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We’ve worked with @VirginMedia since its launch in 2006, supplying @Davechannel, @Goldchannel, @Wchannel, and more. We’re so sorry for the viewers who may miss our channels, but demands for price cuts mean we can't continue our partnership. More from UKTV’s Steve North:
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We just wanted to say a big thank you to all the #RedDwarf fans for watching #RedDwarfThePromisedLand last night on @davechannel!
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2 weeks until #QuanticoUK starts on @Alibi_Channel starring the fantastic @PriyankaChopra snpy.tv/1KNZHmB
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Thank you to all our amazing viewers for your overwhelming support over the last few weeks. It has been a pleasure reading all your encouraging tweets and helping where we can. Group hug! Love from the Social Team at UKTV 🤗
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Quick! Ghost Adventures Deadwood Special now on @ReallyTVchannel with @Zak_Bagans 😍👻 #LockdownThursday snpy.tv/1RRDiC0
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Celebrate #InternationalDayOfHappiness with @joelycett smile
#Taskmaster
😀😄😁🙂🙃😬 🙂😊
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We’ve won our first #BAFTATV Award... and it's for #Taskmaster! Congratulations to @gdavies @AlexHorne @andycartwrites @andydevonshire and Avalon. #VirginMediaBAFTAs
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NEWS: Get ready to #MeetTheRichardsons all over again as we check in on @RonJichardson and @LucyABeaumont's life after lockdown in a brand new series and TWO Christmas specials!
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If you're a #RedDwarf fan, don't miss 'Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years' tonight at 9pm on @davechannel - A new three-part celebration featuring insight by @CCfunkandsoul, @DannyJohnJules, Chris Barrie, @bobbyllew, @DougRDNaylor and more into the making of the hit show!
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All good things must come to an end, and tonight at 10pm on @davechannel we're sadly saying goodbye to #MeetTheRichardsons... But not before @JohnnyVegasReal joins @RonJichardson and @LucyABeaumont for a sitcom read-through!
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We will be adding extra guidance and warnings to the front of programmes to highlight potentially offensive content and language. We will reinstate Fawlty Towers once that extra guidance has been added, which we expect will be in the coming days. Full statement below.
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We’ve worked with @virginmedia since its launch in 2006. We’re so sorry for any viewers who are missing our channels, but we couldn’t afford to take such a huge pay cut. We are still available on @SkyUK, @BT_UK, @FreeviewTV, @Freesat_TV, @TalkTalkTV and @NOWTV.
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HUGE congratulations to @RonJichardson @LucyABeaumont and the entire team behind #MeetTheRichardsons on @davechannel for WINNING Best Comedy Programme at this year's #BroadcastDigi Awards!
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We are proud to say that we love what we do, but unfortunately, we cannot do it for free... Our General Manager for Entertainment and Comedy Steve North can explain better than us
We’ve worked with @VirginMedia since its launch in 2006, supplying @Davechannel, @Goldchannel, @Wchannel, and more. We’re so sorry for the viewers who may miss our channels, but demands for price cuts mean we can't continue our partnership. More from UKTV’s Steve North:
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Calling all #RedDwarf fans... We've got a brand new three-part retrospective coming to @davechannel on Thursday 6th August! Expect interviews with the original cast and crew.
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Thanks to everyone who watched #Hypothetical with @joshwiddicombe @JamesAcaster on @davechannel last night! Series continues Wednesdays at 10pm & as an extra treat as you're all so wonderful here's a supercut of the outtakes thanks to @UKTVPlay uktvplay.uktv.co.uk/shows/hy…
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Morning everyone. If you're still missing your UKTV channels, Martin Lewis has some simple advice on @virginmedia 🙂. Please do be polite to their call centre folk, they've been very busy. Thanks again for all your support. We're here for any questions.
This Morning
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Ahead of tomorrow night's BRAND NEW #RedDwarf special (9pm, Dave) we thought we'd treat you to some behind-the-scenes photographs...
