Many French TV stations broadcast some programmes via their websites.

TV 5 Monde

The Web TV channel of the international TV channel promoting the French language and the culture of the countries where it's spoken. Run by a consortium of the public broadcasters of France, Belgium, Switzerland and Canada, it shows programmes by all of them, plus some original ones, including news, chat-shows, quiz-shows, sit-coms, drama and documentaries.

TF1 Vidéos

As well as news, the first channel offers clips from its entertainment, music and factual programmes, including full editions of flagship documentary Ushuaïa and weather forecasts in La Météo.

Caméra Café

France's infamous comedy TV series.

Canal +

Mostly an entertainment channel. You can watch Le Zapping, a five-minute compilation of daily highlights from different channels or Les Guignols de l'Info, a satirical view at current events with rubber puppets à la Spitting Image.

France Truc

Children's cartoons from public broadcaster France 3. A huge selection of clips and full programmes is available.

Arte TV

Mostly an arts and documentary channel. You can watch short clips from many of its programmes.

France 5

The website of the educational, factual and children's channel from public broadcaster France Télévisions offers clips and full editions of some of its programmes.

US TV episode summaries

No videos here, but if you're familiar with these US series, try and see how much French you can understand from the episode summaries: Desperate Housewives; Les Experts (CSI); nip/tuck; Smallville; Six Pieds Sous Terre (Six Feet Under).

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