Eden and Blighty – Reinvigorating the Factual TV Genre
Principal Authors: Hannah Wren - Red Bee Media, Sara Holt - UKTV Contributing Authors: Julia Jordan, Amy Greatbatch, Mark Stonehouse, Laura Bryce - UKTV; Sarah Goldman - IDS; Dino Myers-Lamptey - Rocket PHD
1. AN INTRODUCTION TO UKTV
uktv is a joint commercial venture between BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media. Its ten channels show BBC archive content, supplemented by programmes acquired from other broadcasters and production companies and a small number of original commissions. uktv is primarily a pay-TV business: Dave and Yesterday are available free-to-view in Freeview (Yesterday in...