EXHIBIT 21.1

NTL INCORPORATED  LIST OF SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES  AS OF AUGUST 31, 2005

|Company                                               |  | Jurisdiction of
Incorporation/Registration
|----------------------------------------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------
|Andover Cablevision Limited                           |  | England & Wales                           
|Anglia Cable Communications Limited                   |  | England & Wales                           
|Bearsden Nominees, Inc                                |  | USA (Delaware)                            
|Berkhamsted Properties & Building Contractors Limited |  | England & Wales                           
|Cable Television Limited                              |  | England & Wales                           
|Cable Thames Valley Limited                           |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel (UK) Limited                                 |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Cardiff Limited                              |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Central Hertfordshire Limited                |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Hertfordshire Limited                        |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Herts and Beds Limited                       |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Investments Limited                          |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Newport                                      |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel North Bedfordshire Limited                   |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Northern Ireland Limited                     |  | Northern Ireland                          
|CableTel Programming, Inc                             |  | USA (Delaware)                            
|CableTel Scotland Limited                             |  | Scotland                                  
|CableTel Surrey and Hampshire Limited                 |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Telecom Supplies Limited                     |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel Ventures Inc                                 |  | USA (Delaware)                            
|CableTel West Glamorgan Limited                       |  | England & Wales                           
|CableTel West Riding Limited                          |  | England & Wales                           
|Cambridge Cable Services Limited                      |  | England & Wales                           
|Cambridge Holding Company Limited                     |  | England & Wales                           
|CCL Corporate Communication Services Limited          |  | England & Wales                           
|Chartwell Investors, LP                               |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident                
|Columbia Management Limited                           |  | England & Wales                           
|Communications Cable Funding Corp                     |  | USA (Delaware)                            
|ComTel Cable Services Limited                         |  | England & Wales                           
|ComTel Coventry Limited                               |  | England & Wales                           
|Credit-Track Debt Recovery Limited                    |  | England & Wales                           
|De Facto 1159 Limited                                 |  | England & Wales                           
|De Facto 1183 Limited                                 |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Bassetlaw) Limited                     |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Burton-upon-Trent) Limited             |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Chesterfield) Limited                  |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Grantham) Limited                      |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Grimclee) Limited                      |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Hinckley) Limited                      |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Leicester) Limited                     |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Lincoln) Limited                       |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Lincolnshire) Limited                  |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Mansfield) Limited                     |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Melton Mowbray) Limited                |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Newark-on-Trent) Limited               |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Ravenshead) Limited                    |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable (Vale of Belvoir) Limited               |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable Acquisitions Limited                    |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable Communications Limited                  |  | England & Wales                           
|Diamond Cable Construction Limited                    |  | England & Wales                           
|                                                      |  |                                           

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|Diamond Cable CPE Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|------------------------------------------ |  | --------------------------
|Diamond Holdings Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|Diamond Visual Communications Limited      |  | England & Wales           
|Digital Television Network Limited         |  | England & Wales           
|DTELS Limited                              |  | England & Wales           
|East Coast Cable Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|East Midlands Cable Communications Limited |  | England & Wales           
|East Midlands Cable Group Limited          |  | England & Wales           
|East Midlands Cable Holdings Limited       |  | England & Wales           
|Enablis Limited                            |  | England & Wales           
|Heartland Cablevision (UK) Limited         |  | England & Wales           
|Heartland Cablevision II (UK) Limited      |  | England & Wales           
|Herts Cable Limited                        |  | England & Wales           
|Jewel Holdings Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|Lanbase European Holdings Limited          |  | England & Wales           
|Lanbase Limited                            |  | England & Wales           
|LCL Cable (Holdings) Limited               |  | England & Wales           
|LCL Telephones Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|Lichfield Cable Communications Limited     |  | England & Wales           
|Maza Limited                               |  | England & Wales           
|Metro Hertfordshire Limited                |  | England & Wales           
|Metro South Wales Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|NNS UK Holdings 1 LLC                      |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|NNS UK Holdings 2, Inc                     |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|North CableComms Holdings, Inc             |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|North CableComms LLC                       |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|North CableComms Management, Inc           |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|Northampton Cable Television Limited       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Aylesbury and Chiltern) Limited       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (B) Limited                            |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (BCM Plan) Pension Trustees Limited    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Broadland) Limited                    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Chichester) Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (City and Westminster) Limited         |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (County Durham) Limited                |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CRUK) Limited                         |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC Holdings)                         |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC) Corporation Limited              |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC) Limited                          |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC) Management Limited               |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC) No 2 Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC) No 3 Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC) No 4 Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC) Programming Limited              |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (CWC) UK                               |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Ealing) Limited                       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Eastbourne and Hastings) Limited      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Fenland) Limited                      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Greenwich and Lewisham) Limited       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Hampshire) Limited                    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Harrogate) Limited                    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Harrow) Limited                       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Kent) Limited                         |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Lambeth and Southwark) Limited        |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Leeds) Limited                        |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Norwich) Limited                      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Peterborough) Limited                 |  | England & Wales           
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|ntl (South East) Limited                |  | England & Wales           
|--------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------
|ntl (South Hertfordshire) Limited       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (South London) Limited              |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Southampton and Eastleigh) Limited |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Sunderland) Limited                |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Thamesmead) Limited                |  | England & Wales           
|NTL (Triangle) LLC                      |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|NTL (UK) Group, Inc                     |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl (V) Limited                         |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (V) Plan Pension Trustees Limited   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Wandsworth) Limited                |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (Wearside) Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (West London) Limited               |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (YorCan) Limited                    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl (York) Limited                      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Acquisition Company Limited         |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Bolton Cablevision Holding Company  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Bromley Company                     |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Business (Ireland) Limited          |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Business Limited                    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Cable PLC                           |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Bolton                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Bromley                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Bury and Rochdale        |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Cheshire                 |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Derby                    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms East Lancashire          |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Greater Manchester       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Group, Inc               |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl CableComms Group Limited            |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Holdings No 1 Limited    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Holdings No 2 Limited    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Lancashire No 1          |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Lancashire No 2          |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Macclesfield             |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Manchester Limited       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Oldham and Tameside      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Solent                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Staffordshire            |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Stockport                |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Surrey                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Sussex                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Wessex                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms West Surrey Limited      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl CableComms Wirral                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Cambridge Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Chartwell Holdings, Inc             |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Chartwell Holdings 2, Inc           |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Chartwell Holdings Limited          |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Communications Limited              |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Communications Services Limited     |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Darlington Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Derby Cablevision Holding Company   |  | England & Wales           
|NTL Digital (US), Inc                   |  | USA (Delaware)            
|ntl Digital Ventures Limited            |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Directors Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|                                        |  |                           

