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At the East End theatres you can get the best of everything - an excellent orchestra, famous conductors, celebrated singers and well-dressed audience:

Channel 1 forms part of the independent television network and provides a national TV service throughout Britain:

Most daily papers in the USA are of the "quality" rather than the "popular" variety:

Seats in the upper balcony are the most expensive, those in the boxes are the cheapest:

The BBC World Service reflects British opinion and the British way of life:



A popular paper contains many photographs; its articles are often sensational and mostly deal with private life of famous people:

A quality paper is a serious newspaper, which publishes articles and commentaries on politics:

Although the press in UK is legally free, the danger lies in the fact that the majority of people are not aware of the ownership:

American newspapers get much of their news from the same source as all newspapers in the world - the two world's largest news agencies - AP (Associated Press) and UPI (United Press International):

Behind the cinema screen there is a stage, so that the building can be used for concerts and other performances:

Horror films offer the viewer flying saucers, extraterrestrial living beings, space battles and explosions of planets:

In the cinema there are usually one main film, a news film, and a "trailer" telling about the film for the next week:

Most of Saturday newspapers contain more reading matter than daily papers include "colour supplements" - separate colour magazines, which contain photographically-illustrated feature articles:

Newspapers in Britain are mostly owned by the government or political parties:

The best seats at theatres are those in the stalls and the gallery:

The famous Royal Shakespeare Theatre is situated outside London, at Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace:

The oldest concert hall in London is the nineteenth century Wiliam Hall:

The political tendency of quality papers varies from conservative (the "Daily Telegraph") or conservative (the "Times") to centre (the "Independent") and liberal (the "Guardian"):

The ВВС has four national radio channels for listeners in the USA:

Theatres are very much the same in London as anywhere else: the chief theatres, music halls and cinemas are in the West End:

Tickets for afternoon performances are more expensive than those for evening performances: