How do you get British TV ie BBC 1,2,3,

Try Filmon, just type into google filmon uk.

Get hola chrome plugin, then go to BBC iPlayer or ITV player and watch what you want.:-)

Depends on how (and if) you want to watch your TV, catch-up or live. Either way, if you have good net access, filmon seems to be the common answer.

any indications where the fringes of Europe are?

I can now get BBC etc via Intelsat 907 "king of Sats" at 27.5 deg in the west using "icebreaker" decoder.Thank you for all your help. Wallace

sorry for bothering, but I will be moving shortly to Italy and what do I have to look for or ask to get British channels ?

Well .................................This may help - http://www.skyeurope.tv/sky-subscription-italy

If you have a decent Internet connection its easy - Use Filmon or UKTV4ITALIAIf you want a real or normal TV experience watching through your TV, UKTV4ITALIA do a box that you plug into your hdmi port on your TV and also the internet and you can get all the UK free to air channels and lots more, including all the UK radio channels, 14 day catch up and recording.Filmon has adverts, similar to Youtube (thats where they make their money, and if you try and watch on a big TV screen its a bit grainy (put fine on an iPad) and there is an annoying Filmon Logo always on the screen. Not bad for free though!UKTV4ITALIA does not have advertising or screen logo and its a normal TV experience but the cost is about £10 a month.You need about 1.2 Mbps download speed (in the evening) for standard definition and you can check your internet by using www.speedtest.net

Thanks for this; I didn't know about it. Does the UKTV4ITALIA box give a better image on a full TV screen? We're getting a satellite internet connection so the signal should be fine.

Hi MauriceYes,better than Filmon, although you can pay for the premium Filmon service that loses the adverts and also gives you HD. The problem is that most Internet connections in Italy are just too slow for HD, but certainly the Standard definition with UKTV4ITALIA will give a good SD resolution on a decent size screen (I use a 42 inch plasma). There are LD and HD options as well-Richard

Have a look at www.xbmcplayer.co.uk they have a box that streams loads of chanels (all the BBC, ITV etc plus SKY and many recent films). It plugs into the HDMI socket of your TV and works really well, the owner (his phone numbers on the website) is really helpful.