TV5MONDE is the international French-language TV channel that offers UK viewers an impressive mix of films, drama, documentaries, live news, travel, cuisine, children's TV, sport and more – every week. All films, drama and entertainment programmes now have English subtitles. To access subtitles via Sky, press the Help button or go via the menu (you can also switch between French and English subtitles). Virgin viewers should press the blue button from the on-screen menu. TV5MONDE is on Sky 799 and Virgin 825.
Every day at 8pm, TV5MONDE shows films, drama and entertainment programmes; see tv5monde.co.uk for full listings. This spring, viewers can enjoy the popular police/crime drama series Un Flic – showing Fridays at 8pm. There's also an Yves Robert cinema retrospective featuring award-winning family films based on Marcel Pagnol's Souvenirs d'Enfance (Childhood Memories), La Gloire de Mon Père (My Father's Glory) and Le Château de Ma Mère (My Mother's Castle), showing throughout April. In May, TV5MONDE heads to Cannes with programmes and films specially selected to showcase past award-winners. Enjoy modern classics such as Les Invisibles (The Invisible), Copacabana, À Perdre la Raison (Our Children), and Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro (The Snows of Kilimanjaro), all showing from 12 May.
If you speak some French and want to improve, watching TV5MONDE is one of the best ways to attune your ear to the language. The news programme 7 Jours sur la Planète – Saturdays at 10am, or online for free at tv5monde.com/7jours – is automatically subtitled in French (TV version only) and comes with a free online learning pack to download each week. For language learners and teachers there is a vast amount of free online tools and resources, many designed to work alongside TV5MONDE programmes. Visit apprendre.tv (for learners) and enseigner.tv (for teachers).
TV5MONDE – la télé in French for tout le monde.
