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U orders third season of Dream Car Fixers

UKTV has recommissioned the classic car series, Dream Car Fixers (6×60’), for a third season for its factual channel U&Yesterday and free streaming service, U.  The series is produced by Wiser Films. The programme follows mechanic and classic car enthusiast Sheldon Nichols as he tries to find his clients’ dream cars within their tight budgets. Be-it a […]

October 15, 2025

Channel 4 to carry UKTV’s U streaming service

Channel 4 and UKTV have announced a multi-year carriage agreement that will offer audiences thousands of hours of free content from UKTV’s U service via Channel 4 streaming. The deal enhances the range of programming on Channel 4 streaming, while expanding further availability for the U service. From January 2026, Channel 4 streaming audiences will […]

October 9, 2025By Nik Roseveare

U to host Clash of the Comics

Clash of the Comics, the award-winning live event that sees some of the biggest names in comedy battling against each other and some of the UK’s top professional wrestlers, will air on British TV for the first time in Novmeber on U and U&Dave as a special produced by Expectation (1×160’). Having previously appeared at […]

October 9, 2025

U&Gold orders Open All Hours: Inside Out

Sir David Jason will return to the U&Gold channel for Open All Hours: Inside Out – a feature-length retrospective that celebrates one of Britain’s most celebrated sitcoms, and also includes a new short scene, penned by original writer Roy Clarke. In it, Jason once again steps into the role of Granville for a final time, […]

September 12, 2025

UKTV’s streaming service U launches on Sky Q

UKTV has announced the launch of U on Sky Q in the UK, expanding the footprint of the free streaming service. The launch follows the multi-year deal announced in September 2024 which saw the U app launch on Sky Glass and Sky Stream devices to Sky customers in the UK, as well as securing carriage […]

September 11, 2025

North One rehired by UKTV for more Guy Martin: Proper Jobs

UKTV has announced a second season of Guy Martin’s Proper Jobs (4×60’), for U&Dave and free streaming service, U. Produced by North One, the series is currently in production and will air early next year. The first series of Guy Martin: Proper Jobs saw the motorcycle racer, truck fitter, part-time farmer, enthusiastic engineer and sometime […]

August 13, 2025

UKTV commissions new season of Canal Boat Diaries

UKTV has commissioned a new season of Canal Boat Diaries (10×60′) for its free streaming service U and leading factual channel U&Yesterday, under licence from the BBC. In Canal Boat Diaries s7, waterways explorer Robbie Cumming will begin a brand-new journey across the UK from Wales to West Yorkshire. This will be a personal journey showing […]

August 4, 2025

4 new series of Bumper Bangers & Cash for U and U&Yesterday

UKTV has recommissioned four more series of the factual entertainment series, Bangers & Cash (52×60’) for its factual channel U&Yesterday and free streaming service, U. Spin-off sister show, Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics has also been re-ordered for four more seasons (20×60’). The 72-episode order surpasses all previous commissions or recommissions by UKTV in terms […]

July 31, 2025

Adrian Edmondson, Lesley Sharp join cast of UKTV’s Bergerac

UKTV has announced that Adrian Edmondson (Rain Dogs, A Spy Among Friends) and Lesley Sharp (Red Eye, Before We Die) will be joining Damien Molony in the re-imagined series of Bergerac (6×60’). The six-part U&Original series will return for a second instalment on free-streaming service U and U&DRAMA in 2026, with filming now underway. Bergerac […]

July 29, 2025

U&Dave orders more Will & Ralf Should Know Better

Following on from the success of season one, real-life friends and podcast co-stars, Will Mellor and Ralf Little will reappear on U and U&Dave for more Will & Ralf Should Know Better  (6×60’). Produced by Afro-Mic productions, this season will air in two blocks of three episodes and see the duo continue to explore how […]

May 8, 2025