provided digitally) are: • BBC One and BBC Two – public service broadcaster (we must pay a licence fee for BBC TV and online services. No external adverts and no commercial breaks. BBC One and ITV normally bid to show major events such as football finals. BBC One aired the Olympics. • ITV – Independent Television – commercial broadcaster, adverts are shown between shows. • Channel 4- commercial broadcaster, but has always had a strong public service remit. Channel 4 tends to have more shows representing minority groups, for example, it aired the Paraolympics (however its representations of these groups does not always transgress stereotypes, as with My Big Fat Gyspy Wedding). Channel 4 has adverts. • Channel 5 – commercial broadcaster with adverts. Most of these channels have an online streaming service too: BBC Iplayer, ITV.com, All4 TASK: FIND OUT MORE ABOUT POPULAR TV SHOWS IN BRITAIN BY DOING A GOOGLE SEARCH.