UKTV People is a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. Along with UKTV Documentary it launched on 8 March 2004, replacing UK Horizons, which closed the day before. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 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. ... UKTV UKTV is a joint venture between the BBCs commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and Virgin Media owned Virgin Media Television, formally Flextech Television. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Virgin Media Television (formerly known as Flextech) is a British television company and is entirely owned by the British cable company Virgin Media (previously known as NTL and Telewest) and acts as its television programme production arm. ... UK Horizons was a British television channel operated by UKTV showing mainly BBC documentaries. ... Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Virgin Media Inc. ... The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... UKTV UKTV is a joint venture between the BBCs commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, and Virgin Media owned Virgin Media Television, formally Flextech Television. ... UKTV Documentary is a digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels. ... 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. ... UK Horizons was a British television channel operated by UKTV showing mainly BBC documentaries. ...

The channel is available on Sky Digital and Virgin Media. Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ... Virgin Media Inc. ...

The output of the channel is mainly factual programming of a lighter nature, based on the people of the world such as Top Gear and docusoaps like Airport. The current format of Top Gear is a BAFTA and Emmy Award winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ...

None of its content is fresh and produced by the channel, but it is instead bought from other broadcasters such as the BBC, which hold a stake in the UKTV group of companies. The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion...

The UKTV People +1 service officially ceased transmission on 18 April 2006 and was replaced by UKTV Drama +1 on 2 May.

Programming

Current Programming

• Airport
• A Life of Grime
• Animal Park
• Beat the Burglar
• Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia
• Car Duels
• Car Wars
• Dale's Wedding
• Forensic Files
• Grimebusters
• Honey We're Killing the Kids
• Jeremy Clarkson's Extreme Machines
• Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld
• Johnny Kingdom: A Year On Exmoor
• LA Forensics
• Leave No Trace
• Medical Emergency
• Mediums: Talking To The Dead
• Missing
• My 100,000 Lovers
• Past Life Investigations
• Rail Cops
• Road Rage School
• Seaside Rescue
• Sex, Lies and Michael Aspel
• Taxicab Confessions
• The Armstrongs
• Top Gear
• Traffic Cops

A Life of Grime (play on the expression A Life of Crime) is a BBC docusoap following the work of environmental health inspectors. ... Animal Park is a television documentary about the life of keepers and animals at Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, England. ... Beat the Burglar is a BBC television programme that uses ex-professional burglar Mike Fraser to break into peoples homes with their permission to show how vulnerable they can be. ... Billy Connollys World Tour of Australia features Billy Connolly as the host as he takes the viewer on a scenic and informative tour around Australia and some surrounding islands. ... Car Wars is a combat board game developed by Steve Jackson Games. ... Forensic Files is a documentary style show which reveals how science is used to solve violent crimes, mysterious accidents, and even outbreaks of illness. ... Honey were killing the kids, is the name of a TV show on TLC that shows parents the consequences of allowing their children to develop poor eating habits. ... Leave No Trace is an ecological principle of leaving an environment of habitation in such a condition as to render it impossible for future observers to discern the previous presence of the practitioners of the Leave No Trace methodology. ... A medical emergency is an injury or illness that poses an immediate threat to a persons health or life which requires help from a doctor or hospital. ... Missing, hosted by Alex Paen, is a weekly syndicated TV series in the United States profiling real cases of missing persons. ... Taxicab Confessions is a long-running series of no-holds-barred documentaries that air on the cable television network HBO. Set in taxi-friendly cities, such as New York City and Las Vegas, the series features a cast of regulars (producers) who pose as taxi drivers. ... The Armstrongs is a British television drama/documentary series broadcast on the BBC in the UK. The Armstrongs is an access-all-areas insight into the unorthodox and sometimes ruthless business antics that are par for the course at U-Fit, Coventrys third-biggest double glazing company. ... The current format of Top Gear is a BAFTA and Emmy Award winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ...

Logos

UKTV People (2004-present) Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

External links

• People at UKTV.co.uk