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|ntl Equipment No 1 Limited                        |  | England & Wales           
|------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------
|ntl Equipment No 2 Limited                        |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Fawnspring Limited                            |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Funding Limited                               |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Glasgow                                       |  | Scotland                  
|ntl Glasgow Holdings Limited                      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Group Limited                                 |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Holdings (Broadland) Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Holdings (East London) Limited                |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Holdings (Fenland) Limited                    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Holdings (Leeds) Limited                      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Holdings (Norwich) Limited                    |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Holdings (Peterborough) Limited               |  | England & Wales           
|NTL International Services, Inc                   |  | USA (Delaware)            
|ntl Internet Limited                              |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Internet Services Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Investment Holdings Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Irish Holdings Limited                        |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Kirklees                                      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Kirklees Holdings Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Limited                                       |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Manchester Cablevision Holding Company        |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Microclock Services Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Midlands Limited                              |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Milton Keynes Limited                         |  | England & Wales           
|ntl National Networks Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Networks Limited                              |  | England & Wales           
|ntl North CableComms Holdings, Inc                |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl North CableComms Management, Inc              |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Partcheer Company Limited                     |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Pension Trustees Limited                      |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Programming Subsidiary Company                |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Rectangle Limited                             |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Secretaries Limited                           |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Sideoffer Limited                             |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Solent Company                                |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Solent Telephone and Cable TV Company Limited |  | England & Wales           
|ntl South CableComms Holdings, Inc                |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl South CableComms Management, Inc              |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl South Central Limited                         |  | England & Wales           
|ntl South Wales Limited                           |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Streetunique Projects Limited                 |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Streetunit Projects Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Streetusual Services Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Streetvision Services Limited                 |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Streetvital Services Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Streetwarm Services Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Streetwide Services Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Strikeagent Trading Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Strikeamount Trading Limited                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Strikeapart Trading Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Surrey Company                                |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Sussex Company                                |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Systems Limited                               |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Technical Support Company Limited             |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Teesside Limited                              |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Telecom Services Limited                      |  | England & Wales           
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|ntl Trustees Limited                                  |  | England & Wales           
|----------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------
|ntl UK CableComms Holdings, Inc                       |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl UK Telephone and Cable TV Holding Company Limited |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Ventures Limited                                  |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Wessex Company                                    |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Westminster Limited                               |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Winston Holdings, Inc                             |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Winston Holdings Limited                          |  | England & Wales           
|ntl Wirral Company                                    |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|ntl Wirral Telephone and Cable TV Company             |  | England & Wales           
|Oxford Cable Limited                                  |  | England & Wales           
|Penn Services Inc                                     |  | USA (Delaware)            
|Prospectre Limited                                    |  | Scotland                  
|Secure Backup Systems Limited                         |  | England & Wales           
|South CableComms Holdings, Inc                        |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|South CableComms LLC                                  |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|South CableComms Management, Inc                      |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|Southern East Anglia Cable Limited                    |  | England & Wales           
|Stafford Communications Limited                       |  | England & Wales           
|Swindon Cable Limited                                 |  | England & Wales           
|Tamworth Cable Communications Limited                 |  | England & Wales           
|Virgin Net Limited                                    |  | England & Wales           
|Vision Networks Services UK Limited                   |  | England & Wales           
|Wessex Cable Limited                                  |  | England & Wales           
|Winston Investors LLC                                 |  | USA (Delaware)/UK Resident
|Workplace Technologies Trustees Company Limited       |  | England & Wales           
|XL Debt Recovery Agency Limited                       |  | England & Wales           
|X-TANT Limited                                        |  | England & Wales           

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