True Drama was a television channel in the

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and

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, broadcasting drama programming as part of the

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's ''True'' brand of channels. True Drama was originally scheduled to launch on 24 April 2013, but the launch was delayed until 4 June 2013, when it replaced True Entertainment +1 on Sky channel 237. It moved to channel 183 there on 17 June 2013, swapping places with AIT International. It launched on Freesat on 21 July 2014 along with Tiny Pop +1, replacing Flava and

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on the platform. The channel was mainly focused on classic American

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and made-for-television films. It closed on 30 September 2016 and was replaced by True Entertainment +1.

References

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