It seems it was not Virgin Media trying to tempt me with an expanded package by offering this channel free for a month and hope I got hooked (slide it up your rectum VM), but Sky themselves now making it free to air.
And I only mention this now as this Thursday at 9.00pm the are showing a prog. devoted to Eric Sykes, the last in the series of Comedy Legends introduced by Barry Cryer.
Virgin Media Ch. 123, where my wife and I are also enjoying the "Portrait Artist of the Year" competition, fronted by Stephen Mangan.