Drama (TV channel)

Drama
Launched	8 July 2013
Owned by	UKTV (BBC Worldwide/Scripps Networks Interactive)
Picture format	16:9, 576i (SDTV)
Audience share	1.17% (May 2016, BARB)
Slogan	"There's only one channel called Drama"
Country	United Kingdom
Broadcast area	United Kingdom Ireland
Replaced	Blighty
Sister channel(s)	Alibi Dave Eden Gold Good Food Home Really W Yesterday
Website	drama.uktv.co.uk
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview	Channel 20
Satellite
Sky	Channel 158
Freesat	Channel 162
Cable
Virgin Media	Channel 190
Streaming media
TVPlayer	Watch live (UK only)
Virgin TV Anywhere	Watch live (UK only)

Drama (also known as The Drama Channel so it isn't confused with CBS Drama) is a digital television channel broadcasting drama (and, to a lesser extent, comedy) programming in the United Kingdom and Ireland as part of the UKTV network of channels. The channel launched on 8 July 2013,^[1] replacing Blighty.^[2] On Freeview, the channel was placed on channel 20, previously occupied by Gold.^[3] On Sky, the channel initially launched on channel 291, in the overspill area of the Entertainment section and moved to channel 166 on 24 July after purchasing the slot used by PBS America.^[4] The channel launched on Virgin Media on 14 August on channel 190. In September 2014, ITV blamed the channel for their 7% profits fall.

Programming

The channel is positioned as a home for British dramas from the last 40 years. The channel features such shows as Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, The Cinder Path, Cranford, Lark Rise to Candleford, Pride & Prejudice, Sharpe and Tipping the Velvet.^[5]

Current

• Around the World in 80 Days
• The Bill
• Birds of a Feather (The BBC Series)
• Bleak House
• Cadfael
• Call the Midwife
• Campion
• Catherine Cookson: The Dwelling Place
• Catherine Cookson: The Fifteen Streets
• Catherine Cookson: The Cinder Path
• Catherine Cookson: The Glass Virgin
• Catherine Cookson: The Round Tower
• Catherine Cookson: The Secret
• Catherine Cookson: The Tide of Life
• Catherine Cookson’s Tilly Trotter
• Catherine Cookson: The Wingless Bird
• Crocodile Shoes
• Crocodile Shoes II
• Crusoe
• Dalziel and Pascoe
• Dangerfield
• Elizabeth I
• Fingersmith
• Garrow's Law
• The Great Train Robbery
• Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
• Jack the Ripper
• Jonathan Creek
• Keeping Up Appearances
• The Last Detective
• Last of the Summer Wine
• Lovejoy
• Maisie Raine
• Messiah
• The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
• New Tricks
• PD James: The Murder Room
• Pie in the Sky
• Pinocchio
• Sharpe
• Shetland
• Silent Witness
• Spooks
• To the Manor Born
• Touching Evil
• Waking the Dead
• Young Catherine

Previous

• 2point4 Children
• The 39 Steps
• The 60's: The Beatles Decade
• Above and Beyond
• Act of Will
• Ahead of the Class
• Ain't Misbehavin'
• All Creatures Great and Small
• An Adventure in Space and Time
• Archangel
• As Time Goes By
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
• Ballykissangel
• A Bear Named Winnie
• Bergerac
• Bert and Dickie
• The Best of Men
• Between the Lines
• A Bit of a Do
• Birdsong
• Born and Bred
• Bread
• Bring Me Morecambe & Wise
• Britains Best - Scotland
• Brush Strokes
• Burton & Taylor
• Butterflies
• Casanova
• Casualty
• Catherine Cookson: The Black Candle
• Catherine Cookson: Colour Blind
• Catherine Cookson: A Dinner of Herbs
• Catherine Cookson: The Gambling Man
• Catherine Cookson: The Man Who Cried
• The Cazalets
• Cider with Rosie
• Citizen Smith
• Cold Comfort Farm
• The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
• Cranford
• The Crimson Petal and the White
• Daniel Deronda
• David Copperfield
• Deadline Gallipoli
• Death Comes to Pemberley
• Death in Paradise
• Doctor Who
• Down to Earth
• EastEnders Christmas Fallouts
• EastEnders: Unveiled - A Wedding Special
• Emma
• Empire
• Eric and Ernie
• Escape from Sobibor
• Ever Decreasing Circles
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
• Fallen Angel
• Family Tree
• Fanny Hill
• Find My Past
• A Fine Romance
• The Forsyte Saga
• A Garden for All Seasons
• The Good Life
• Goodnight Sweetheart
• Gracie!
• Great British Ghosts
• Great Expectations
• The Green Green Grass
• Hard Times
• Hattie
• Hey Hey We're The Monkees
• Hitlers Bodyguards
• Hold the Dream
• The Hounds of the Baskervilles
• House of Cards
• In Deep
• The Indian Doctor
• The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries
• Inspector George Gently
• Jam & Jerusalem
• Judge John Deed
• Just Good Friends
• King Solomon's Mines
• Land Girls
• Lark Rise to Candleford
• Last Tango in Halifax
• Learners
• The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
• The Liver Birds
• The Long Firm
• Mansfield Park
• The Mayor of Casteridge
• Miss Marple
• Monarch of the Glen
• Murder in Mind
• Murdoch Mysteries
• Murphy's Law
• The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood
• No Place Like Home
• North & South
• Northanger Abbey
• One Foot in the Grave
• Oliver Twist
• Open All Hours
• Our Mutual Friend
• Parade's End
• The Paradise
• PD James: Death in Holy Orders
• Persuasion
• The Pinkertons
• Porridge
• Pride and Prejudice
• Upstairs, Downstairs
• Ration Book Britain
• Rebus
• Riders
• Ripper Street
• The Road to Coronation Street
• Rock & Chips
• The Ruby in the Smoke
• Rumpole of the Bailey
• The Scarlet Pimpernel
• The Scold's Bridle
• The Sculptress
• The Secret of Crickley Hall
• Sense and Sensibility
• The Shadow in the North
• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
• Sherlock Holmes: Terror By Night
• Sherlock Holmes - The Case of the Silk Stocking
• Silk
• Shirley
• The Sinking of the Laconia
• Sisters of War
• South Riding
• State of Play
• Steptoe and Son (only series 1-6)
• Taggart
• Tenko
• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
• Terry and June
• Tess of the D'Urbervilles
• Three Up, Two Down
• Tipping the Velvet
• To Be the Best
• The Turn of the Screw
• The Two Ronnies
• United
• Upstairs, Downstairs
• Vanity Fair
• The Vicar of Dibley
• Waking the Dead
• Waiting for God
• The Whale
• What Remains
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads
• Wish Me Luck
• A Woman of Substance
• A Year to Remember
• Young James Herriot

References

1. "UKTV raises the curtain on Drama" (Press release). UKTV. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2013-05-02.
2. "UKTV's Drama channel reveals line-up, Yesterday goes factual and Blighty looks set to close". a516digital. 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
3. "Drama as new channel forces Gold to move Home on the Freeview EPG". a516digital. 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
4. White, Peter (2013-07-17). "PBS America sells Sky slot to UKTV". Broadcast. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
5. Munn, Patrick (2013-05-02). "UKTV To Launch New Drama Channel On July 8th". TVWise. Retrieved 2013-05-02.

External links

• Official website