Why to get a Freeview box

I'm ashamed to admit it, but in my recent flu bout my Freeview box was my best friend, supplying a range of genres from talk shows, documentaries, drama and films. Trisha is the worst of it. I get BBC3 and 4 for previews of pieces that later migrate to BBC2.

Last night was particularly good, and I was channel-hopping (skimming) to cover the bases between-
Storyville on the McLibel case (Dave Morris and Helen Steel vs MuckDonalds)
Docu on Tom Hurndall's murder by the IDF in Rafah
Question Time with David Baddiel as the only decent representative against a wall of undead, including Ruth Kelly, Liam Fox, Janet Daley and (less so) Mingis Campbell.
Scotland's 500 with Colin Fox (Scottish Socialist Party)