv 792 ARY Digital 645 Thomas Cook 793 MATV National Sky Services top tips in 646 Gems.tv 794 Vectone Chnl-I 996 Chl Line-up the booklet in 647 Pitch TV Plus 795 PTV Prime 998 Sky Welcome CHANNEL DETAILS CORRECT AT TIME OF GOING TO PRESS PRESS TO GOING OF TIME AT CORRECT DETAILS CHANNEL IMAGES GETTY ALLSTAR; ALAMY; PHOTOS: 648 Best Direct+ 796 VECTONE Tamil 999 Sky Cust Ch cut out and keep the centre of this magazine!