The Dave Channel

I know, a strange name for a TV channel. This Channel used to be called Uk TV Gold 2, and although that name wasn't that great I think when you hear a channel name called Dave, then you won't know what's on it roughly - will you? This channel is on Sky channel 111, Cable Channel 128 and Freeview channel 19. It also has a +1 hour channel as well, but i'm unsure of the channel numbers for that. So what is on the channel? Well it is mostly programmes that appeal to male viewers, but in this day and age you certainly get females that are interested in Cars, Bikes and so on. This channel runs from 7am-3am, 7 days a week. Most importantly what ...

On the 15th October 2007 UKTV G2 (what a mouthful) changed to the channel all men know and love, Dave. They chose this name because apparently everyman knows a bloke called Dave, which is quite true, although I still don't understand for calling the channel Dave! The channel airs daily from 7am to 3am and is available on Freeview, so everyone should be able to watch it. It manages to attract approximately three million viewers daily, significantly better than UKTV G2 did. The rebranding devised a channel aimed mainly at men, featuring shows mainly about cars and comedy, which has proved a real hit with viewers. The most watched shows are Q.I., Top Gear, ...

Dave is a channel that is well known for showing repeats of programs over and over again. I personally quite like watching Dave as i do enjoy watching the repeats of programs that i enjoy or programs which i got into mid series and this does help people see the programs and eposodes that they have missed. They do have some very good programs on Dave like Top Gear for one which i think is one of the best and funniest programs on TV. I think that the channel does lack some variation as they just seem to repeat a small number of different programs over and over again like Top gear, never mind the buzzcocks and Ray mears always seem to be on numerous times every single ...