UKTV
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Gold celebrates Dad’s Army 50th anniversary with new retrospective series
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Presented by Alexander Armstrong, Saluting Dad’s Army’ celebrates the show’s lasting impact and pays tribute to the people who created it, taking viewers behind the schemes to discover the show’s history and the true stories that inspired it.
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UKTV’s latest original commission explores the world of classic car auctions
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Bangers & Cash follows Mathewsons, a family-run business searching for forgotten motors in the garages, barns and sheds of the nation, before taking them to the auction house. Along the way audiences are told the story of the car’s history, including why it’s been overlooked for so long, and why it’s going under the hammer.
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Virgin Media’s reliance on third party content means it was unwise to force a public spat with UKTV
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As I write this on Friday morning it looks as if Virgin Media customers are facing a second weekend without UKTV’s bundle of channels, but even if a last minute deal is done, the cable firm risks having seriously damaged itself with a PR strategy that has seriously backfired.
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Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson return to Gold for more murder and mystery
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Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson are reprising their roles as Terry and Gemma from UKTV’s 2017 Murder on the Blackpool Express in a new one-off murder mystery caper for the network’s Gold channel.
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Virgin Media set to lose UKTV channels after failing to reach new carriage deal
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The broadcaster, whose portfolio includes W, Alibi, and GOLD, claims Virgin Media requested “a significant cut” in the fees that pays for the channels and catch-up content despite it offering “to provide additional value to Virgin Media and its customers”.
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Political comedian Matt Forde returns to Edinburgh Festival Fringe with new Brexit show
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The whole thing’s a mess and only one person can sort it out. Sadly, we have no idea who so, instead of worrying, join Britain’s leading political comedian for his last show as an EU citizen from 1st -26th August at the Pleasance Forth at 8.30pm for some topical comedy.