List of British television channels
Television Stations
These channels are available on digital aerial, satellite and cable systems.
Many channels have a "+1" service. This is an identical channel carrying the same programmes delayed by one hour to give viewers a second chance to catch a favourite programme. They are not included as separate channels here however.
BBC ONE, BBC TWO, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five are the only channels available as terrestrial analogue stations, except in Oxford and Southampton where localised Six TV services are available.
Defunct Channels
- BBC Choice - replaced by BBC Three
- BBC Knowledge - replaced by BBC Four
- Carlton Cinema
- FilmFour Extreme
- FilmFour World
- Shop!
- The Studio - NTL cable only
- [.tv] - Previously known as The Computer Channel
- Sky Scottish
- Sky Soap
- EBN - Merged with Bloomberg
- Where It's At
- Nick At Nite - Had been promised around the early 90's, but never arrived
Future Channels
- abc1 - New 12 hour (6am-6pm) channel from US broadcaster abc (scheduled to launch September 27, 2004)
- HBO - not yet available in UK
- ITV 3 - New ITV channel aimed at over 45's (scheduled to launch November 1, 2004)
- ITV Gold - Replacing Plus {not confirmed}
- More4 - New from Channel 4, broadcasting property and lifestyle programs (sheduled to launch in the last quarter of 2004)
- Weather Channel - not yet available in UK
BBC British-based channels
These channels are BBC ventures not available in the UK, in some cases they are similar to channels offered in the UK
- BBC World - formerly World Service Television
- BBC Prime - entertainment channel available in Europe, Africa, Middle East
- BBC America - US Market British Entertainment Channel
- BBC Canada - Canadian Market British Entertainment Channel
- BBC Kids - Canada-broadcast children's channel
- BBC Food - Southern Africa/Scandinavia
- Animal Planet
- People+Arts - Latin America/Iberia
- UKTV (Australia)
See also: Lists of television channels, UK topics
