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Drama (British TV channel)

January 02, 2023

This article is about the British television channel. For the channel formerly known as UKTV Drama, see Alibi (TV channel).

Drama is a British free-to-air television channel broadcasting drama (and, to a lesser extent, comedy, sci-fi) programming in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels.

Drama
Logo used since 08 July 2013
CountryUnited Kingdom and Ireland
Broadcast areaUnited Kingdom and Ireland
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i HDTV
(SDTV feed downscaled to 16:9 576i)
Timeshift serviceDrama +1
Ownership
OwnerBBC Studios
ParentUKTV
Sister channelsAlibi
Dave
Eden
Gold
W
Yesterday
History
Launched8 July 2013; 9 years ago (2013-07-08)
ReplacedBlighty
CCXTV (Drama+1, Freeview only)
Links
Websiteuktvplay.co.uk/channel/drama
Availability
Terrestrial
FreeviewChannel 20
Channel 60 (+1)
HD logo used since 14 December 2022
Timeshift logo used since 16 September 2019

History

The channel launched on 8 July 2013,[1] replacing Blighty.[2] On Freeview, the channel was placed on channel 20, previously occupied by Gold.[3] On Sky, the channel initially launched on channel 291, in the overspill area of the Entertainment section and moved to channel 166 on 24 July after purchasing the slot used by PBS America (formely named PBS UK in 2011).[4] The channel launched on Virgin Media on 14 August on channel 190. In September 2014, UKTV blamed the channel for their 7% profits fall. In September 2018, Drama and Really were added to Virgin Media Ireland.

A timeshift channel, Drama +1 was launched on Sky and Virgin Media on 16 September 2019 replacing Travel Channel +1. On 25 January 2021, it was announced that the timeshift channel would be taking over CCXTV's Freeview slot (channel 73) on 1 February 2021, with CCXTV ending transmission.[5] On 1 February 2022, BBC Three relaunched on Freeview channel 23 which shifted all the channels from that slot until Freeview 82 down a place, meaning that Drama +1 was now on channel 74.[6]

On 28 March 2022, Drama +1 moved to Freeview 60[7][8] as a limited reach channel, as channel 25 was used by UKTV for their female skewing W channel,[9][10][11][12][13] which means that Dave ja vu took the COM4 slot from Drama +1 on Freeview channel 74.[14]

Programming

The channel is positioned as a home for British dramas from the last 40 years. The channel has featured classic drama series such as Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; The Cinder Path; Cranford; Lark Rise to Candleford; Pride & Prejudice; Sharpe; and Tipping the Velvet.[15] As well as all these classic drama titles, a number of more recently produced BBC One daytime drama series have acquired a primetime slot on Drama. These series include Father Brown, which has been showing in an 8pm slot on Friday nights and which has a spin-off series, called Sister Boniface Mysteries. This period detective television series about a Catholic Nun[16][17] is a co-production between BBC Studios and Britbox in North America,[18] and has debuted as a free-to-air series directly on Drama, without getting an airing first on BBC One. In addition to drama programmes, the channel shows a number of classic BBC sitcoms in a teatime slot (usually between 5.30pm and 8pm) with Last of the Summer Wine, Are You Being Served? and Brush Strokes currently being repeated in March 2022.[19]

Current

Previous

References

  1. ^ "UKTV raises the curtain on Drama" (Press release). UKTV. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  2. ^ "UKTV's Drama channel reveals line-up, Yesterday goes factual and Blighty looks set to close". a516digital. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Drama as new channel forces Gold to move Home on the Freeview EPG". a516digital. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  4. ^ White, Peter (17 July 2013). "PBS America sells Sky slot to UKTV". Broadcast. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Plug pulled on CCXTV Freeview channel". rxtvinfo. 25 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Freeview Updates".
  7. ^ "Freeview channel reshuffle as W joins". 21 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Freeview announces further channel changes on Monday". 22 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Uktv Take W Free-To-Air with Channel Rebrand". 21 March 2022.
  10. ^ "UKTV expands W's reach by taking the premium entertainment channel free-to-air | News | UKTV Corporate Site".
  11. ^ "UKTV to make W channel free-to-air". 21 March 2022.
  12. ^ "UKTV's W launches "Life Unfiltered" rebrand as the premium entertainment channel is taken free-to-air | News | UKTV Corporate Site".
  13. ^ "UKTV relaunches W as free-to-air channel".
  14. ^ "Freeview channel reshuffle as W joins". 21 March 2022.
  15. ^ Munn, Patrick (2 May 2013). "UKTV To Launch New Drama Channel on July 8th". TVWise. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
  16. ^ "Sister Boniface Mysteries | Drama Channel".
  17. ^ "Drama Sets UK Premiere Date for 'Sister Boniface Mysteries'". 22 February 2022.
  18. ^ "BritBox North America recommission BBC Studios Drama Productions' Sister Boniface Mysteries".
  19. ^ Radio Times 19–25 March 2022 edition: Drama's TV schedules Monday to Friday
  20. ^ "Classic EastEnders". drama.uktv.co.uk. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.

