UK does indeed use PAL.

Cheers for the help guys.
The TV card option was raised on TPR and while it's a good idea, I cant get it to work on linux so it's a no go option.

Easiest and cheapest way is to purchase myself a cheap second hand TV. Then either a RF convertor so I can send the signal down the aerial or normal leads (with or without a convertor)

@ spikey, nice idea, but I don't want to cut cables as I have no soldering iron etc etc so to go that route would require more kit and thus extar costs.