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Exhibit 10.2

              AMENDMENT TO NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

      THIS AMENDMENT TO NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the
"Amendment"), dated as of           , 2005, by and between Telewest Global,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Barry Elson (the
"Optionee");

      WHEREAS, the Optionee has previously been granted an Option to
purchase Shares pursuant to the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement, dated
as of July 19, 2004, to which the Optionee and the Company are parties (the
"Stock Option Agreement"); and

      WHEREAS, the parties intend hereby to amend the Stock Option
Agreement to provide additional protection to the Optionee in the event of
an "Acceleration Event" (as defined in the Plan);

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and in the Stock Option Agreement, the sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Section 4.1 of the Stock Option Agreement is hereby amended to add the
following sentence at the end of such Section:

      Notwithstanding the foregoing schedule as to exercisability, however,
      the unvested portion of the Option shall fully vest and become
      immediately exercisable on one of the events set forth in Section
      4.3.

2. A new Section 4.3 is hereby added to the Stock Option Agreement, as
follows:

            4.3 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any unvested
      portion of the Option shall fully vest and become immediately
      exercisable upon the termination of the Optionee (i) by reason of the
      Optionee's death or Disability or (ii) following an Acceleration
      Event, (A) by the Company other than for Cause or (B) by the Optionee
      for Good Reason; provided, however, if the Optionee reasonably
      demonstrates that any action or termination taken with respect to the
      Optionee prior to an Acceleration Event (x) was at the request of a
      third party that has indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably
      calculated to effect an Acceleration Event or (y) otherwise arose in
      connection with, or in anticipation of, an Acceleration Event that
      has been threatened or proposed, such termination or action shall be
      deemed to have occurred following an Acceleration Event for the
      purposes of determining whether the Optionee has Good Reason pursuant
      to the terms of this Agreement; and provided, further, that, if any
      such termination or action occurs while an agreement is pending and
      the effective provisions of such agreement provide for a transaction
      or transactions which if consummated would constitute an Acceleration
      Event, then such termination or action shall conclusively be presumed
      to have occurred in connection with an Acceleration Event.

      For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean, in the
      absence of the written consent of the Optionee, (w) any reduction in
      the Optionee's compensation and employee benefits such that the
      compensation and employee benefits to which the Optionee is entitled,
      in the aggregate, following such reduction are no longer
      substantially similar to the compensation and employee benefits
      provided to him or her immediately prior to the Acceleration Event
      (in each case excluding equity compensation), (x) the assignment to
      the Optionee of substantial duties which the Optionee can demonstrate
      (i) are outside any area of such Optionee's recent professional
      responsibilities within the Company or (ii) do not offer any
      opportunity for contribution to advancing the business objectives of
      the Company or its ultimate parent (following the Acceleration Event)
      or (iii) are intended by the Company or its ultimate parent
      (following the Acceleration Event) to cause the Optionee to resign
      his or her employment, (y) any requirement that the Optionee (1) be
      based anywhere more than 150 miles from the office where the Optionee
      is located immediately prior to the Acceleration Event or (2) travel
      on Company business to an extent substantially greater than the
      Optionee's travel obligations immediately prior to the Acceleration
      Event or (z) the failure of the Company or its ultimate parent
      (following any Acceleration Event) to require any successor (whether
      direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise)
      to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
      Company or its ultimate parent to assume expressly and agree to be
      bound by this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent
      that the Company or its ultimate parent (following any Acceleration
      Event) would be bound if no such succession had taken place. For the
      avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto understand that neither a
      change in the Optionee's reporting responsibilities nor the
      termination of the Optionee's responsibilities relating to the
      management and operation of a public company shall by itself
      constitute Good Reason.

3. Incorporation of the Amendment into the Stock Option Agreement. This
Amendment shall, upon its execution and delivery by the parties, constitute
an amendment of the Stock Option Agreement and shall be deemed incorporated
into the Stock Option Agreement as if fully set forth therein. Except as
modified by the Amendment, the Stock Option Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect in accordance with its terms. This Amendment and the Stock
Option Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, oral and written, between the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Stock
Option Agreement or in the Plan, as applicable.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be
executed by authority of the Compensation Committee of its Board of
Directors, and the Optionee has hereunto set the Optionee's hand, on the
day and year first above written.

                                      TELEWEST GLOBAL, INC.

