Exhibit 12.2

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Certification of the
  Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
  2002

I, Andrew Griffith, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc (the Company);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Company's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Company and have:

| | (a) Designed such
        disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls
        and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
        information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,
        is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during
    the period in which this report is being prepared;
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| | (b) Designed such
        internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control
        over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
        reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
        and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
    accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;    
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| | (c) Evaluated the
        effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures and
        presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
        disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered
    by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                   
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| | (d) Disclosed in
        this report any change in the Company's internal control over financial
        reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report
        that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
    the Company's internal control over financial reporting; and                                                                               

5. The Company's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company's auditors and the audit committee
of the Company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

| | (a) All significant
        deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
        control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
        affect the Company's ability to record, process, summarize and report
    financial information; and
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| | (b) Any fraud,
        whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
        who have a significant role in the Company's internal control over financial
    reporting.                                                                                                       
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Date: 1 August 2008



Andrew Griffith
  Chief Financial Officer

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