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Oh hi Comedians Giving Lectures 😍 #ComediansGivingLectures starts Weds 18 September on Dave 💫
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Last night from 9pm we ran this message in our ad breaks across all our channels. We are doing the same tonight.
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We're delighted to announce that #Annika will be returning to @alibi_channel for a second series, produced by @BlackCamelPic.
As filming begins, here's writer Nick Walker with Nicola Walker and Jamie Sives who are amongst the cast returning! corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/ar…
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We’ve got something to share with you…
In Summer 2024, the UKTV family of channels are uniting under ‘U’, the new name for UKTV Play. Lose yourself in what you love.
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Thanks to everyone who spent #Halloween glued to #MostHauntedLive with us! The numbers are in...
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We’re so sorry Virgin customers lose the UKTV channels this weekend, can we ask you to contact @virginmedia
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🎉 Oh what a year it‘s been here @UKTV ! And so much to look forward to in 2019...
A big thank you to all our wonderful viewers for tuning in and for loving our shows as much as we do 🎉
#UKTVOriginals
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Thank you all for your support today and we are truly sorry for those viewers that have been affected by the loss of our channels. We'll be back online tomorrow to help answer your questions. Until then, goodnight everyone 👋
We’ve worked with @virginmedia since its launch in 2006. We’re so sorry for any viewers who are missing our channels, but we couldn’t afford to take such a huge pay cut. We are still available on @SkyUK, @BT_UK, @FreeviewTV, @Freesat_TV, @TalkTalkTV and @NOWTV.
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Meet Caleb Haas played by @GrahamRogers_
Trusted or Terrorist?
#QuanticoUK Thursdays 9pm on @Alibi_Channel
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Today we're announcing Myleene Klass: Miscarriage & Me for @wchannel. This one-off documentary will see @KlassMyleene open up on the trauma of her miscarriages, with the aim of breaking the taboo which often surrounds this type of pregnancy loss.
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🎬 Filming starts today on @alibi_channel's latest original drama #Annika which sees Nicola Walker take the lead as DI Annika Strandhed who heads up a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit - tasked with investigating unexplained murders that wash up in the waterways of Scotland.
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What's @SarahgRafferty's guilty pleasure? Find out here: bit.ly/SuitsS5Sarah #Suits tonight 10pm on @Join_Dave snpy.tv/1RARHF8
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He's been away for a while... but we're delighted that @alandavies1 will be returning to @davechannel in 2021 with a brand new series of #AsYetUntitled.
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We're thrilled that FOUR @davechannel shows - Big Zuu's #BigEats, #Hypothetical, #MeetTheRichardsons and Mel Giedroyc: #Unforgivable - have made the longlist for this years National Television Awards! #NTAs
Help us make the shortlist, by voting here: nationaltvawards.com/vote
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Check out @Charliesimo's incredible performance on #SingingInTheRainforest bit.ly/CharlieSingingInTheRa… #HappyNewYear
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Thanks to you, our network share grew in 2020. Here are some of UKTV's successes from the last 12 months...
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To all our lovely Freeview viewers, @davechannel has moved home to Channel 19 and Yesterday has moved to Channel 25. Any problems please do let us know, we're here to help. Or if you'd just like to chat we like chatting too 🤗
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Tonight we were proud to premiere our teaser for new UKTV Original #Sandylands across all our channels. The new three-part comedy will air on @goldchannel next year.
In case you missed it, here it is again...
(@davidwalliams @hughbon @dew_natalie @Cparks1976 @TVSanjeev)
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The Boys from the Dwarf are back TONIGHT at 9pm on @davechannel with a BRAND NEW #RedDwarf 90-minute special which @RadioTimes have said "captures the magic of Dwarf's heyday'.
