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Encyclopedia > UKTV Drama
UKTV Drama
UKTV Drama logo
Launched 31 March 2000
Owned by UKTV (BBC/Flextech)
Audience share 0.3% (Feb 06 [1])
Formerly called UK Drama (until March 04) UK Arena
Timeshift service UKTV Drama +1
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital Channel 133 (134 for +1)
Cable
Telewest Channel 147
NTL Channel 305

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The channel's origins lie in a channel called UK Arena which was lauched on November 1, 1997. as the new UKTV network's arts channel. The name derives from the BBC's flagship arts program Arena. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... One of the United Kingdoms largest TV companies, UKTV is a joint venture between the BBCs commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and the cable television company Flextech. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... Arena is a British television documentary series, which has run in occasional seasons on the BBC TWO network since 1978. ...


Initial ratings were disappointing and it was decided to relaunched the channel on March 31, 2000 as UK Drama, with a focus on showing dramas rather than as a general arts program. Along with the rest of the network, the "UK" prefix was changed to "UKTV" on March 8, 2004. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


On the 2nd of May 2006, the UKTV Drama +1 service was launched to replace UKTV People +1.


The channel is available on Satellite (BSkyB) and Cable platforms. Artists impression of a Boeing 601 satellite, as configured for digital television transmission by SES Astra Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB - formerly two companies, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, which merged) is a company that operates the most popular subscription television service in the Ireland. ... Coaxial cable is often used to transmit cable television into the house. ...


Programmes

The output of the channel is mainly drama series and serials from the BBC archive. However some of the schedule is filled by comedy shows, more appropriate for UKTV Gold or UKTV G2 for example. UKTV Drama's programming include: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, sometimes also known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world, founded in 1922. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the form of theater, where it simply referred to a play with a happy ending, in contrast to a tragedy. ... UKTV Gold, known as UK Gold until March 8, 2004, is a British television channel, launched on November 1, 1992, currently available on Sky satellite, cable, and terrestrial subscription via Top Up TV. It is not available on standard Freeview boxes, however, despite the fact that many of its programmes... UK Gold Classics was launched when UK Gold began to move towards newer programmes instead of older ones. ...

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Past Logos

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External Links

  • UKTV Drama website

  Results from FactBites:
 
UKTV Drama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (159 words)
UKTV Drama is a British television channel from the UKTV network.
Initial ratings were disappointing and it was decided to relaunched the channel on March 31, 2000 as UK Drama, with a focus on showing dramas rather than as a general arts program.
The output of the channel is mainly drama series and serials from the BBC archive.
UKTV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (342 words)
UKTV's channels are available via satellite and cable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Most programmes on UKTV's channels are repeat broadcasts of BBC productions (although the entertainment channels also feature programmes made by other companies) and the channels themselves are played out by Red Bee Media (formerly BBC Broadcast) and played out from their 'Broadcast Centre' in West London.
None of the UKTV channels operates in widescreen — programmes made in widescreen are always horizontally cropped into 14:9 — and factual programmes are almost always cut for commercial timing although dramas and comedies are not.
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