The first channel presents almost news and information programmes, the second and third channels are for light programmes (such as films, soap operas or competitions) and the last one presents the cultural programmes. The channels of radio BBC have the similar kinds of programmes. In Britain there are also some independent TV, for example ITV – Independent Television, which is the biggest rival to BBC. Others

Literature
Reading is another source of knowledge and culture. When we read for pleasure, we usually pick up a book of fiction, such as novels (romantic, historical, ...), short stories, long stories or poetry. We can buy books, or we can borrow them in a library. If we need information, it´s good to have various dictionaries, encyclopedias and atlases close at hand.

Museums, exhibitions
We can visit museums, too, but not every town has a museum. There are many kinds of museums. These can be museums of history, agriculture, industry and so on. Most museums are concentrated in our capital, Prague. In museums and art galleries, which display sculptures and paintings, we look at statues cut in sandstone, granite, marble, carved in wood or moulded in clay, plaster or bronze, and at paintings painted in oil and in watercolours, drawings, graphic art, engravings, etchings or woodcuts. Many of us, however, also visit art exhibitions. In museum take place many exhibitions. People who visit such exhibitions are mainly experts in fine arts and students of art schools. In entering an exhibition hall we must usually pay a certain fee. Besides the exhibition of paintings, there are exhibitions of photographs, statues, as well as exhibitions of objects made of wood, iron, glass etc. My cultural experience

When I was small we used to visit castles with my parents. Nowadays, my parents are quite busy, so they don´t have much free time to go sightseeing. In my opinion, visiting castles, churches, cathedrals, fortresses, memorials .. is another way how to acquaint with the culture of the Middle Ages. I´ve visited castles in Kroměříž, Lednice, Opočno, Bouzov, Český Krumlov, etc. I like sightseeing. There is one cinema in our town. It shows twice a week, on Wednesday and on Friday. I go to the cinema with my friends three or four times a month. Tickets aren´t so expensive there, they cost 40 crowns in average. Films I´ve seen recently: Finding Nemo, Facing Window, American Pie: The Wedding, Good Bye, Lenin! and some others. In our town there isn´t a theatre, so we have to go to Prostějov or Olomouc to see performances. When I was 8, I saw the wonderful ballet. I like Shakespeare´s plays.

By reading books, you can pick up new vocabulary. I like reading.