UKTV

UKTV is the BBC’s wholly owned UK commercial broadcaster which runs subscription channels such as U&Gold; advert-funded channels including U&Dave, U&Drama and U&Yesterday; and the U streaming app.

  • Sean Lock heads revamped Argumental

    Sean Lock heads revamped Argumental

    Comedy panel show Argumental is getting a revamp ahead of it’s return to UKTV’s digital channel DAVE this November. The show is returning with a new cast, new look and dual-screen interactivity which will allow viewers to play along with the teams’ altercations in real time. Sean Lock takes the host’s chair while Peep Show…

  • Castle returns to UK screens for third run

    Castle returns to UK screens for third run

    US crime drama Castle returns to British TV screens next week when the third series starts on UKTV’s crime drama channel, Alibi. The show stars Nathan Fillion (Desperate Housewives, Firefly, Serenity) as Richard Castle, a famous mystery novelist who helps the NYPD homicide department solve crimes.

  • ITV confirms Primeval 'webisodes'

    To coincide with the arrival of the fourth series of Primeval, ITV.com is to screen five “unique and exciting” webisodes detailing what happened between the devastating end of series 3 and the start of the new run.

  • Yesterday explores Heroes of Biggin Hill

    Yesterday explores Heroes of Biggin Hill

    A new documentary telling the story of the WWII pilots based at RAF Biggin Hill airs this week on History-based channel Yesterday, as part of the channel’s ‘Spirit of 1940’ season which also included the John Nettles presented Channel Islands at War.

  • Baddiel stars in new new football mocumentary

    Baddiel stars in new new football mocumentary

    Digital channel Dave has launched a brand new, online football mocumentary series which follows the trials and tribulations of the Dave football team. Each of the five FC Dave episodes will be uploaded to the Dave website on Thursdays – the first is already available – and star David Baddiel as the Channel Head. The…

  • Yesterday celebrates the 'forgotten men' of Dunkirk

    Yesterday celebrates the 'forgotten men' of Dunkirk

    Digital channel Yesterday is tonight screening a special programme telling the unknown story of the thousands of heroic men left behind in the Dunkirk evacuation. Dunkirk: The Forgotten Heroes examines the now legendary escape of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of to Dunkirk and tells how the capture of 40,000 soldiers was kept…