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W is a British

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television channel owned by

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. It originally launched on 7 October 2008 as Watch and was a

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channel. On 15 February 2016, the channel was rebranded as W. The channel currently broadcasts crimes, dramas, game shows and documentaries.

History

The channel launched on 7 October 2008 as the new flagship channel for the UKTV network of channels. On Sky, it took over capacity previously used for UKTV Style +2, which had closed on 15 September 2008 in preparation for the launch. The channel would feature general entertainment programmes, primarily from the programme archive of the

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, who owned a 50% share of the network through the corporation's commercial arm

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. The channel featured flagship programmes from the BBC, such as ''

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'', general entertainment programmes from the corporation and international versions of popular current British programming, such as ''

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'' (the US version of ''

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'') and the various American editions of '' Wipeout'', which is titled as ''Total Wipeout USA'' to avert confusion with the British programme of the same name. The channel also featured programmes displaced following the repositioning of other UKTV channels, such as the move of all non-crime drama to the channel following

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's launch, and programming already shown on other UKTV channels in greater numbers, such as ''

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''. The W Channel controller is currently Paul Moreton. The channel went free on satellite on 21 March 2022, ahead of a full relaunch of W as a free channel on both

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and

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on a week later on 28 March, with a revised onscreen identity. To make way for the addition of W, Dave ja vu moved to the position previously occupied by Drama +1, which had been added to the Freeview lineup following UKTV's purchase and closure of

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. Drama +1 wasn't replaced on Freeview in the sense of leaving the platform instead it moved to Freeview channel 60 which was previously occupied by ITV4 +1.

Subsidiary channels

W +1

The channel also operates a timeshift service, W +1 (short for the previous name as Watch +1), where the programme schedule is repeated by the channel one hour later. The channel receives no special branding, with the occasional exception of a special

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(DOG). It launched the same day as the main Watch channel on 7 October 2008 and was reported by AGB Nielsen Media Research on 2 September 2008.

W HD

On 29 July 2011,

UKTV UKTV Media Limited, simply known as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 through ...

announced that it had secured a deal with

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to launch three more high-definition channels on their platform. As part of Virgin Media's deal to sell its share of UKTV, all five of UKTV's HD channels would also be added to Virgin's cable television service by 2012. Watch HD launched on 12 October 2011 on Sky and Virgin Media, two days after Dave HD, while Alibi HD launched in July 2012. All three channels are HD

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s of the

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channels. Watch HD became available on BT TV & Plusnet later in the year.

On-air identity

2008–2016

When Watch launched in October 2008, along with G.O.L.D. and Alibi, the original on screen identity featured a large eyeball nicknamed 'Blinky'. The music used in the background of the television advertisements is "You Will Leave a Mark" by Oxford band A Silent Film. The channels original

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featured a liveaction video of the eyeball being pushed around by a large and varied group of people around various settings until the eyeball ends up in the centre of the screen and the Watch name appears at the bottom of the screen. The set of four idents were produced by

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for the channel. However, in April 2009, the four existing idents were edited by

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to make the inflatable eyeball blink, along with new soundtracks. In addition, four new CGI idents were introduced as well as the edited idents and in May 2010, a new ident for ''Scream if You Know the Answer!'' During May 2010, UKTV were reportedly planning to overhaul the brand identity of Watch, after only eighteen months in operation. The broadcaster held a branding agency pitch and made an appointment within a month, with the review was being handled by creativebrief. The work included the creation of a fresh logo, strap-line and tone of voice for the channel, however, a spokeswoman for UKTV denied suggestions that the broadcaster would change the name of the channel and said that the overhaul was about "tweaking the brand and aligning it better with our overall strategy". The new Watch logo and channel presentation launched on 23 September 2010, focusing on the idea that "TV is better shared!". The new identity, created by agency Harriman Steel, includes a new strapline, "Watch... together", along with new idents, end frames and a new logo. The idents feature a scene against a black background with various elements of the scene being provided, by people in black outfits. The scenes progress with the appearance of the film being seen in reverse until the ident pans to a screen displaying three phrases related to the scene ending with the word "together." before the Watch logo is placed over the last phrase forming the channel tagline. Other promotional material makes use of the channel tagline or the appearance that the channel promotions are held in place by the black dressed men, as seen by the various covered hands shown at the edge of promotion end boards. On 23 January 2012, it was announced that Watch would receive a rebrand for a second time, created by DixonBaxi, and was to be launched on 13 February 2012, but only the promos, DOG and ECP changed on that date. But the new idents were made on 9 March 2012.

