TV Land (United Kingdom)

TV Land is a British TV channel owned the BBC, in a joint venture between Viacom and it's international broadcasing unit. Much like the American and now-defunct Canadian versions, it broadcasts classic programming.

History
In June 2001, the BBC announced that would relaunch their 3 digital TV channels, BBC Choice, BBC Knowledge, and BBC Classics as BBC Three, BBC Four and TV Land. The goverment approved BBC Four to launch, but the approvals for BBC Three and TV Land were delayed. The BBC announced that TV Land would be also owned by Viacom. The launch plans for BBC Three and TV Land were approved in September 2002, with BBC Three launching in February 2003, and TV Land launching that June. The channel was launched on 1 June 2003, with the first programme broadcast being an episode of the Scottish TV series, Still Game.

On 23 January 2010, TV Land's on-air identity was revamped and gained the logo that the American version was using from 24 November 2009.

On 1 July 2010, a two-hour and a four-hour timeshifted version of the channel were launched.

On 18 December 2013, an HD version of the channel was launched.

On 1 July 2016, the channel's on-air identity was revamped again and gained the logo that the American version was using from 23 June 2015.

On 1 July 2019, a one-hour and a three-hour timeshifted version of the channel were launched.