It's easy to while away the hours in front of the goggle box, but new research from TV Licensing suggests that we're watching more than we think. Adults in Britain told the researchers that they watch less than 20 hours of television a week, on average. However, the Broadcaster's Audience Research Board bit their thumbs at the UK's adults, whipping out cold hard stats that show the actual figure is more than 30 hours a week. What this means it that we're watching more than one full day of non-stop TV in a week – that's a whole lot of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding action and perhaps something to be a little ashamed of. Stat clash The new stats clash somewhat with similar research conducted by on-demand service SeeSaw. With the same sample size, SeeSaw found that 23 per cent of people now use the PC as their main source of evening entertainment instead of the television. SeeSaw also found that 60 per cent of us eat dinner in front of the computer, while TV Licensing found that 72 per cent eat their main meal in front of the box.
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