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UKTV (Australia and New Zealand)

BBC UKTV
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BBC UKTV logo
Launched August 1996
15 November 2009 (HD)
Owned by BBC Worldwide (as of 1 July 2008)
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
Country Australia
Language English
Broadcast area Australia
New Zealand
Formerly called UKTV (1996–2013)
Replaced BBC HD (BBC UKTV HD)
Sister channel(s) BBC Knowledge
CBeebies
BBC World News
BBC First
Timeshift service BBC UKTV + 2
Website Australia New Zealand
Availability
Terrestrial
Igloo Channel 7
Satellite
Foxtel Channel 103
Channel 150 (+ 2)
Sky Network Television Channel 7
Cable
Foxtel Channel 103
Channel 150 (+ 2)
IPTV
Vodafone InHome TV Channel 7
Foxtel Play Channel 103
Flip TV Channel 100
Fetch TV Channel 106
Streaming media
Foxtel Go Channel 103
Sky Go Channel 1

BBC UKTV is a subscription 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 Worldwide. 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 2002. A New Zealand version with different programming launched on Sky TV, in November 2003.

It shows a mix of repeats of old UK shows previously screened in Australia or New Zealand and new episodes of programs not shown before in Australia or New Zealand. Repeated series include Doctor Who, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Are You Being Served?, Dad's Army, Torchwood, Torchwood Declassified, The Jewel in the Crown, Never the Twain, The Sweeney, and The Bill that have already been seen on free-to-air terrestrial television in Australia. New series include Shameless, new episodes of popular soap operas Coronation Street and EastEnders and the original UK version of The Weakest Link which have not otherwise been screened in Australia. UK soap opera Family Affairs, which has never been screened on free-to-air Australian television, ran on UKTV from 1998 to 2007. In July 2006 UKTV began screening 2006 episodes of UK soap opera Emmerdale which had never before been screened in Australia.


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