BFBS Television DVD Service

The ability of BFBS Television to get where the action is, at the sharp end, is legendary among Forces audiences. The range and possibilities are constantly increasing. But what about isolated units and detachments that fall outside our ever-expanding mainstream reach?

For many isolated groups, the BFBS  DVD Service provides entertainment and a link to home. Each week, BFBS TV produces over 180 packages of recorded entertainment, mailed across the world through the BFPO network.

How it Works

Allocated on a priority basis by the MOD, the service is designed primarily for the single serviceman/woman overseas. Elegantly simple, the  service consists of a minimum of ten DVDs containing 30+ hours of the best of UK programming.

The DVDs, nominally running from Saturday to Friday - useful for those locations with closed circuit TV systems - contain a mix of light entertainment, sport, drama, sitcom, documentary and quiz programmes.  The eighth and ninth DVD - Mainly Soaps - caters for soap fans, guaranteeing a weekly fix of Corrers, EastEnders and Hollyoaks. The tenth disk, a kids disk,  is for younger viewers with their parents on accompanied postings and most weeks also includes a sport disk, football, MotoGP, Formula 1, Rugby etc.

So, if you, or anyone you know, is likely to be posted to wild and remote regions and fancies some of the best of British television, remember the BFBS DVD Service. Please see contact details below.

Army/RAF

If you are an Army or RAF unit and would like to apply for the DVD Service, please write to the following:

David Kenworthy
Producer DVD Service
BFBS TV
Chalfont Grove
Narcot Lane
Chalfont Saint Peter
Buckinghamshire
SL9 8TN

Tel: +44(0) 1494 878337
E-Mail: david.kenworthy@bfbs.com

Navy/RFA

If you are a Navy/RFA unit and would like to apply for the DVD Service, please write to the following:

PERS OPS SGT
PERS OPS
FLEET HQ
MP 4-3
Leach Building
Whale Island
PORTSMOUTH
PO2 8BY
 

MIL:    93832 5819
CIV:    +44(0)23 92 625819  
FAX:   +44(0)23 92 625851

Contacting Us

If you are a recipient of the DVD Service and would like to make any comments or suggestions please contact:  david.kenworthy@bfbs.com