UKTV Documentary

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UKTV Documentary

Launched	8 March 2004
Owned by	UKTV (BBC/Virgin Media Television)
Audience share	0.1% (0.0% for +1) (February 2007, [1])
Replaced	UK Horizons
Timeshift service	UKTV Documentary +1
Website	www.uktvdocumentary.co.uk
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital	Channel 532 Channel 533 (+1)
Cable
Virgin Media (NTL)	Channel 208
Virgin Media (Telewest)	Channel 225 Channel 226 (+1)

UKTV Documentary is a digital television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom, as part of the UKTV network of channels.

The output of the channel is, as the name suggests, entirely documentaries, mainly taken from the BBC archives such as Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man. However, the majority of the channel's programming is abridged by the BBC for commercial timing purposes - a policy that some critics consider hypocritical.

The channel was launched on 8 March 2004. Along with UKTV People it was a replacement for the channel UK Horizons, which closed the day before.

The channel, along with a time-shifted "+1" version, is available on Sky Digital and Virgin Media. However, it is not available on Freeview, despite the majority of the programmes being made by the BBC.