"called Dave"". The rebrand included the channel being available free-to-air on digital terrestrial platform, Freeview, replacing UKTV Bright Ideas which only averaged 0.1% of the audience share. The move to Freeview saw Dave launch in the bandwidth previously used by Yesterday (Previously known as UKTV History) which now uses the time limited (07:00–18:00) bandwidth once occupied by UKTV Bright Ideas. Dave is available daily, from 7 am to 3 am, on all platforms. It calls itself ""the home of witty banter"" and now uses Ralph Ineson and Phill Jupitus as announcers. Alibi is another channel operated by UKTV and as"
"channel was replaced by two new channels, UKTV Documentary (now called Eden) and UKTV People (later called Blighty). 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. 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"
"on Quest.<ref> Fifth Gear Fifth Gear is a British motoring television magazine series. It was originally broadcast on Channel 5 from 2002 to 2011, afterwards moving to Discovery Channel in 2012, and then in 2015 to History, with repeats on ITV4. Since its return in 2018, it has been broadcast on Quest. The show is currently presented by Tiff Needell, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jonny Smith and Jason Plato. ""Fifth Gear"" was first broadcast on 8 April 2002 as 5th Gear, and as a continuation of the original incarnation of the BBC show ""Top Gear"", which was cancelled in 2001. ""Top Gear"""
"Top Gear (2002 TV series) Top Gear is a British motoring magazine, factual television series, conceived by Jeremy Clarkson and Andy Wilman, launched on 20 October 2002, and broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two. The programme is a relaunched version of the original 1977 show of the same name, which looks at various motor vehicles, primarily cars. While the original format focused mainly on review of cars, the 2002 version expanded on this with motoring-based challenges, special races, timed laps of notable cars, and celebrity timed laps on a course specially-designed for the relaunched programme, with its format"
"Extra Gear Top Gear: Extra Gear, known simply as Extra Gear, is a British online television series, broadcast by BBC Three, which is online only and is available on on-demand service BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom; the series serves as a spin-off show to ""Top Gear"". In the first series, the main presenters were ""Top Gear"" co-presenters Rory Reid and Chris Harris. After Reid and Harris were appointed as main presenters to the parent show, comedian George Lewis was announced as the new lead presenter for series 2. Following Lewis’ departure, Reid returned as the presenter of the show"
"BBC HD BBC HD was a high-definition television channel provided by the BBC. The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007 before closing on 26 March 2013. It broadcast only during the afternoon and evening and only broadcast material shot in High Definition, either in a simulcast with another channel or by inserting a repeat of a HD programme. The channel featured a mix of programming including new episodes of ""Top Gear"", ""Doctor Who"" and ""Hustle"", repeats of HD programmes including ""Planet Earth"", ""Bleak House"" and ""Torchwood"""
"for the third series. On 27 April 2016, it was announced that BBC Three had commissioned a spin-off programme to BBC Two motoring series ""Top Gear"", entitled ""Extra Gear"", presented by ""Top Gear"" co-presenter Rory Reid. The series is released online immediately following episodes from the twenty-third series of the main show, and features exclusive new footage, interviews, specially-recorded films and behind-the-scenes access to ""Top Gear"". Following his appointment, Reid stated that """"Top Gear"" fans are some of the keenest in the world and with this show I’m giving them a chance to really get a peek behind the curtain."
