Attracting 27 million viewers each month, the network consists of nine distinctive and innovative TV channels – UKTV Gold, UKTV History, UKTV Style, Dave, UKTV Drama, UKTV Documentary, UKTV Food, UKTV People and UKTV Gardens – offering a broad range of quality programming across entertainment, lifestyle and factual programming.

UKTV currently operates 19 broadcast streams when multiplexes (+1s) and broadband are taken into account, and a highly successful website. The success of UKTV is based on its programming including award-winning shows from the BBC and an increasing number of original commissions and acquisitions.

The network’s unique relationship with the BBC gives it a ‘first look’ at its programmes for secondary broadcast in the UK. The network is dedicated to providing a quality channel platform environment for the best content producers, including some of the UK’s top independent programme makers.


How to get UKTV
The nine UKTV channels are available on Virgin or Sky. UKTV History and Dave are also available on Freeview while UKTV Gold and UKTV Style are available on Top-Up TV. Find out more about how to get them from uSwitch.com which compares the packages available in your area.

UKTV Gold
Dedicated to celebrating the best in comedy and entertainment, including much loved classics such as Only Fools and Horses and the Vicar Of Dibley, UKTV Gold is UKTV's most popular digital channel. It also shows off some fantastic original productions, such as Wogan: Now And Then and Danny Baker's Sitcom Showdown. It also gave viewers the multi-channel premiere of US smash hit Prison Break.
Where to find UKTV Gold: Sky channel 109, Virgin TV channel 124, and Top-Up TV channel 17.

UKTV Food
The UK's only dedicated food channel, the channel celebrates the finest food and the nation's favourite chefs. From travelling the world with Anthony Bourdain to getting in the kitchen with Antony Worrall Thompson, it is filled with the biggest names and has something to inspire everyone, from the expert cook to the armchair epicurean. UKTV Food also delivers exciting original broadcasts such as Heaven's Kitchen, documenting the success of Mike Robinson's new venture, The Pot Kiln, and its daily magazine shows, Great Food Live and Food Uncut.
Where to find UKTV Food: Sky channel 259 and Virgin TV channel 260.

UKTV Style
Britain's number one lifestyle channel, UKTV Style offers an exciting combination of programming that ranges from homes and fashion to personal makeovers and self-improvement shows. It includes big, glossy US acquisitions such as Extreme Makeover: Home Edition alongside acquisitions like What Not To Wear and Flog It and great original broadcasts of the calibre of The Clothes Show, Spa Of Embarrassing Illnesses and A Life Coach Less Ordinary.
Where to find UKTV Style: Sky channel 256, Virgin TV channel 265 and Top-Up TV channel 26.

UKTV Gardens
The UK's only specialist gardening channel, UKTV Gardens brings more than 20 years of gardening experience to the nation's millions of green-fingered enthusiasts, from the hardcore, all-weather gardeners through to those with a budding interest in things horticultural. Providing expert advice and inspiration throughout the year, the channel showcases some of the best gardening programmes ever made, fronted by the biggest names in the business, from Titchmarsh and De Thame to Don and Dimmock.
Where to find UKTV Gardens: Sky channel 258 and Virgin TV channel 267.

UKTV History
The UK's leading specialist factual channel, UKTV History delivers a compelling schedule that features the best history programming available across the board, from social, industrial and military to genealogy and natural history. With a rich mix of archive titles and newly-commissioned programming, the channel delivers exciting seasons of programming.
Where to find UKTV History: Sky channel 537, Virgin TV channel 203 and Freeview channel 12.

UKTV People
UKTV People gets up close and personal to capture the way the 'real life stories' that are happening all around us. Like a backstage pass into other people's lives, UKTV People brings you both the ordinary and the extraordinary via such programmes as Airport, The Armstrongs and Forensic Files.
Where to find UKTV People: Sky channel 534 and Virgin TV channel 206.

UKTV Documentary
A channel exploring the big issues that concern us today, providing perspective on a range of topics from science, natural history, exploration, adventure, medical issues and space. UKTV Documentary delivers serious-minded, authoritative programming with themed evenings, including Adventure Mondays and Diagnosis Tuesdays.
Where to find UKTV Documentary: Sky channel 532 and Virgin TV channel 208.

Dave
Satirical and edgy, Dave is an irreverent channel that showcases the best in contemporary entertainment and is home to some of the sharpest wits on TV, from Jonathan Ross and Jack Dee to Ruby Wax and Paul Merton.
Where to find Dave: Sky channel 111, Virgin TV channel 126, Freeview 19.

UKTV Drama
From period romance such as Pride & Prejudice to the swashbuckling exploits of Sharpe, UKTV Drama serves up the best in quality drama and international films. It also offers classic crime and detective series with Silent Witness, Dalziel and Pascoe and TV events throughout the year, showcasing some of British TV's most famous faces: Miss Marple, Judge John Deed and Inspector Lynley.
Where to find UKTV Drama: Sky channel 132 and Virgin TV channel 129.

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Company Information
UKTV Interactive Limited (registered in England and Wales with number 03950210)
Registered office: 160 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5QA