11.01 | '24's third season to premiere on free-to-air Sky Three in November 2005
Probably old news this, but digital terrestrial Freeview viewers are finally going to be able to watch the third season of '24' thanks to newchannel Sky Three.
Sky has launched the new Sky Three channel, replacing the Sky Travel channel on Freeview. The new channel is going to run old Sky One shows, so, though you won't be able to see the fourth and fifth seasons of '24' yet, the third series will be shown as a 'taster' to get you to 'upgrade' to a full Sky package. As we all know, the first and second seasons ran on BBC2, until Sky decided to fuck over most fans of the show by putting it on their satellite-only Sky One channel.
Now, eighteen months after most of you would have either downloaded it or bought the DVD set, you'll be able to see if for free if you've got a Freeview box - the first time it's been shown on TV in the UK without you needing an expensive satellite package.
'24' season three premieres on the free-to-air Sky Three channel on Saturday November 12th at 9pm.
Do we need any more digital TV channels, though? There isn't anything else worth watching on Sky Three. Except maybe repeats of 'Tru Calling'.
My advice is that if you don't have a Freeview box and you haven't yet seen this season of '24', this might be the time to splash out. Either that or buy the DVDs off Amazon for £34.
