UKTV

  • UKTV’s Dave to show new tennis contest

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    The channel has secured exclusive rights to Tie Break Tens, a “fast-paced” short format of tennis in which each match is a first-to-ten point tie break. Every tournament awards a winner-take-all cheque after a single, four-hour session of super-charged high-pressure tennis. 

  • UKTV’s Dave announces medical comedy, Porters

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    The series focusses on “deluded” Simon Porter who dreams of passing his medical exam and becoming a doctor – but by starting at the bottom, and becoming the best porter the NHS has ever seen.

  • Original commissions and expanded distribution deals push UKTV’s revenues up 8%

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    In recent years the broadcaster’s mix of drama, comedy, entertainment and lifestyle channels have commissioned a raft of original content including Matt Forde’s political chat show Unspun, Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit, and the new Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais sitcom, Henry IX.

  • James Buckley’s Zapped gets second series

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    Produced by Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow Productions, the first series saw Brian (Buckley) grapple with his new surroundings after he was abruptly zapped to a parallel world and the bizarre backwater town of Munty.

  • YouView gains new UKTV Play on-demand player

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    The player also brings together collections of specially curated themes as well as viewer chosen favourites, as well as an all-new predictive search facility.

  • Why isn’t the BBC’s Brexit results coverage available on iPlayer?

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    The BBC’s live, as it happened coverage is unavailable for academics, political pundits and sadists to watch again despite the ease with which iPlayer could make offer it up for repeated viewing.