Tiscali TV Channel of the month

C1 is Tiscali TV's very own TV on-demand channel, with some of the very best new and classic programmes from the UK and US. It's available to all Tiscali TV customers all through January and there's a feast of new treats. Don't miss the first series of Ugly Betty, where Betty (and her braces) gets her first taste of the Manhattan fashion scene, Desperate Housewives series 3 is back and Jennifer Garner returns as undercover CIA agent Sydney Bristow in Alias series 4.

If people took a moment to get to know Betty Suarez, they'd see how sweet, intelligent and hard working she is (if a bit fashion-challenged). When a publishing mogul hands the reigns of Mode, the bible of the fashion industry, over to his son, Daniel, he specifically hires Betty as his son's new assistant - mostly because she's the only woman Daniel won't sleep with. Both outsiders in their own way, Daniel and Betty form an unlikely team, each helping the other navigate the choppy waters of NYC's fashion scene.

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Desperate Housewives takes a darkly comedic look at suburbia, where the secret lives of housewives aren't always what they seem. The series began with Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) leaving her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, and ending it all. Now she takes us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbours, commenting from her elevated P.O.V. From her unique vantage point, Mary Alice sees more now than she ever did alive, and she's planning to share all the delicious secrets that hide behind every neighbor's closed door in this seemingly perfect American suburb.

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Travelling around the world incognito. Fighting the bad guys. Wrestling with inner demons. For young spy Sydney Bristow, this is a typical day at her not-so-typical job as a secret agent. Further complicating the situation is her CIA superior JACK, who also happens to be her estranged father. Utilizing a variety of disguises and secret weapons, Sydney infiltrates the dangerous underworld, discovering family secrets, hidden agendas and ultimately, love. The adventure and intrigue of this deadly lifestyle explodes in this high octane, contemporary series that TV Guide calls "a wonderfully entertaining thriller."

Cate Hennessy has her hands full... raising three teenagers, running a household and holding down a full time job as a hospital nurse. Now that the family patriarch is gone, Cate continues to enforce her husband's number one rule, "If you make my kids cry, I'll make you cry." To help her out, Cate's retired father, JIM, moves in - but the family is quickly rattled when Cate's sarcastic nephew, C.J., joins the family and bestows his own brand of questionable wisdom on the clan.

Michael Kyle is a modern-day patriarch who rules his household with a unique parenting style. As he teaches his children life lessons, he does so with his own brand of humorous wisdom. Janet, Michael's wife, maintains a fine balance between taking care of their home, building her career and trading punch lines with her husband. Their three children are high school student JR., who is a regular recipient of his father's witty, disciplinary ways; their moody, adolescent daughter, Claire, whose favorite hobby is asking Dad for money; and six-year-old Kady, who rarely lets Daddy have the last word.

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