UK Horizons logo from 1997-2001  | |
| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Virgin Media Television) |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 November 1997 |
| Closed | 8 March 2004 |
| Replaced by | UKTV Documentary, UKTV People |
| Links | |
| Website | www.ukhorizons.co.uk (no longer active) |
| Availability (at time of closure) | |
| Terrestrial | |
| ONdigital | Channel 43 |
| Cable | |
| NTL | Channel 137 |
| Telewest | Channel 225 Channel 226 (+1) |
| Satellite | |
| Sky Digital | Channel 564 Channel 565 (+1) |
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]
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 (Now on Really)
- 999 Lifesavers
- Accident and Emergency (Now on Really)
- Airport (Now on Dave)
- Ambulance (Now on Really)
- Animal Hospital
- Animals in Uniform
- Animal Park (Now on Watch)
- Are You Being Cheated
- Back to the Floor (Now on Really)
- Blues and Twos (Now on Really)
- The Blue Planet (now on Eden)
- The Builders
- Clarkson's Car Years
- Chopper Coppers (Now on Really)
- City Hospital
- Cops (Now on Really)
- Crash
- Crime Squad (Now on Really)
- The Cruise
- Dangerous Driving
- Drive Hard
- Disaster
- Doctors at Large (Now on Really)
- Doctors to Be (Now on Really)
- Elite Fighting Force
- Firefighters (Now on Really)
- Forensic Files (Now on Really)
- Gladiators of World War Two (Now on Yesterday)
- Grime Files
- Local Heroes
- Radical Highs (Now on Dave)
- Raw Blue (Now on Really)
- Rescue Heroes (Now on Really)
- Robot Wars (Now on Dave
- Robot Wars Extreme
- Sahara with Michael Palin (Now on Eden)
- Top Bikes(Now on Dave)
- Top Gear (now on Dave)
- Top Gear GTi
- Top Gear Waterworld
- Trauma (Now on Really)
- Walking with Beasts (Now on Eden)
- Walking with Dinosaurs (Now on Eden)
- Wildlife on One (Now on Eden)
- Wildlife on Two (Now on Eden)
- Your Life in their Hands (Now on Really)
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.