External links

  • Official website

January 02, 2023
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This article is about the British television channel For the channel formerly known as UKTV Drama see Alibi TV channel Drama is a British free to air television channel broadcasting drama and to a lesser extent comedy sci fi programming in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels DramaLogo used since 08 July 2013CountryUnited Kingdom and IrelandBroadcast areaUnited Kingdom and IrelandProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture format1080i HDTV SDTV feed downscaled to 16 9 576i Timeshift serviceDrama 1OwnershipOwnerBBC StudiosParentUKTVSister channelsAlibiDaveEdenGoldWYesterdayHistoryLaunched8 July 2013 9 years ago 2013 07 08 ReplacedBlighty CCXTV Drama 1 Freeview only LinksWebsiteuktvplay wbr co wbr uk wbr channel wbr dramaAvailabilityTerrestrialFreeviewChannel 20Channel 60 1 HD logo used since 14 December 2022 Timeshift logo used since 16 September 2019 Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2 1 Current 2 2 Previous 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe channel launched on 8 July 2013 1 replacing Blighty 2 On Freeview the channel was placed on channel 20 previously occupied by Gold 3 On Sky the channel initially launched on channel 291 in the overspill area of the Entertainment section and moved to channel 166 on 24 July after purchasing the slot used by PBS America formely named PBS UK in 2011 4 The channel launched on Virgin Media on 14 August on channel 190 In September 2014 UKTV blamed the channel for their 7 profits fall In September 2018 Drama and Really were added to Virgin Media Ireland A timeshift channel Drama 1 was launched on Sky and Virgin Media on 16 September 2019 replacing Travel Channel 1 On 25 January 2021 it was announced that the timeshift channel would be taking over CCXTV s Freeview slot channel 73 on 1 February 2021 with CCXTV ending transmission 5 On 1 February 2022 BBC Three relaunched on Freeview channel 23 which shifted all the channels from that slot until Freeview 82 down a place meaning that Drama 1 was now on channel 74 6 On 28 March 2022 Drama 1 moved to Freeview 60 7 8 as a limited reach channel as channel 25 was used by UKTV for their female skewing W channel 9 10 11 12 13 which means that Dave ja vu took the COM4 slot from Drama 1 on Freeview channel 74 14 Programming EditThe channel is positioned as a home for British dramas from the last 40 years The channel has featured classic drama series such as Auf Wiedersehen Pet The Cinder Path Cranford Lark Rise to Candleford Pride amp Prejudice Sharpe and Tipping the Velvet 15 As well as all these classic drama titles a number of more recently produced BBC One daytime drama series have acquired a primetime slot on Drama These series include Father Brown which has been showing in an 8pm slot on Friday nights and which has a spin off series called Sister Boniface Mysteries This period detective television series about a Catholic Nun 16 17 is a co production between BBC Studios and Britbox in North America 18 and has debuted as a free to air series directly on Drama without getting an airing first on BBC One In addition to drama programmes the channel shows a number of classic BBC sitcoms in a teatime slot usually between 5 30pm and 8pm with Last of the Summer Wine Are You Being Served and Brush Strokes currently being repeated in March 2022 19 Current Edit 2point4 Children A Place to Call Home All Creatures Great and Small Allo Allo The Ark Around the World in 80 Days As Time Goes By Are You Being Served Ashes to Ashes Auf Wiedersehen Pet Bad Girls Bergerac The Bill Birds of a Feather the BBC series Boon Bramwell Brush Strokes The Brokenwood Mysteries Butterfiles Call the Midwife Campion Catherine Cookson The Cinder Path Catherine Cookson Colour Blind Catherine Cookson The Dwelling Place Catherine Cookson The Fifteen Streets Catherine Cookson The Gambling Man Catherine Cookson The Girl Catherine Cookson The Glass Virgin Catherine Cookson The Man Who Cried Catherine Cookson The Rag Nymph Catherine Cookson The Round Tower Catherine Cookson The Secret Catherine Cookson The Tide of Life Catherine Cookson s Tilly Trotter Catherine Cookson The Wingless Bird Classic Casualty Classic EastEnders 20 Dalziel and Pascoe Dangerfield Death in Paradise The Doctor Blake Mysteries dinnerladies Doctor Finlay Doctor Who Down to Earth Ever Decreasing Circles Father Brown A Fine Romance Fresh Fields French Fields Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Hi de Hi Holby City The House of Eliott Howards Way Hustle The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries Inspector George Gently The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Jonathan Creek Judge John Deed Just Good Friends Kavanagh QC Keeping Up Appearances The Last Detective Last of the Summer Wine Life on Mars London s Burning Lovejoy