Exhibit 99.1

                          [NTL INCORPORATED LETTERHEAD]

                                                          For Immediate Release

                                  PRESS RELEASE

             NTL INCORPORATED AND COMCAST UK CABLE PARTNERS LIMITED
            ANNOUNCE THE CLOSING OF THE SALE OF COMCAST UK'S INTEREST

                               IN BIRMINGHAM CABLE

     New York, New York (October 28, 1998) - NTL Incorporated (Nasdaq: NTLI;
Easdaq: NTLI.ED) and Comcast UK Cable Partners Limited (Nasdaq: CMCAF) announced
today that Comcast UK had completed the sale of its interest in Birmingham Cable
Corporation Limited to Telewest Communications plc, pursuant to the agreement
announced on August 17, 1998. Telewest paid (pound)127.5 million for Comcast
UK's share in Birmingham Cable and for certain subordinated debt and fees owed
by Birmingham Cable to Comcast UK. A further (pound)2.5 million is payable when
the amalgamation between Comcast UK and an NTL subsidiary becomes effective.

     A shareholders' meeting with respect to the amalgamation is scheduled for
Thursday, October 29, 1998 and it is anticipated that the amalgamation will take
place shortly thereafter.

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Director - Corporate Development, Michael A. Peterson, Director - Corporate
Development, or Richard J. Lubasch, Senior Vice President - General Counsel, at
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(0171) 227-8700 or Alison Smith, Group Communications, at (01252) 402662; or via
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