UK Gold - [UKTV Launch] - Saturday 1st November 1997 (1)

This clip sees the end of the Generation Game, and then into a promo for UKTV (that I've edited down) with famous BBC personalities promoting the launch of the UKTV Network, expanding on the then successful UK Gold, which also relaunched, at the end is the line up on the then new 4 channel network.
Please note I do NOT have any episodes of the Generation Game, the recording started there, so don't bother asking.

[@MarkGenner-xz4zu]

1:59: UKTV Channels

[@Stary-BFBD]

UK gold: GOLD UK horizons: eden UK style: home UK arena: alibi

[@tq105-jinglesandids]

It's been 20 years since UKTV was launched. Seeing them grow up is kinda hard. They changed a lot.

[@MultiVince95]

Saturday 1st November 1997

[@pickledegg1989]

This promo is pretty much the last thing I would have expected Jonathan Meades to agree to do.

[@Fourscopes]

I HEARD that UKTV Style becomes Home in May and UKTV Gardens becomes Really in June

[@Stary-BFBD]

UKTV gold turned into gold and UKTV horizons to UKTV documentary and then to eden

[@justinchavez9530]

BBC Flextech Channels: Phase I *BBC Gold - 'classic' archive programmes (1st October 1992) Phase II *BBC Showcase - entertainment (1st November 1997) *BBC Horizon - documentaries (1st November 1997) *BBC Style - lifestyle (1st November 1997) *BBC Learning - education (1st November 1997) *BBC Arena - arts (1st November 1997) Phase III *BBC Catch Up - repeats of popular programmes within days of their original transmission (10th October 1998) *BBC Kids/BBC K - childrens/teen (10th October 1998)

[@julianhanc8272]

BBC: BBC One BBC Two BBC News 24 BBC World BBC Prime UK Gold UK Horizons UK Style UK Arena

[@Stary-BFBD]

1:32 **jumps over a gate** U-

[@573W1E6R1FF1N]

UK TV History is now Yesterday

[@DANIEL_OMBNETWORKCH47]

0:22 song name?

[@anthonyperkins7556]

Another set of changes is on the way, UKTV has been purchased from Scripps Networks International earlier this year by Discovery Networks Europe, and the UKTV network is going to be split up with entertainment channels going to BBC Worldwide and factual channels going to Discovery Networks Europe. Yesterday+1 has launched on Freeview HD where Vintage TV has vacated and is available to all viewers with Freeview HD equipment who can receive main high powered Freeview transmitters such as Winter Hill in North West England with good reception. For those who are interested, and need to manually tune their equipment to receive the channel, it is transmitted on multiplex COM 7 using Channel 31. Some Freeview HD equipment automatically updates itself and will update to include the new service.

[@robertcomer2767]

And 25 years later still pumping out the same crap every day.

[@leesusan9073]

Yes post 1997 uk gold really declined, how many thin blue line, or dicker of vibly And only fools and orses repeats ad nauseum can one put up with, when they showed bbc and itv archive tv, 1992-1998 that was it's best ever phase. The vortex at weekends was really great and sadly missed.

[@baza990]

this was launched on me 7th birthday

[@leesusan9073]

In 1997 programmes like Dallas, juliet bravo, blake's seven, dr who, totp, elodordo, vicar of dibly, going for gold, Crossroads (Motel) were being repeated, in 1997, the Thames tv portion that liscenced the itv repeats on uk gold was bought out, so bbc shown content took over, with the exception of crossroads which they continued on with till it's finish. so the likes of itv shown content like sons and daughters, tales of the unexpected, Armchair thriller, The tomorrow people etc, all dissapeared. Things like bbc shown primetime drama's such as knot's landing, first repeated in 1993 on uk gold, was re-shown later for the second time on uk gold from 8th nov, 1999, until april 2001 dallas was on auto repeat from 1992 until 2003 on uk gold, this life was repeated once on ukgold, but the likes of dangerfield men behaving badly, open all hrs, were very often repeated ad nauseum along with A'll creatures great and small, and district nurse. You'd ave been seein' those in 1997. Then from 2000 onwards endless only fools repeats!!! Right up to this day. All the much wider more varied programming started to noticeably dissapear very late 90's early 2000's onward. From 1992 until 1998 uk gold was a quite interesting widely varied channel that nose dived after the Thames sell off.

[@573W1E6R1FF1N]

And thats all gone now. 1-11-98 to 7-10-08

[@ElectrexOnline]

MR BRITTAS!!!!!!!!!!

[@573W1E6R1FF1N]

Oh yes. Sorry :D

[@limestonerock4948]

test

[@RETRONuts]

Gold should be free now not part of Sky and have to pay for it, its just a channel that repeats BBC programs, it should be called BBC Gold because it does not show another programmes, I just found out all UKTV Play channels are owned by BBC Studio, no wounder I never watch them, shows nothing but BBC crap, repeats on them, I found there channels boring, Dave is crap ,Top Gear repeats when that died a long time a ago, U Stream Free is the BBC version of ITVX. So Dave and W(Watch) are owned by BBC Studios too, they should put more effort in abolishing the TV Licence and replace it with Pay to view and then put the BBC channels on U Stream Free as subscription channels, maybe they will in the future, well they need to go the same way as ITV have with ITVX, the TV Licence is too old(made in the 60s) and not everyone wants to pay for it or can't afford to pay for it and some are paying for it when they do not watch the main BBC channels so like paying for Netflix and not watching it so losing money, so you would cancel Netflix, the BBC should be the same, in the US they can watch there TV Channels for free, most countries have no TV licence now. And if these channels can show adverts then the main BBC channels can too and most of these channels are not in HD too they in SD because they show old BBC programmes only. I pay £14 a fortnight for BBC channels I do not watch and I should have a choice and not prison and £1000 fine, if you do on pay for it, if people have £1000 to pay the fine then they be able to pay for it, silly BBC, the biggest problem with it is no choice and its a tax, the BBC should be able to make its own money.

[@Stary-BFBD]

I AIN'T READIN' ALLAT 😂💀

[@carolfinn5497]

This was aired during an episode of Clarissa Explains it All on UK Gold in 1997

[@MateusHonrado]

That show was never aired on the channel.

[@matthall3077]

@@MateusHonrado What Shows Were On UK Gold in 1997?

[@MateusHonrado]

@@matthall3077 Several shows from the BBC.

[@matthall3077]

@@MateusHonrado Like EastEnders The Sullivans Rentaghost George & Mildred Teletubbies Neighbours Blue Peter The Bill Crossroads And Bullseye?

[@MateusHonrado]

@@matthall3077 Yes.