UKTV Gold Reviews

UKTV Gold was launched on 1 November 1992 and then it was called UK Gold (this is what I still call this channel cant get use to name changes) now the channel is called G.O.L.D which stands for Go On Laugh Daily which I think is great because for me this is what this channel does for me. G.O.L.D is a channel you have to pay for and is ...  Read the complete review

G.O.L.D. (Go on Laugh Daily - seriously, this is what it stands for now!), was, as other reviewers have said, UKTV Gold. The trouble with this is that they've changed the name of the channel and they've changed the number I have to tap into my remote to watch it, but the content has remained the same. For some, it may be ...  Read the complete review

G.O.L.D, recently changed name from UK GOLD, is the main channel of UKTV and is not a free channel. It is available on free view but an additional fee is required. it is also available on sky, virgin media and Tiscili TV. The channel mainly shows lots of BBC comedies so if you are into comedy tv this channel is probably the one for you, it is one ...  Read the complete review

This channel has recently been rebranded as G.O.L.D and can be found on Sky channel 110. There is also a +1 hour channel as well. You would think this channel would be right next to the original one? No, it is way up as channel 133. Anyway what is this channel and is it any good? Depends what you like. This is all older shows and mainly ...  Read the complete review

UKTV Gold is one of those safe channels that you can always find something to watch on. The reason for this is the fact that it primarily shows classic British comedies. On my Virgin cable package it can be found on channel 124 with a one hour delay channel on 125 so you have two chances to watch each show. The downside to this channel ...  Read the complete review

Launched in 1992, UKTV Gold is a UK digital television channel, and is part of the UKTV network, which also includes UKTV Drama and UKTV Food, amongst others. Up until 2004 it was known as UK Gold, but changed its name when UKTV rebranded all of its channels. The output of this channel is virtually all repeats (hence its name), although ...  Read the complete review

One of the first things I noticed about UK Gold that amused me was the amount of non-UK programmes. "Quantum Leap" used to be on every day, along with other programmes whose names now elude me. A more fitting title would be 'BBC Greats'" except that this would interfere with the establishment of BBC Three. Being one ...  Read the complete review

UK GOLD is like every other channel on SKY. Constant repeats and endless advertisements. Most programmes have been aired dozens and dozens of times and even more so with GOLD +1 and GOLD2. I contacted SKY and asked why the same programmes are repeated over and over through the year with some episodes being aired 50 , 60 times or more and ...  Read the complete review

I absolutely love UK Gold! It is ever so entertaining and my family and I usually end up watching comedies on UK Gold together when there's nothing on the television. The good thing about UK Gold is that it shows the good old programme everyone used to watch - much better than most of today's dramas. My favourite ...  Read the complete review

UK Gold takes a lot of criticism as being a channel which simply shows old telvision programmes that nobody wants to watch. However, UK Gold makes for a good night of TV viewing and has many classic episodes of many quality programmes. There's been many a time when, bored with the product available on more modern Sky TV channels, I ...  Read the complete review

The greatest hits of British telly (even though there are fairly liberally large chunks of Australian and US progs in there) - UK Gold, one of the most watchable of all TV channels, like a Showaddywaddywaddywaddy of video, blending the very, very dire with the very, very classic, but like it or hate it, this is nonetheless sure to jig more than a ...  Read the complete review

How many times have you sat there with you Sky remote channel hopping through 100+ channels only to find nothing you fancy watching? Well if you are anything like me then 9 times out of 10 you will end up on UK Gold. This is my favourite TV channel, where else can I watch classic shows like The Young Ones, Red Dwarf, Faulty Towers and ...  Read the complete review

UK Gold was our main reason for getting Digital TV installed. It is a brilliant channel, with a great many of my favourite programmes being shown throughout the week. First of all, one of the whole family's favourites is Doctor Who, which is shown on Sunday mornings. They are currently showing the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) episodes, ...  Read the complete review

Most of the shows on UK Gold aren’t really my type of programming with the exception of Red Dwarf and a few others, the choice of programming is however exceptional. It’s not free but available as part of a basic channel from most TV services airing twenty-four hours with repeats of shows such as ‘the royle ...  Read the complete review

UK Gold has many great British programmes but all it ever shows is old episodes. That doesn't necessarily matter as some shows you can watch again and again and again. UK Gold now shows old episodes of all these programmes and many more: One Foot in the Grave, the Royle Family, Only Fools and Horses, Jonathan Creek, Harry Enfield, ...  Read the complete review

This channel has its ups and downs... it does not show just BBC shows, but it has purchased shows from ITV etc... The "ups": great shows such as: Dads Army 'Allo 'Allo Gimme Gimme Gimme Open all hours Only Fools and Horses 'Carry On' films The Thin Blue Line Lenny Henry ...  Read the complete review

UK Gold runs repeats of old BBC series 24 hours a day. Sounds dreadful? Well a lot of it is. All those docusoaps about hospitals, boats and holiday companies are repeated over and over again, until it gets to the point where you can recognise an episode within ten seconds. Remember all those terrible 80s series, usually from Australia, that used ...  Read the complete review

After the Sports Channels, UK Gold is my favourite Satellite channel. From the name you would expect a lot of old repeats which would not be a hit again on terrestrial TV. However, although this is the case for some shows, many programmes on UK Gold are also shown as repeats on terrestrial TV. The following programmes show the quality and ...  Read the complete review

UK Gold is part of the joint commercial venture between the BBC and Flextech and are broadcast from the BBC Television Centre in London. It is one of the UKTV family of channels which also include UK Style, UK Arena and UK Horizons. UK Gold is a bit of a contradiction. One of the main things you hear people complaining about when ...  Read the complete review

UK Gold is famous for showing 'classic' programmes from British TV (mostly BBC) and for this purpose the channel is very good. For example, if you're interested in what was going on in Eastenders or The Bill between 5-10 years ago, then you can see the repeats on UK Gold every day. The reason I got the channel was to see some of my ...  Read the complete review