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Yes. Once you have downloaded a programme, you can watch it offline or overseas.
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Yes. You'll be able to resume playback from where you left off in an episode, and this works across devices too so if you switch from your PC to your iPhone, for example, your resume point will be remembered. Similarly if you press pause, you will be able to resume when you select that episode again.
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Yes, you can stream on both Wi-Fi and mobile data
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No, you do not need to be signed in to watch a downloaded programme.
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No, unfortunately we don't have the rights to show all our programmes on Watch Live.
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You do not have to be connected to the internet to watch a downloaded programme. The main benefit of the All 4 download service is that once you have downloaded a programme you can watch it offline or overseas.
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If you are watching a downloaded episode on your Android device and you initiate a cast session, then it will be the streamed version of the episode which will play out on the Google Cast device. Casting a downloaded episode will be subject to the streamed version having the appropriate rights for play back on Goggle Chromecast.
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No, you can't skip adverts. Channel 4 content is free to watch because we are an advertiser-funded broadcaster. As a government-owned, not for profit organisation, the revenue we make from advertising doesn't go to shareholders, it goes back into making more programmes.
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Buffering will occur if you don't have sufficient bandwidth to stream the Watch Live service. Check your internet speed by using a speed test site like http://www.speedtest.net/ (please note we take no responsibility for third party websites)
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Once you have finished downloading a programme, you have up to 30 days to complete viewing it before it expires from your device.
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