"Fifth Gear Fifth Gear is a British motoring television magazine series. It was originally broadcast on Channel 5 from 2002 to 2011, afterwards moving to Discovery Channel in 2012, and then in 2015 to History, with repeats on ITV4. Since its return in 2018, it has been broadcast on Quest. The show is currently presented by Tiff Needell, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Jonny Smith and Jason Plato. ""Fifth Gear"" was first broadcast on 8 April 2002 as 5th Gear, and as a continuation of the original incarnation of the BBC show ""Top Gear"", which was cancelled in 2001. ""Top Gear"" was relaunched"
"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. 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. On 8 March 2004, the"
"and BBC Learning, renamed BBC Choice and BBC Knowledge respectively before launch, would go ahead as BBC channels without commercials, while the deal with Flextech was passed to BBC Worldwide with a control split 50/50, thus allowing the remaining channels to carry advertisements. The 'UK' prefix was chosen for these new channels to capitalise on the success of UK Gold, as the brand by then had become a household name. The 'UKTV' network launched on 1 November 1997 with three new channels; arts channel 'UK Arena', lifestyle channel 'UK Style' and documentary channel 'UK Horizons'. UK Gold retained its name"
"where the programme schedule is repeated by the channel one hour later. The channel receives no special branding, with the occasional exception of a special Digital on-screen graphic (DOG). It launched the same day as the main Watch channel on 7 October 2008 and was reported by AGB Nielsen Media Research on 2 September 2008. On 29 July 2011, UKTV announced that it had secured a deal with Sky to launch three more high-definition channels on their platform. As part of Virgin Media's deal to sell its share of UKTV, all five of UKTV's HD channels would also be added"
"the ""UK"" prefix was changed to ""UKTV"" on 8 March 2004 and therefore the channel name changed to UKTV G2. Initially, the channel broadcast in the evenings only, but during the 'G2' era the decision was made to expand hours into the daytime; to expand the programming line-up, comedy was joined by popular-factual and magazine shows which were already running on UKTV People (then Blighty, now Drama) such as ""Top Gear"" and ""Airport"". On 7 October 2005, it was announced that they would show sports programming. This new line-up was called UKTV Sport and included a new show by the"
"Blighty (TV channel) Blighty was a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel originally launched on 8 March 2004, and relaunched to a new format on 17 February 2009. The channel was only available on Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media, and was not available on the digital terrestrial service Freeview. The channel launched on 8 March 2004 as UKTV People, showing repeats of factual programming of a lighter nature, based on the people of the world with programmes such as ""Top Gear"" and the docusoap ""Airport"". Much of this"
"it was discovered that the new premiere date would lead to the show clashing with the first semi-final of the tenth series of ITV's Britain's Got Talent, forcing bosses of BBC Two to move back the premiere date a further week. The contributing factor of the final episode's low overnight figures was ITV's live broadcast of the Euro 2016 quarter-final match between France and Iceland on the same day; had England won against Iceland in their Round of 16 match, the BBC would have pushed the final episode to an earlier slot on 3 July. Top Gear (series 23) The"
"show, that comedian George Lewis would become the main presenter alongside the two. Reid would return, without Harris, for series 3. In the United States, ""Extra Gear"" is presented on BBC America immediately following the first airing of ""Top Gear"". In Australia, the show is available (not broadcast) on on-demand service 9Now. From series 2 onwards, reruns are broadcast on BBC Two, the broadcaster of parent show ""Top Gear"". Extra Gear Top Gear: Extra Gear, known simply as Extra Gear, is a British online television series, broadcast by BBC Three, which is online only and is available on on-demand service"
"Top Gear France Top Gear France is a French television series about motor vehicles, primarily cars, derived from the British series of the same name. It was broadcast for the first time on 18 March 2015 on the RMC Découverte channel. It is presented by actor Philippe Lellouche, the professional racing driver Bruce Jouanny and electronic music artist and journalist Yann Larret-Menezo (aka ""Le Tone""). In March 2014, Jean-Louis Blot, the director of BBC France, announced that his company was working on a French adaptation of the show ""Top Gear"". On 28 August 2014, RMC Découverte announced at its autumn"
