FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Even before the "BizKid$" financial literacy show gets telecast in the U.S. it will get an international airing next month on British TV.

That was the word today from officials of the Washington Credit Union League, which said two episodes will be broadcast on a United Kingdom business channel. In later months, stations in Australia, South Korea, Tobago and Guyana are planned to air the show with help of the World Council of Credit Unions.

The show in Britain is set to broadcast Oct. 1 with discussions underway with the British Broadcasting Co. for more UK telecasts later on, said officials of the league, which since last year has been the principal coordinator of the CU consortium financing the show, whose producers include veterans of the popular PBS "Bill Nye the Science Guy" show.

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