Virgin 1: ETA 1st October, 2007
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007Last chance to catch Most Haunted Almost Live! on Ftn
It’s less than a week until Virgin 1 launches itself on British screens and replaces the old Flextech channel Ftn. Virgin Media have assembled a roster of new and old sci-fi and drama from the US and the UK, and on its debut night will launch with The Riches, the acquisition of which was something of a coup for Virgin, and the male ‘wang-xiety’ documentary entitled The Great British: Penis Envy. It is understood that Ftn favourites such as Takeshi’s Castle and Ultimate Poker Challenge will remain.
Virgin will be promoting the new channel with a TV ad showcasing the best the channel has to offer in the form of clips from The Riches, Boston Legal and The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
The ad promises to offer “No soaps”, “No makeovers” and “No nonsense” viewing, concluding the advert with, “Virgin 1; Proper Telly” (delivered in a Ray Winston voice).
A clip from the Penis Envy doc has also been doing the rounds on YouTube, but if you’re planning on checking it out, you might want to look over your shoulder and see who else is in the room before typing ‘YouTube’, ‘Virgin’ and ‘Penis’ into a search engine.
Virgin 1 will be available on the following channels from Monday the 1st of October:
Freeview: 20
Sky: 153
Virgin Media: 122
December 5th, 2007 at 7:51 pm
wow, can’t wait.
it would be better with sky though
December 8th, 2007 at 6:14 pm
Really looking forward to this being release!!