Arthur you don't need that BS anymore due to being able to stream what you want when you want nowadays.
There are thousands of programs and other interesting content to watch on free apps such as YouTube and Freeview Plus.
Freeview Plus, for instance has the usual five channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV, C4 and C5) plus channels like CBS Reality and STV.......yeah that's Scottish TV and I believe you can watch every episode of your fellow Glaswegian, Taggart, from the show's conception back in .....um.....was it 1983?
Do you have a smart TV Arthur?