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Digital UK has announced that a Switchover Roadshow will begin a six-week tour of the Border TV region later this week.

The roadshow team will travel through the Scottish Borders, Cumbria, Dumfries & Galloway and the Isle of Man over the coming weeks, offering practical advice on the switch to digital-only television.

Digital UK's switchover help point will be open to the public for a total of 19 days, stopping at 16 towns, one city, and two festivalsóthe Isle of Man's Tynwald Day and the Cumberland County Show.

The roadshow kicks off in Duns, in the Scottish Borders, on Thursday June 5th. After Duns, the roadshow will head to other towns served by the Selkirk transmitter group, which will begin the switch to digital on November 6th this year.

It will then head to towns in Dumfries & Galloway, Cumbria and the Isle of Manóall in the Caldbeck transmitter group area, which switches between April and June next year.

Visitors to the roadshow will have the opportunity to find out what they need to do for switchover, what help is available in their area and will be able to put general or technical questions to Digital UK's specially trained advisors.

John Askew, Digital UK Manager for the Border TV region, said: "The whole of the Border TV region, covering more than half a million viewers, will have switched to digital in a little over a year from now. This is a great opportunity for people to meet the team from Digital UK, find out how to prepare and learn what help is available."

Seventeen per cent of Border viewers have yet to make the switch to digital TV, with one-third of all televisions in the region still analogue.