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<blockquote data-quote="johnfallen" data-source="post: 24720" data-attributes="member: 176385">Thanks, 600. Yes, I think I catch your drift. By the way, the &quot;optimistic&quot; footprint says a 3 m dish will get you 2D from anywhere in Greece.I am sure Greek TV and radio are just great. Go for it. Learn one of the languages of your country of residence, always a good thing, as rolfw says. My point is, don't rely on them translating The Archers. For what it's worth, I personally go for programmes like Bremner, Bird and Fortune on Channel 4, and Have I got News for You on BBC. Essential for the low-down on Iraq, for example. I could be wrong, but I doubt if they'd translate well into Swedish. Or Greek. I wouldn't know these programmes existed if weren't for a friend sending us occasional video tapes from UK. For those shows alone, I'd get Jodrell Bank in our back garden, if I could afford it. Mind you, Swedish TV has just started Ali G in Da' House, with subtitles, so anything is possible. Eventually.Yes, I think Eddie Wareing and his like are no longer employed, though some stuff gets close.But now, speaking of regional diversity – there's a good thing. I saw a poor Welshman posting from Greece on the Astra2D site. If we really want to retain cultural diversity and all that, shouldn't we broadcast everything, everywhere? The Swede living in Basingstoke could still get his Bingo-Lotto and midnight hardcore, the Welshman could get Neuwyddion Cymraeg and Eistedfoddau in Kalamata, and chaps like me could still choose CD Review in place of Home Truths of a Saturday morning. Seems only fair. It takes all sorts, after all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="johnfallen, post: 24720, member: 176385"] Thanks, 600. Yes, I think I catch your drift. By the way, the "optimistic" footprint says a 3 m dish will get you 2D from anywhere in Greece. I am sure Greek TV and radio are just great. Go for it. Learn one of the languages of your country of residence, always a good thing, as rolfw says. My point is, don't rely on them translating The Archers. For what it's worth, I personally go for programmes like Bremner, Bird and Fortune on Channel 4, and Have I got News for You on BBC. Essential for the low-down on Iraq, for example. I could be wrong, but I doubt if they'd translate well into Swedish. Or Greek. I wouldn't know these programmes existed if weren't for a friend sending us occasional video tapes from UK. For those shows alone, I'd get Jodrell Bank in our back garden, if I could afford it. Mind you, Swedish TV has just started Ali G in Da' House, with subtitles, so anything is possible. Eventually. Yes, I think Eddie Wareing and his like are no longer employed, though some stuff gets close. But now, speaking of regional diversity – there's a good thing. I saw a poor Welshman posting from Greece on the Astra2D site. If we really want to retain cultural diversity and all that, shouldn't we broadcast everything, everywhere? The Swede living in Basingstoke could still get his Bingo-Lotto and midnight hardcore, the Welshman could get Neuwyddion Cymraeg and Eistedfoddau in Kalamata, and chaps like me could still choose CD Review in place of Home Truths of a Saturday morning. Seems only fair. It takes all sorts, after all. [/QUOTE]

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