UKTV has reported that it achieved its best performance on record in 2025, growing VoD viewing, linear share and its Share of Commercial Impacts (SOCI – a measure of UKTV’s share of the commercial TV audience). Following strong growth in 2024, the BBC Studios-owned broadcaster saw direct-to-consumer views to its free streaming service U grow […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
UKTV has announced the commission of new series, Dom Chinea’s Cornish Workshop (5 x60’), produced by Beagle Media, for factual channel U&Yesterday and free streaming service U. Dom Chinea and his wife Maria (plus their dog Wendy) are moving to Cornwall, having bought an old, stone farmhouse, a two-acre field, including a large agricultural barn […]
UKTV and BBC Select today announce the commission of new series, World’s Most Amazing Walks with Robson Green (8 x60’), for leading factual channel U&Yesterday and free streaming service, U, produced by BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions. The new eight-part series will see the much-loved presenter and actor and keen rambler Robson Green embark on a […]
UKTV has commissioned two new series from Prospero Productions. Brit Cops Down Under (8×60′) for U&W and The Legend of Outback Gold (w/t) (6×60′) for U&Yesterday will also both be available on its free streaming service, U. Brit Cops Down Under is a documentary following a group of seven UK police officers as they make […]
UKTV has commissioned the new series, Classic Car Kings (6×60’), for factual channel U&Yesterday and free streaming service, U. The six-part series is produced by Chatterbox Media and will air in 2025. The team at Irv’s Resto Shop in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, are world renowned for their work rescuing classic cars that appear to be beyond […]
UKTV has commissioned another new season of Canal Boat Diaries (10×60′) for factual channel U&YESTERDAY and free streaming service, U, having licensed the format rights from the BBC. The sixth season of Canal Boat Diaries will take viewers through some of the most beautiful countryside and canalscapes the south of England has to offer. Winding […]
UKTV has announced that U – its new masterbrand – will go live on July 16th, uniting UKTV’s family of free-to-air channels which will become U&Dave, U&Drama, U&Yesterday and U&W. Its free streaming service will transition from UKTV Play to U. Penny Brough, Chief Marketing Officer at UKTV, commented: “The launch of U on July 16th is […]