Exhibit 99.1

            TELEWEST ANNOUNCES REVIEW OF IDS BUSINESS PRACTICES

London, 15 December 2004--Telewest Global, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLWT) today
announces that its Audit Committee is commencing an independent review of
certain business practices of a subsidiary in its content division, IDS,
which sells advertising time on television channels in which Telewest has
an ownership interest. The business practices to be reviewed, which were
brought to the attention of the Audit Committee by senior management,
involve the payment of commissions, believed to be no more than (pound)5
million in aggregate, to commercial counterparties over the period from
2001 to date. The Company does not believe that there will be a material
impact on the Company's financial statements, results of operations or
financial condition as a result of the review, or of termination of these
business practices.


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NOTES TO EDITORS:


Telewest, the broadband communications and media group, currently passes
and markets to 4.7 million homes and provides multi-channel television,
telephone and internet services to 1.75 million residential customers.
Telewest Business, the company's business division, supplies broadband
communications to the public and private sector markets. Its content
division, Flextech, is the BBC's partner in UKTV. Together they are the
largest supplier of basic channels to the UK pay-TV market with a portfolio
that combines wholly owned and managed channels, including the nine joint
venture channels with the BBC. For further information go to
http://mediacentre.telewest.co.uk
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