U&Gold

U&Gold is a British premium television channel from the UKTV network that was launched in November 1992 as UK Gold before it was rebranded UKTV Gold in 2004. In 2008, it was split into flagship channel Gold and miscellaneous channel Watch (later U&W), with classic comedy based programming airing on Gold, non-crime drama and entertainment programming airing on Watch (later U&W), and quiz shows and more high-brow comedy airing on Dave (later U&Dave). In 2024, Gold was rebranded as U&Gold. It shows repeats of classic programming from the BBC, ITV and other broadcasters. Every December, from 2015 until 2018, the channel was temporarily renamed Christmas Gold. This has since been discontinued, though the channel continues to broadcast Christmas comedy. The rights to the BBC programmes were previously held by the BSB entertainment channel Galaxy, prior to the merger with Sky Television to form BSkyB in November 1990. By 1992, BBC programmes were no longer broadcast on any BSkyB channel, having latterly aired on The Comedy Channel. Gold was formed as a joint venture between the BBC, through commercial arm BBC Enterprises, American company Cox Enterprises, and outgoing ITV London weekday franchisee Thames Television. The channel, named UK Gold, was to show repeats of the 'classic' archive programming from the two broadcasters.