Germany forum < English TV in Germany

  • Raquelle L'Orean

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    There is some English langage TV broadcast direct to air in Germany but not much and it all depends on where you live.

    If you live close to one of the large British military bases, you may be able to pick up the British Forces TV station. This is broadcast at low power and you do need to be close by. I have never managed to pick it up despite living in Paderborn which is the home to one of the largest British bases in Germany. I've had a look at the schedules for it and it appears to be a bit "afternoon TV" if you get my drift.

    Alternatively, if you live close to the border with Switzerland, Belgium or The Netherlands, you may be in luck.

    Swiss TV occasionally shows British made programs in the original version. For example, when I was down in Konstanz, I could watch re-runs of Monty Python on a Monday evening!

    Dutch TV and the Flemish services on Belgian TV often show films in English with Dutch/Flemish subtitles. Once again, you would need to be pretty close to the border to receive these but, it's worth looking.

    On cable, the programmes carried on German TV vary from place to place but you will generally find one or two English channels. CNN is pretty well universal and I guess inevitable. That may well be all that you get but just perhaps you will find NBC super channel or BBC world.

    Also, on cable, you may find that some films are broadcast in stereo with the original (usually that means English) sound track on one channel. These are indicated in the listings guides.

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