This document discusses TV scheduling and programming in the UK. It breaks down scheduling into time periods from 6am to 6pm and defines the target audiences for each period. It also examines the most popular genres and the target audiences of each major channel. It finds that BBC 1 and ITV 1 have only 2% repeats while BBC 2, Channel 4, and Five have 50% or more repeats. These latter channels also buy more programming from the US to save money. The document also defines terms like "hammocking", "pre-echo", and "inheritance" used in scheduling and notes that starting times may be delayed slightly to air advertisements.