"produced by Corus-owned Global News instead of the BBC, such as with the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. In October 2016, Corus launched BBC Canada HD, a 1080i high definition simulcast of the standard definition feed. The HD feed is currently available on Optik TV. Apart from the television channel, BBC Worldwide directly operates a BBC Canada Shop website which sells merchandise related to British television series such as ""Top Gear"", ""Little Britain"" and ""Doctor Who"". BBC Canada BBC Canada is a Canadian pay television channel that mostly broadcasts television series originally produced by the BBC, the public-service"
"to the digital terrestrial platform with the launch of Top Up TV. This new service is designed to appeal to those who do not want to pay the higher subscription fees that Sky Television and the Cable networks demanded. The service carries some of the UK's most watched channels including the Discovery Channel, UKTV Gold, Discovery Real Time, British Eurosport and Cartoon Network. The 10 channels are split into five different slots and broadcast for only part of the day. In October 2006, Top Up TV became Top Up TV Anytime, taking advantage of the increase in the popularity of"
"Top Gear (magazine) Top Gear (stylised in magazine as TopGear) is an automobile magazine owned by BBC Worldwide and published under contract by Immediate Media Company. It is named after the BBC's ""Top Gear"" television show. It was first published in October 1993 and is published monthly at a price of £4.35. The major presenters of the television series — Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May — were regular contributors, along with the series' production staff. ""Tame racing driver"" The Stig also regularly features in their car tests, though only communicates his thoughts and feelings through the articles of"
"BBC Brit BBC Brit is an entertainment subscription television channel featuring factual entertainment programming. The channel is wholly owned and operated by BBC Studios. Originally set to roll out internationally in 2014, it was later announced it would launch in 2015, starting in Poland. In October 2013, BBC announced that in 2014 they would roll out 3 new brands - BBC Earth, BBC First, and BBC Brit, with BBC Brit to be dedicated to entertainment programming. It was later announced that the content would largely be factual entertainment, featuring BBC series ""Top Gear"" with the possibility for increases in local"
"the podcast comprises interviews with comedians such as Russell Kane, Jo Brand, Adam Buxton, Paul Foot and Alex Horne along with occasional features. Dave (TV channel) Dave is a British television channel owned by UKTV, which is available in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The channel is available on IPTV, Freeview and satellite. The channel took the name Dave in October 2007, but it had been on air under various identities and formats since October 1998. UK Gold Classics, UKTV's first digital-only channel, was launched on 2 October 1998 and was only broadcast from Friday to Sunday on Sky Digital"
"the channel, but has since closed down. Gold (UK TV channel) Gold is a British classic comedy channel from the UKTV network, broadcasting to the United Kingdom and Ireland. It launched on 1 November 1992 as UK Gold before it was renamed UKTV Gold in 2004. In 2008, it was split into current flagship channel Gold and miscellaneous channel, W, with comedy based programming now airing on Gold, non-crime drama and entertainment programming airing on W, and quiz shows and more high-brow comedy airing on Dave. The channel is currently available as subscription-only on Sky, TalkTalk TV, BT TV, TVPlayer"
"Gold Dave and Alibi appear on Sky Go, all UKTV channels launched on Eircom's eVision TV service and Gold was launched on NowTV. The following month all channels went on to appear on Virgin TV Anywhere. In June 2014 UKTV launched its first digital-only brand, a catch-up service, UKTV Play. Launching on iOS in August, on PC, YouView and Virgin Media in November and on Android devices in February 2015. The interactive service features content from the channels Dave, Yesterday, Really and Drama. UKTV has also had many former channels which have been replaced by others. UKTV G2 was replaced"
"Gear"" being remade for a US audience. Stuart Heritage of ""The Guardian"" noted the brutal response to the first trailer of the History Channel version of the show on the Internet, with YouTube users noting History's version to be an ""'insult to the actual Top Gear"" among other less favorable comments. Agreeing with the commenters, Heritage notes that US television doesn't have ""Jeremy Clarkson, Captain Slow and The Hamster,"" but noting the original BBC version isn't exactly ""British"" per se, and figured the show could possibly translate easily if done right. ""Top Gear"" premiered at 1.9 million viewers in its"
"another channel in the UKTV network, such as Jacob Bronowski's ""The Ascent of Man"". Much of this programming had come from the former UKTV channel UK Horizons, which had closed down the day before and which the channel, along with UKTV People, replaced. UKTV Documentary occupied the same broadcasting slot as UK Horizons. On 9 October 2008, UKTV announced plans to rebrand UKTV Documentary and UKTV People in early 2009. The news came just two days after UKTV's entertainment channels were rebranded to Watch, Gold and Alibi. They announced that UKTV Documentary would be rebranded as Eden and this rebrand"
