Analogue TV
Information and advice about problems with receiving analogue TV (four or five channels via a standard aerial).
Reception problems
Quick fixes
- Use our reception problems tool to see if your local transmitter is currently being affected by maintenance work.
Otherwise, see
- Picture and sound problems - ghosting, snowy or fuzzy picture, distorted sound, no picture or sound, jumbled teletext, and what causes these problems
More detailed information
About analogue TV
Analogue TV is the traditional way of receiving television via an aerial. It gives you a limited number of channels, usually BBC One, BBC Two, ITV1, Channel 4 and (if available in your area) Five.
With the switchover to digital TV in the UK, analogue signals are gradually being turned off. This is happening TV region by TV region, transmitter by transmitter. Switchover has already begun and will be completed by 2012.
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