2016–2022

On 15 January 2016, it was announced that Watch would be renamed to W on 15 February 2016. In February 2022, ''

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'' magazine reported that the channel would become a free-to-air channel in the spring, joining stablemates Dave, Yesterday and Drama as a Freeview service. In March 2022, this was confirmed by UKTV, who rebranded the channel's mantra to "Life Unfiltered" and introduced a new logo which included the letter W in a slanted rectangle. The logo will be mainly seen on air and in corporate branding with an orange background, with channel idents showing a series of relatable human moments behind the logo. This female skewing channel will be still targeted at a 25 to 44 age range and will be on Freeview channel 25 from 28 March 2022. W have a free-to-air launch schedule with programmes such as ''Inside the Ambulance'', ''Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over'', ''Nurses on the Ward'', ''Emma Willis Delivering Babies'', ''Emma Willis & AJ Odudu Get to Work'' and ''Women on the Force'', part of the line-up.

2022–present

UKTV confirms the rumours that its W channel is going to rebrand as a free-to-air channel on 28 March 2022 at 6:00am British time. To coincide with the move, channel bosses have unveiled a new logo and "Life Unfiltered" strapline which they say will help the channel connect with its female skewing 25-44 target audience.

Logo history

File:Watch (UKTV) logo.png, First logo, 7 October 2008 until 23 September 2010 File:Watch logo 2010.png, Second logo, 23 September 2010 until 9 March 2012 File:Watch logo 2012.png, Third logo, 13 February 2012 until 15 February 2016 File:UKTV channel W logo.png, Fourth logo, 15 February 2016 until 28 March 2022 File:W HD logo 2016.png, Third HD logo, 15 February 2016 until 28 March 2022 File:W +1 logo 2016.png, Fourth +1 logo, 15 February 2016 until 28 March 2022 File:W (UKTV) 2022.svg, Fifth logo, 28 March 2022 – present File:W HD logo 2022.svg, Fourth HD logo, 28 March 2022 – present File:W +1 logo 2022.svg, Fifth +1 logo, 28 March 2022 – present

Programming

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The Borrowers ''The Borrowers'' is a children's fantasy novel by the English author Mary Norton, published by Dent in 1952. It features a family of tiny people who live secretly in the walls and floors of an English house and "borrow" from the big people in ...

'', '' Tarrant Lets the Kids Loose'', ''

Hart of Dixie ''Hart of Dixie'' is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on The CW from September 26, 2011, to March 27, 2015. The series, created by Leila Gerstein, stars Rachel Bilson as Dr. Zoe Hart, a New Yorker who, after her dreams of b ...

'', ''

The Weakest Link ''Weakest Link'' (also known as ''The Weakest Link'') is a television game show which The Weakest Link (British game show), first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host ...

'', '' Walking with...'', ''

Love Soup ''Love Soup'' is a British television comedy drama produced by the BBC and first screened on BBC One in the autumn of 2005. It stars Tamsin Greig as Alice Chenery (a role written especially for her) and Michael Landes as Gil Raymond (Series 1 on ...

'', ''

'', '' Outtake TV'', and ''

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps ''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' is a British sitcom that ran from 26 February 2001 to 24 May 2011. First broadcast on BBC Two, it starred Sheridan Smith, Will Mellor, Natalie Casey, Ralf Little, Kathryn Drysdale and Luke Gell. Cr ...

'' for a time, however, these are no longer broadcast.

Most watched programmes

The following is a list of the 11 most watched shows on W, based on Live +7 data supplied by ''

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History

Subsidiary channels

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On-air identity

2008–2016

2016–2022

2022–present

Logo history

Programming

Current on W

Previous on W

Most watched programmes

See also

References

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