How to watch 'The Bill' in Scotland

Scottish fans of The Bill who are disappointed with STV's decision to drop the long-running cop show from its schedules will be able to continue watching it on digital satellite or online.

Those viewers with digital satellite receivers, including Sky digiboxes, will be able to tune to a different ITV region. Each regional variant of ITV broadcasts free-to-air on digital satellite, with options including ITV1 London at 10.758GHz with vertical polarisation and ITV1 Border at 10.832GHz with horizontal polarisation.

Some viewers with a standard Sky box will be able to access ITV1 London on channel 993. IF this is not available, the following procedure may help.

Setting up the access to the different variants of ITV1 will vary from box to box, but if you have a standard Sky digibox, the following procedure will allow you to tune in:

• Press Services
• Press 4 for System Setup
• Press 4 for Add Channels
• Type in the frequency using the numerical keypad - for ITV1 London, press 10758
• Press the down arrow and ensure "V" is selected for polarisation
• Press the down arrow and then left or right until Symbol Rate (Mbaud) is 22.0
• Press the down arrow and then left or right until FEC is 5/6
• Push down to select Find Channels and push Select
• With your desired ITV1 region highlighted, press the yellow button
• When a tick mark appears next to it, press select
• Press select again

You have now stored the region in your "other channels" menu. To tune to it:

• Press Services
• Press 7 for Other Channels
• Scroll to the ITV1 region using the arrow keys and press select

Viewers will also be able to catch-up with The Bill on ITV's website, and some with Virgin Media digital cable will be able to watch ITV1 London on channel 853.