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                                      By:
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                                      Its:
                                          -----------------------------Exhibit 10.3

              AMENDMENT TO NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

      THIS AMENDMENT TO NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (the
"Amendment"), dated as of                         , 2005, by and between
Telewest Global, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Eric J.
Tveter (the "Optionee");

      WHEREAS, the Optionee has previously been granted an Option to
purchase Shares pursuant to the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement, dated
as of July 19, 2004, to which the Optionee and the Company are parties (the
"Stock Option Agreement"); and

      WHEREAS, the parties intend hereby to amend the Stock Option
Agreement to provide additional protection to the Optionee in the event of
an "Acceleration Event" (as defined in the Plan);

      NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein and in the Stock Option Agreement, the sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Section 4.1 of the Stock Option Agreement is hereby amended to add the
following sentence at the end of such Section:

      Notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (ii) through (iv), however, in
      the event of the occurrence of an Acceleration Event, if the Optionee
      is offered continued employment in accordance with the terms of
      Section 4.2 of this Agreement, the unvested portion of the Option
      shall continue to vest in accordance with the schedule set out in
      clauses (ii) through (iv) but without regard to any of the
      performance criteria contained therein and, notwithstanding anything
      contained in clauses (ii) through (iv), shall fully vest and become
      immediately exercisable on one of the events set forth in Section
      4.3.

2. A new Section 4.3 is hereby added to the Stock Option Agreement, as
follows:

            4.3 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, any unvested
      portion of the Option shall fully vest and become immediately
      exercisable upon the termination of the Optionee (i) by reason of the
      Optionee's death or Disability or (ii) following an Acceleration
      Event, (A) by the Company other than for Cause or (B) by the Optionee
      for Good Reason; provided, however, if the Optionee reasonably
      demonstrates that any action or termination taken with respect to the
      Optionee prior to an Acceleration Event (x) was at the request of a
      third party that has indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably
      calculated to effect an Acceleration Event or (y) otherwise arose in
      connection with, or in anticipation of, an Acceleration Event that
      has been threatened or proposed, such termination or action shall be
      deemed to have occurred following an Acceleration Event for the
      purposes of determining whether the Optionee has Good Reason pursuant
      to the terms of this Agreement; and provided, further, that, if any
      such termination or action occurs while an agreement is pending and
      the effective provisions of such agreement provide for a transaction
      or transactions which if consummated would constitute an Acceleration
      Event, then such termination or action shall conclusively be presumed
      to have occurred in connection with an Acceleration Event.

      For purposes of this Agreement, "Good Reason" shall mean, in the
      absence of the written consent of the Optionee, (w) any reduction in
      the Optionee's compensation and employee benefits such that the
      compensation and employee benefits to which the Optionee is entitled,
      in the aggregate, following such reduction are no longer
      substantially similar to the compensation and employee benefits
      provided to him or her immediately prior to the Acceleration Event
      (in each case excluding equity compensation), (x) the assignment to
      the Optionee of substantial duties which the Optionee can demonstrate
      (i) are outside any area of such Optionee's recent professional
      responsibilities within the Company or (ii) do not offer any
      opportunity for contribution to advancing the business objectives of
      the Company or its ultimate parent (following the Acceleration Event)
      or (iii) are intended by the Company or its ultimate parent
      (following the Acceleration Event) to cause the Optionee to resign
      his or her employment, (y) any requirement that the Optionee (1) be
      based anywhere more than 150 miles from the office where the Optionee
      is located immediately prior to the Acceleration Event or (2) travel
      on Company business to an extent substantially greater than the
      Optionee's travel obligations immediately prior to the Acceleration
      Event or (z) the failure of the Company or its ultimate parent
      (following any Acceleration Event) to require any successor (whether
      direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise)
      to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
      Company or its ultimate parent to assume expressly and agree to be
      bound by this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent
      that the Company or its ultimate parent (following any Acceleration
      Event) would be bound if no such succession had taken place. For the
      avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto understand that neither a
      change in the Optionee's reporting responsibilities nor the
      termination of the Optionee's responsibilities relating to the
      management and operation of a public company shall by itself
      constitute Good Reason.

3. A new Section 5.5(d) is hereby added to the Stock Option Agreement, as
follows:

            (d) This Section 5.5 shall cease to be of force or effect from
      and after the occurrence of an Acceleration Event. Any Shares, cash
      or other property held in the Escrow Account as of the date of an
      Acceleration Event shall be promptly delivered to the Executive or
      the Executive's estate, subject to the delivery of any documents
      which the Company in its discretion may require as a condition to the
      issuance of Shares, and so long as the Executive has satisfied all
      applicable Withholding Tax requirements with respect to such Shares,
      cash or other property, and any Shares so delivered shall not contain
      the legend set forth in Section 5.5(c) hereof.

4. Incorporation of the Amendment into the Stock Option Agreement. This
Amendment shall, upon its execution and delivery by the parties, constitute
an amendment of the Stock Option Agreement and shall be deemed incorporated
into the Stock Option Agreement as if fully set forth therein. Except as
modified by the Amendment, the Stock Option Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect in accordance with its terms. This Amendment and the Stock
Option Agreement constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, oral and written, between the parties hereto
with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Capitalized terms
used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Stock
Option Agreement or in the Plan, as applicable.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be
executed by authority of the Compensation Committee of its Board of
Directors, and the Optionee has hereunto set the Optionee's hand, on the
day and year first above written.

                                      TELEWEST GLOBAL, INC.

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                                      By:
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                                      Its:
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