Miss Marple The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Murdoch Mysteries New Tricks My Hero My Family One Foot In The Grave Outnumbered The Paradise PD James The Murder Room Peak Practice Pie in the Sky The Prisoner Rebus Return of the Saint Sharpe Shetland Silent Witness Sliders Some Mothers Do Ave Em Soldier Soldier Space 1999 Spooks Taggart Tenko To The Manor Born Touching Evil Trial amp Retribution The Two Ronnies UFO Waking the Dead Where the Heart Is Whitechapel The Young Ones Young Catherine You Rang M Lord Previous Edit The 39 Steps The 60 s The Beatles Decade Above and Beyond Act of Will Ahead of the Class Ain t Misbehavin Archangel Ballykissangel Bert and Dickie The Best of Men Between the Lines A Bit of a Do A Bit of Fry and Laurie Birdsong Born and Bred Bring Me Morecambe amp Wise Britains Best Scotland Burton amp Taylor Cadfael Casanova Catherine Cookson The Black Candle Catherine Cookson s Colour Blind Catherine Cookson A Dinner of Herbs Catherine Cookson The Moth The Cazalets Cider with Rosie Citizen Smith Cold Comfort Farm The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler Cranford The Crimson Petal and the White Daniel Deronda David Copperfield Deadline Gallipoli Death Comes to Pemberley Doctor Doctor EastEnders Christmas Fallouts EastEnders Unveiled A Wedding Special Emma Empire Eric and Ernie Escape from Sobibor The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin Family Tree Fanny Hill Find My Past A Fine Romance The Forsyte Saga A Garden for All Seasons The Good Life Goodnight Sweetheart Gracie Great British Ghosts Great Expectations The Great Train Robbery The Green Green Grass Hard Times Hattie Hitlers Bodyguards Hold the Dream House of Cards Jam amp Jerusalem Jane Eyre King Solomon s Mines Land Girls Lark Rise to Candleford Last Tango in Halifax Learners The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby The Liver Birds The Long Firm Mansfield Park The Mayor of Casteridge Men Behaving Badly The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Monarch of the Glen Murder in Mind Murphy s Law The Mystery of a Hansom Cab The Mystery of Edwin Drood No Place Like Home North amp South Northanger Abbey Oliver Twist Our Mutual Friend Parade s End PD James Death in Holy Orders Persuasion Porridge Pride and Prejudice Ration Book Britain The Road to Coronation Street Rosemary amp Thyme The Ruby in the Smoke Rumpole of the Bailey The Scarlet Pimpernel The Scold s Bridle The Sculptress The Secret of Crickley Hall Sense and Sensibility The Shadow in the North Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Sherlock Holmes Terror By Night Sherlock Holmes The Case of the Silk Stocking Silk Shirley Sherlock The Sinking of the Laconia Sisters of War South Riding State of Play Steptoe and Son only series 1 6 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Terry and June Tess of the D Urbervilles Three Up Two Down Tipping the Velvet To Be the Best The Turn of the Screw United Upstairs Downstairs Vanity Fair The Vicar of Dibley Waiting for God The Whale What Remains Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads Wish Me Luck A Woman of Substance A Year to Remember Young James HerriotReferences Edit UKTV raises the curtain on Drama Press release UKTV 2 May 2013 Retrieved 2 May 2013 UKTV s Drama channel reveals line up Yesterday goes factual and Blighty looks set to close a516digital 21 June 2013 Retrieved 21 June 2013 Drama as new channel forces Gold to move Home on the Freeview EPG a516digital 24 June 2013 Retrieved 25 June 2013 White Peter 17 July 2013 PBS America sells Sky slot to UKTV Broadcast Retrieved 17 July 2013 Plug pulled on CCXTV Freeview channel rxtvinfo 25 January 2021 Freeview Updates Freeview channel reshuffle as W joins 21 March 2022 Freeview announces further channel changes on Monday 22 March 2022 Uktv Take W Free To Air with Channel Rebrand 21 March 2022 UKTV expands W s reach by taking the premium entertainment channel free to air News UKTV Corporate Site UKTV to make W channel free to air 21 March 2022 UKTV s W launches Life Unfiltered rebrand as the premium entertainment channel is taken free to air News UKTV Corporate Site UKTV relaunches W as free to air channel Freeview channel reshuffle as W joins 21 March 2022 Munn Patrick 2 May 2013 UKTV To Launch New Drama Channel on July 8th TVWise Retrieved 2 May 2013 Sister Boniface Mysteries Drama Channel Drama Sets UK Premiere Date for Sister Boniface Mysteries 22 February 2022 BritBox North America recommission BBC Studios Drama Productions Sister Boniface Mysteries Radio Times 19 25 March 2022 edition Drama s TV schedules Monday to Friday Classic EastEnders drama uktv co uk 16 June 2018 Retrieved 17 June 2018 External links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Drama British TV channel amp oldid 1130124574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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