30-11-2023, 11:30 AM
(30-11-2023, 11:28 AM)mixchris Wrote: Watch was an entirely new channel trying to squeeze in to the female demo with re-runs of The Bill and their headliner was Richard & Judy whom they poached from Channel 4. Watch took over UK Gold's channel number on Sky (109 IIRC) and bumped UK Gold up the EPG.
UK Bright Ideas and UK History both launched when Freeview launched, Bright Ideas closed to make way for UKTV G2 / Dave. UKTV History eventually morphed in to History.
I might be wrong, but it was also a new entertainment channel (back then) for content that couldn't work on GOLD (a comedy channel), Alibi (crime) etc.
I mean, it had/has Doctor Who, it's not entirely female focused, although mostly is