UKTV

  • UKTV to launch new Drama channel on Freeview and YouView

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    UKTV, the owners of Gold, Really and Dave, are to launch a new drama themed channel on Freeview and YouView. Named Drama, the channel will go live on 8 July 2013 and offer modern and classic British drama including Tipping the Velvet, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Cranford and Lark Rise to Candleford. The channel is expected…

  • Yes, Prime Minister – clip

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    The brand new series of Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s Yes, Prime Minister debuts on Gold tomorrow with David Haig taking over the role of Prime Minister Jim Hacker. The six-part series sees Hacker back in office as PM and leading a coalition government confronting the greatest economic crisis in a generation. As always, his…

  • BT signs up Universal Channel & Syfy for Vision

    BT signs up Universal Channel & Syfy for Vision

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    A new deal between BT and Universal Networks International, the international channel division of NBCUniversal, will bring three new channels to the telco’s TV customers. Live streamed versions of the Universal Channel, Syfy and E! Entertainment will launch on BT Vision “in the coming weeks” with video on demand content following in early 2013. A…

  • UKTV gains fourth Freeview slot

    UKTV gains fourth Freeview slot

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    UKTV, the owners of Gold, Really and Dave, has secured a fourth channel slot on Freeview. The firm’s Really, Dave and Yesterday already air on Freeview while channels Watch, GOLD and Eden are currently available only on pay-TV platforms. From January Dave Ja Vu, the +1 version of Dave, will fill the new slot on…

  • Grimm returns for second series

    Grimm returns for second series

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    The second series of supernatural crime drama Grimm starts on UKTV’s Watch next week. The series puts a dark new twist on the Brothers Grimm stories – the fairytales adored by generations are real, and only homicide detective Nick Burckhardt (David Giuntoli), can stop the villains.  This season Burckhardt begins to question what he once…

  • Red Dwarf returns and it’s back on form

    Red Dwarf returns and it’s back on form

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    Red Dwarf X sees Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules and Robert Llewellyn are back aboard ship and in great form.