Tv aerial socket in another room - help!

I have set up my BT broadband Hub OK and have broadband........but now struggling with the TV vision box.  I've realised it may be because my tv aerial socket is in another room!!! and my tv donated by a friend has no aeriel cable with it.
I assume i have to connect the vision box to this aerial socket, so i need to buy an aerial.  Will i have to buy a really really long one and trail it through the house or is there a way to overcome this.
Any advice gratefully accepted - i am not technical and have no idea what to do or where to go
Thanks
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If you want to be able to watch and record Freeview TV channels then you are going to need a good external aerial to get a reliable signal. This will have to be connected to the aerial input of the BT Vision box.
If you just want to watch "on demand" content from BT Vision, then an aerial is not really needed.
Your TV will need to be connected to the BT Vision box via a SCART or HDMI connection.
There are some useful help pages here, for BT Broadband customers only, on my personal website.
BT Broadband customers - help with broadband, WiFi, networking, e-mail and phones.

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