UK Horizons

UK Horizons
UK Horizons logo used from 2001 to 2004
Launched	1 November 1997
Closed	8 March 2004
Owned by	UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Flextech)
Replaced by	UKTV Documentary UKTV People
Website	www.ukhorizons.co.uk (no longer active)
Availability (at time of closure)
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 564 Channel 565 (+1)
Cable
NTL	Channel 137
Telewest	Channel 225 Channel 226 (+1)

UK Horizons was a television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel ran from 1997 and 2004.

UK Horizons launched on 1 November 1997 as part of the initial expansion of the UKTV network, also launching UK Arena, CBeebies and UK Style. The channel would focus on documentaries, primarily from the BBC, who held a 50% stake in the UKTV network through BBC Worldwide. The channel was named after the BBC programme Horizon which itself broadcast these type of reports in their programme. The use of BBC programme brands for the new channels also occurred in the case of UK Arena. The launch editor was Bryher Scudamore, the channel manager was Allison McGourty, and the deputy editor Eddie Tulasiewicz.

The channel used abridged versions of the majority of the programmes it used due to the cutting down of programmes to fit commercial timeslots as opposed to terrestrial slots. However, the channel also produced extended versions of top BBC brands such as Top Gear and Tomorrow's World.

The channel was closed on 8 March 2004, when the channel's output was split two ways. The channel retaining the UK Horizons EPG position was renamed UKTV Documentary and would feature the best of all documentaries on the network that did not specifically fall into one of the other channels area, such as UKTV History. The other new channel launched was UKTV People, focusing on the eccentric lives of the British people and containing programmes and features looking into the way Britain works. These two channels have since rebranded as Eden and Blighty respectively as part of the 2008/9 rebranding of all UKTV channels to unique names. The latter channel has since closed down in 2013 and was replaced by Drama.