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Thanks to everyone who joined in the Dad’s Army 50th Anniversary celebration last night on @goldchannel, making it the most watched pay TV programme reaching 270k in the overnight ratings! 👏
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How famous do you want to be? Sophie Ellis-Bextor ON Fame tomorrow 9pm on @LiveOnW #SophieONFame @SophieEB snpy.tv/213BjiT
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Next Saturday at 9pm @Join_Dave will EXCLUSIVELY air @MrDavidHaye 🇬🇧 v @MarkDeMori 🇦🇺 #HayeDay #HayemakerIsBack
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We're DELIGHTED that Big Zuu's #BigEats has been nominated for a @BAFTA in the Features category! Congratulations to @ItsBigZuu @Hydzofficial @Tubzy100 and the hard-working production team behind the show. #BAFTATV
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We have no idea what they’re talking about... 😉 #Hypothetical returns 10th Feb. We know that!
NEWS! James Acaster and @JoshWiddicombe are coming back to Dave with a brand new series of #Hypothetical starting February 10th!
If you wondered how they filmed the show during a global pandemic enjoy these bits from the new series that will unfortunately never make it onto TV.
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.@JoshRadnor & @M_E_Winstead star in Civil War-era drama #MercyStreet - premiering tonight at 8 on @dramachannel 📽
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We're so proud of #MeetTheRichardsons and are delighted that so many of you have been enjoying the series! Don't forget the series continues Thursdays at 10pm on @davechannel and is available on @UKTVPlay.
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The news. Mashed. We can't wait for the launch of #LateNightMash with @MrNishKumar @rachelparris @EllieJaneTaylor @mrstevenallen and @GeoffNorcott tonight at 10pm only on @davechannel.
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Mark your calendars for #Expedition with @SteveBackshall, airing this Sunday on Dave. #UKTVOriginal
📺 @davechannel
🗓 Sunday, 21st July
🕗 8pm
🌎 Epic locations in Suriname, Oman, Bhutan, Borneo, the Artic, Mexico
😱 Guaranteed wow factor
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There's more good news for @siddyholloway @MrTimDunn and the team at @brownbobprod for delivering Yesterday's most successful show ever! And look out for series two arriving on @YesterdayTweets later this year. [3/6]
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We're delighted that Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable has WON Best Entertainment Programme at this year's #BroadcastDigi Awards. Massive congratulations to Mel Giedroyc, @LouSanders and the team at @ExpectationEnt1! Series 2 coming soon to @davechannel.
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👔#Suits Season 5 Finale
📺 10pm on @Join_Dave
@GabrielMacht
@HalfAdams
@MeghanMarkle
@SarahgRafferty
@RickHoffman_ snpy.tv/1QVDCib
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NEWS! Bangers and Cash is coming back to @YesterdayTweets for a brand new series this October! And 2 more series have already been commissioned too! (@bangersncashTV)
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We are so proud of our new & exclusive shows, UKTV Originals, made especially for our channels. Last night two of them were watched by a lot of people so we just wanted to say thank you for tuning in 😘
🚑 Inside the Ambulance @wchannel
🚁 Helicopter ER @reallychannel
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Get ready to... #MeetTheRichadsons at Christmas. Two BRAND NEW episodes coming this December on @davechannel. Watch series one now on @UKTVPlay.
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It's been another great year for UKTV Originals with #Annika on Alibi becoming @alibi_channel's top performing title of all time! Congratulations to the entire cast and crew at @BlackCamelPic who worked on series one. [5/6]
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Today, we can announce that Laura Fraser, Molly Windsor, Martin Compston, Jennifer Spence and Michael Nardone will all be returning for the second series of #Traces on @alibi_channel, later this year.
Find out more here: corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/ar…
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Happy Easter everyone! We hope you're having a lovely #EasterSunday at home in front of the telly...
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Just when you think #MostHaunted can't get any better, we bring it to you LIVE with @Rylan @Yfielding @mrjamieeast piped.video/2dk6yA31R54
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.@VirginMedia viewers can still get these channels for free. All TVs bought since 2010 come with a Freeview tuner, customers can access these without a subscription, although they may need to retune. Hope this helps.
