Torrents?

[barhell]

I wonder if anyone can give me some help on the subject of torrents.
I missed a program that was on the other day which i would like to watch, it is not on any of the streaming sites that i have looked at but i have found it on a torrent site.
The only trouble is i have never "torrented" before, all help and advice would be appreciated. Please try and keep this simple as possible many thanks.
My first questions would involve torrent software which and where from? Then what torrent sites would you reccomend to use also is there any to avoid?
Then the questions would involve how to?

Also are there any potential problems from torrents?

[mex]

down load bit lord, its not fastest but the easiest to set up.

find your torent click it then click open and thats it.

As for sites depends on what you want. Torrnet spy is free and easy to use, and if you want films search for axxo on there, he puts dvd quality stuff out about 2-3 months before it shelves

[RichEO]

Or get uTorrent, http://www.utorrent.com/download.php click Get µTorrent 1.6.1 Installation Program (646 kB) link. When installing make sure you check to option to associate with torrent files. That way when you download and open the torrent you have found on the torrent site it will just open the files within uTorrent and begin downloading for you.

[barhell]

Thanks for replies.