UK Horizons
UK Horizons was a television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels, showing mainly BBC documentaries. Most programmes were abridged for commercial timing purposes. It took its name from the BBC series Horizon, which formed a staple of its output in the early years.[1]
| UK Horizons | |
|---|---|
 UK Horizons logo from 1997-2001 | |
| Launched | 1 November 1997 |
| Closed | 8 March 2004 |
| Owned by | UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Virgin Media Television) |
| Replaced by | UKTV Documentary, UKTV People |
| Website | www.ukhorizons.co.uk (no longer active) |
Availability (at time of closure) | |
| Terrestrial | |
| ONdigital | Channel 43 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 564 Channel 565 (+1) |
| Cable | |
| NTL | Channel 137 |
| Telewest | Channel 225 Channel 226 (+1) |
It was launched on 1 November 1997 along with UK Arena and UK Style. It also produced extended versions of top BBC brands such as Top Gear and Tomorrow's World. The launch editor was Bryher Scudamore and the deputy editor Eddie Tulasiewicz.[2]
On 8 March 2004, the channel was replaced by two new channels, UKTV Documentary (now called Eden) and UKTV People (later called Blighty, and then replaced by Drama).[3][4]
Programming
- 999
- 999 Lifesavers
- Accident and Emergency
- Airport
- Ambulance
- Animal Hospital
- Animals in Uniform
- Animal Park
- Are You Being Cheated
- Back to the Floor
- Blues and Twos 1999-2004 (Now Watch)
- The Blue Planet (now on Eden)
- The Builders
- Clarkson's Car Years
- Chopper Coppers
- City Hospital
- Cops
- Crash
- Crime Squad
- The Cruise
- Dangerous Driving
- Drive Hard
- Disaster
- Doctors to Be
- Elite Fighting Force
- Firefighters
- Forensic Files
- Gladiators of World War Two
- Grime Files
- Local Heroes
- Radical Highs
- Rescue Heroes
- Robot Wars (Now on Dave
- Robot Wars Extreme
- Sahara with Michael Palin
- Top Bikes
- Top Gear (now on Dave)
- Top Gear GTi
- Top Gear Waterworld
- Trauma
- Walking with Beasts
- Walking with Dinosaurs
- Wildlife on One
- Wildlife on Two
- Your Life in their Hands
References
- "UK Horizons 1997 - 2004". TVARK. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- "Trade Talk - Leading light". Broadcastnow. 2002-06-13.
- "UK Horizons to close". Digital Spy. 2004-02-03.
- "UKTV launches set to raise hackles". The Guardian. 2004-02-04.
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