UKTV Documentary

Infobox TV channel
name = UKTV Documentary
logosize = 200px| logofile = UKTV Documentary logo (small).png launch = 8 March, 2004
share = 0.0% (0.0% for +1)

share as of = March 2008
share source = [http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/monthreports.cfm?report=monthgmulti]
owner = UKTV Network
(BBC Worldwide/Virgin Media Television)
picture format = 16:9, 576i (SDTV)
replaced names = UK Horizons
timeshift names = UKTV Documentary +1
web = [http://www.uktvdocumentary.co.uk/ www.uktvdocumentary.co.uk]
sat serv 1 = Sky Digital
sat chan 1 = Channel 532
Channel 533 (+1)
cable serv 1 = Virgin Media
cable chan 1 = Channel 208
adsl serv 1 = Tiscali TV
adsl chan 1 = Channel 130
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UKTV Documentary is a digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels.

The output of the channel is, as the name suggests, entirely documentaries, mainly taken from the BBC archives such as Jacob Bronowski's "The Ascent of Man". However, the majority of the channel's programming is abridged by the BBC for commercial timing purposes - a policy that some critics consider hypocritical.

The channel was launched on 8 March 2004. Along with UKTV People it was a replacement for the channel UK Horizons, which closed the day before.

The channel, along with a time-shifted "+1" version, is available on Sky Digital. It is also available (not time-shifted) on Virgin Media and Tiscali TV.

2009 Rebrand

.cite web
url=http://uktv.co.uk/press/item/aid/607852
title=UKTV unveils its new factual channel brands – Eden and Blighty
publisher=UKTV
date=2008-10-09] The news came just two days after UKTV's entertainment channels were rebranded to Watch, G.O.L.D. and Alibi. They announced that UKTV Documentary will be rebranded as 'Eden'.

Programming

Current Programming

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*Animal Hospital
*Booze
*Coast
*Dinosaurs
*Five Ways To Save The World
*Fred Dibnah’s Made In Britain
*Hawking
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*Horizon
*Inventions That Changed The World
*It's the Monty Python Story
*James May's 20th Century
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*Kalahari Bigfoot
*Life in the Freezer
*Life in the Undergrowth
*Life Story
*Living with Dinosaurs
*Local Heroes
*Natural World
*Not My Fault I'm Fat
*Planet Earth
*Pole To Pole
*Ray Mears’ Bushcraft
*Sahara with Michael Palin
*The Blue Planet
*The History of Football
*The Human Body
*The Re-Inventors
*The Trees That Made Britain
*Tribe
*Who Do You Think You Are?
*World's Best Places to See

Logos

References

External links

* [http://www.uktvdocumentary.co.uk Documentary] at UKTV.co.uk
* [http://thetvroom.com/uktv The TV Room] looks at presentation/branding on the UKTV channels