The living room is where British families relax, and the talk there is quick and casual. You'll hear "the telly", "turn it over" and "it's nil-nil", which many learners have never met. Learners often translate directly and say "Open the TV" or "Change the program". In this episode: • The telly and the remote • What's on? • Watching habits • The football is on • Agreeing what to watch • Practice • Self-check questions with answers Key phrases from this episode: the telly (TEL-ee) — the television (casual, very common) the TV (tee-VEE) — also very common (neutral) the remote — the controller for the telly Where's the remote? — a question heard in every home put the telly on — switch it on (casual) switch it off / turn it off — stop it turn it over — change the channel (casual) turn it up — make it louder turn it down — make it quieter I can't hear it — please make it louder What's on? — what programmes are showing now? (casual) What's on tonight? — what can we watch this evening? Is there anything good on? — is any programme worth watching? a programme (PROH-gram) — a show; British spelling has -mme a series (SEER-eez) — in Britain, often one set of episodes, like a season a season — also used, especially for streamed shows an episode (EP-ih-sohd) — one part of a series a box set — a whole series you can watch together a streaming service — a paid service you watch online the news — the daily news programme a quiz show — people answer questions to win prizes a cooking competition — people cook and judges choose a winner catch up on — watch something you missed (catch up on the last episode) Real British English: the complete spoken course for learners worldwide — modern British accent, everyday grammar, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, he/she/it for things, and real conversations at home. Listen, repeat out loud, then take the 52-question quiz. Audio voiced with AI from an original script by Dr. Rashmi R Nair.