drama
chat shows
detective stories
sports programmes
weather forecasts
music programmes
game shows
variety shows
commercials

A serial is a story that continues from one programme or episode to the next.A series is about the same characters or has the same format each week but each programme is complete in itself.

Vocabulary

TV aerial
remote control
satelitte dish
camcorder
a video tape/cassette

forward rewind play pause stop
channel
to tune
headset/headphones