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🎉We're delighted that so many of our shows have made in onto the longlist for this year's #TVChoiceAwards!
Help us to make it onto the shortlist by voting for your favourite show, here: awards.tvchoicemagazine.co.u…
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Quantico arrives in the UK TONIGHT
9pm on @Alibi_Channel
Watch previews videos: bit.ly/QuanticoPlaylist
#QuanticoUK
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NEWS: #MostHaunted is back! Two brand new series with @Yfielding coming to @reallytvchannel from June bit.ly/1JdgdYh #Ghostsonreally
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Go big or go home 💕
Who spotted our HUGE #Flack promotion in Waterloo station this morning? 🙌
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What does @RickHoffman_ know about law? Not much. Watch #Suits cast interviews here: bit.ly/SuitsS5Playlist snpy.tv/1U04N1S
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🎉We're delighted that *11* of our UKTV Original shows have made the longlist for this year's #TVChoiceAwards!
Let's start with 'Best Comedy' shall we? Vote for #TheCockfields #MeetTheRichardsons and #Sandylands to make it onto the shortlist here: awards.tvchoicemagazine.co.u…
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Even our mugs are social distancing and working from home... Here's our #MondayMorning coffee meeting with the gang!☕️
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We are so proud to have played our part in this summer’s @RNIB Audio Description awareness campaign #ADSupport. We are committed to ensuring that as many of our wonderful viewers can access our most popular shows 🤗
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🎃 Halloween
👹 #DemonHouse
📅TONIGHT
⏰ 10pm
📺 @reallychannel
🔎 Freeview 17, Sky 142, Virgin 129, BT 17 & TalkTalk 17
🎬 @DemonHouse
🎥 @Zak_Bagans
👻 HAPPY HALLOWEEN 👻
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Chatting to @ClaraAmfo, @Caspar_Lee and @PixieLott on what they think of #DynamoLive. Watch now on @LiveOnW snpy.tv/1omIy8N
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.@DavidHasselhoff goes to rehab in tonight's #HoffTheRecord. From 10pm on @Join_Dave bit.ly/HoffTheRecordEp2Clip1
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NEWS: @UKTV reports record-breaking viewership in 2016. Click pic for year highlights. Full story 👉 bit.ly/UKTV16.
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1 week to go
@MrDavidHaye v @MarkDeMori
🇬🇧 v 🇦🇺
LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on @Join_Dave #HayeDay #HayemakerIsBack
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Looking for Dave on Freeview? @davechannel is now at Channel 19! See you at 9pm for #Taskmaster
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Happy Birthday to Ricky Tomlinson aka Jim Royle in #TheRoyleFamily 🎂 @goldchannel
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We're so proud to see that #Traces, our first original drama for Alibi has made it onto the longlist for this year's #TVChoiceAwards!
Help it make the shortlist by voting for it as 'Best New Drama' here: awards.tvchoicemagazine.co.u…
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Want to see @realRossNoble new series before it’s on telly & meet Ross? RT to win a ticket. #Freewheelingscreening
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We were all gutted by this news, Jo. Feel free to share your concerns with @virginmedia.
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A number of brilliant @davechannel shows and talent have made the longlist for The #NationalComedyAwards and we'd love your help to see them make it onto the shortlist. If you fancy voting for us, please do so here... thenationalcomedyawards.com
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Eerie escapades with @Yfielding and the team ghost-hunting at Wentworth Woodhouse. 5pm on @ReallyTVchannel
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What a brilliant first episode of #Expedition with @stevebackshall. See you here same time next week for more epic adventures! If you missed tonight's episode, you can catch up on @uktvplay. 👊
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“There’s never a right or wrong answer… unless it fails” - @Aldokane on rigging 😬😬😬 #Expedition
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