"smoke, hairballs, crystals and liquid fly out of the logo. Gold is the comedy channel operated by the network. UK Gold launched on 1 November 1992 as a joint venture between Thames Television and the BBC to show reruns of their classics archive programming, UKTV Gold and its sister stations are now part of the UKTV network, owned jointly by Virgin Media and the BBC. The output of the channel is mainly British comedy programmes and sometimes feature-length films. These are a combination of internally produced shows and repeats of shows from the BBC and ITV archive. Although in recent"
"Its most popular programme at the moment is ""Top Gear"". Much of BBC Two's output has previously or subsequently been shown on other channels. Some of these programmes are repeats of popular or flagship programmes from BBC Four in a late night strand, originally called ""BBC Four on Two"" but now unbranded, for the benefit of audiences without access to BBC Four. Other programmes are moved to the channel as a result of their success on BBC Three or Four, so that subsequent series are well received. An example of this is the BBC Three series ""Torchwood"" that was transferred"
"Alibi (TV channel) Alibi (stylised as alibi) is a British free-to-air television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom and Ireland, as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel was launched on 1 November 1997 as UKTV and was rebranded in its current name on 7 October 2008. The channel originally launched as part of the new four channel UKTV network on 1 November 1997. The channel, originally named UK Arena, focused on arts programming and was named after the BBC's flagship arts programme ""Arena"" (The BBC, through BBC Worldwide, owning half of UKTV and therefore half the channel)."
"BBC Knowledge BBC Knowledge was an early BBC digital television channel, available by cable, satellite, or terrestrial digital broadcasting, providing a programme of documentary, cultural and educational television. The BBC had been wanting to expand into the digital television market for a number of years prior to BBC Knowledge's launch. Originally this was by their association with Flextech, which spawned the UKTV network. Both companies had different ideas on how the new channels would be run: the BBC wanted the channels branded as BBC channels, but Flextech wanted the channels to contain advertising. The BBC refused, stating that no domestic"
"Top Gear (2011 TV series) Top Gear or Zhuigaodang is a 2011 Chinese Hunan TV TV series adopting the format as made popular in the 2002 Top Gear Reboot, Zhuigaodang best translates into ""Highest Gear"". The attempt is noted as being a toned down version of its British counterpart, and usually ran about 30 minutes in length. In February 2011, rumors started circulating that the Chinese TV station, CCTV, was looking to adapt the Top Gear format for the local market. The following week, it was confirmed that not only were they looking to adapt, but had in fact already"
"BBC UKTV BBC UKTV is an Australian pay television channel in Australia and New Zealand, screening British entertainment programming, sourced mainly from the archives of the BBC, RTL Group (mainly Talkback Thames material) and ITV plc. The channel was originally a joint venture with Foxtel (60% ownership), the RTL Group (20% ownership) and BBC Worldwide (20% ownership). It is now owned solely by BBC Studios. It is the home of the channel's flagship programme ""The Graham Norton Show"". The channel was first launched in Australia in August 1996, becoming available on Austar in April 1999 and on Optus in December"
"Australia has been broadcast in New Zealand on Prime, excluding the final series. It does not broadcast on BBC knowledge (like Top Gear UK) Top Gear Australia Top Gear Australia is an Australian motoring reality television series, based on the British BBC series ""Top Gear"". The programme first premiered on SBS One on 29 September 2008. A second season was ordered following the high ratings for the premiere episode and positive comments from advertisers, and the second season began broadcasting from 11 May 2009. After acquiring the rights to broadcast the UK version in 2009, the Nine Network started airing"
"On 8 March 2004, the channel was rebranded as ""UKTV Gold"" in line with the other channels in the UKTV network. At approximately the same time, Granada-run archive channel Granada Plus closed to make way for ITV3. In late 2004, to show films produced in Hollywood in a marathon, UKTV Gold temporarily changed its name to ""USTV Gold"". The channels had always been the main rivals to Gold due to the direct mix of archive BBC and ITV programming. ITV3 currently has a higher viewer share, often put down to the fact that the terrestrial platform Freeview shows ITV3 but"