A broadcast receiving apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit which selects a broadcast channel and receives a broadcast signal: a display unit which displays a group selection screen indicating a channel group name in the highest class and a channel group name in at least one of the sub classes in each group; a setting unit which sets a channel group selected from the group selection screen among a plurality of channel groups (310, 320, 330) classified by genre as a target for group zapping (310,320,330), each channel group being associated with a plurality of classes: and a control unit which performs channel zapping to a next channel in a channel group to which a current channel belongs, if a channel zapping command is input, and performs channel zapping to a channel in a next channel group that is different from the channel group to which the current channel belongs and is included in the target for group zapping, if a group zapping command that is different from the channel zapping command is input, characterised in that the next channel group is a channel group in a highest class (310, 320, 330) or in a sub class (311, 312, 313; 321, 322; 331, 332) which belongs to the highest class (310, 320, 330) in each genre. a receiving unit which selects a broadcast channel and receives a broadcast signal: a display unit which displays a group selection screen indicating a channel group name in the highest class and a channel group name in at least one of the sub classes in each group; a setting unit which sets a channel group selected from the group selection screen among a plurality of channel groups (310, 320, 330) classified by genre as a target for group zapping (310,320,330), each channel group being associated with a plurality of classes: and a control unit which performs channel zapping to a next channel in a channel group to which a current channel belongs, if a channel zapping command is input, and performs channel zapping to a channel in a next channel group that is different from the channel group to which the current channel belongs and is included in the target for group zapping, if a group zapping command that is different from the channel zapping command is input, characterised in that the next channel group is a channel group in a highest class (310, 320, 330) or in a sub class (311, 312, 313; 321, 322; 331, 332) which belongs to the highest class (310, 320, 330) in each genre. a display unit which displays a group selection screen indicating a channel group name in the highest class and a channel group name in at least one of the sub classes in each group; a setting unit which sets a channel group selected from the group selection screen among a plurality of channel groups (310, 320, 330) classified by genre as a target for group zapping (310,320,330), each channel group being associated with a plurality of classes: and a control unit which performs channel zapping to a next channel in a channel group to which a current channel belongs, if a channel zapping command is input, and performs channel zapping to a channel in a next channel group that is different from the channel group to which the current channel belongs and is included in the target for group zapping, if a group zapping command that is different from the channel zapping command is input, characterised in that the next channel group is a channel group in a highest class (310, 320, 330) or in a sub class (311, 312, 313; 321, 322; 331, 332) which belongs to the highest class (310, 320, 330) in each genre.