I received a letter from Sky yesterday, along with a booklet, advertising the taster for customers - you do have to be an existing Sky customer though, perhaps the Sky person wasn't aware of that when you phoned?
I don't subscribe to Sports, Movies etc, but watched the Man U v Chelsea match at home this afternoon!
There are 2 free movie channels on Sky digital, called True Movies and True Movies 2. Are these what you had in mind? See:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Movies
I had heard somone previously saying that there was a way of getting Sky Premiere Movies Free and was wondering if anyone else had gotten it?
There is a scam involing selling you a "device" (9v battery) that connects to the phone port on your sky box.... they can even show it working....
but , the after a 1 or 2 movies the box won't let you order any more... and you get billed the next time you plug your box into the phone line....