Alibi (TV channel)
SDTV feed) | |
Timeshift service | Alibi +1 |
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Ownership | |
Owner | BBC Studios |
Parent | UKTV |
Sister channels | Dave Drama Eden Gold W Yesterday |
History | |
Launched | 1 November 1997 |
Former names | UK Arena (1997–2000) UK Drama (2000–2004) UKTV Drama (2004–2008) |
Links | |
Website | alibi.uktv.co.uk |
Availability | |
Streaming media | |
Sky Go | Watch live (UK and Ireland only) |
Virgin TV Go | Watch live (UK only) |
TalkTalk TV | Watch live (UK only) |
Watch live (UK only) | |
TVPlayer | Watch live (UK only) |
Alibi is a British pay television channel that was launched on 1 November 1997 as UK Arena. It was renamed UK Drama in 2000, and then UKTV Drama in 2004, and assumed its current name on 7 October 2008.
History
The channel originally launched as part of the new four-channel
However, following disappointing ratings, the channel's focus was broadened to include all drama series, and as a result was renamed UK Drama on 31 March 2000. However, the channel remained a part-time service, starting at 7:00pm.
On 5 November 2001, UK Drama began timesharing with a new sister channel, UK Food, which aired in UK Drama's daytime slot.[1]
On 10 January 2003, UK Food extended its broadcast hours while UK Drama reduced its broadcast hours to 9:00pm-5:00am.[2]
On 8 March 2004, the channel, alongside all other UKTV channels, was renamed UKTV Drama to increase awareness of the UKTV brand. On 1 July 2004, UKTV Food extended its broadcast hours, leading to UKTV Drama moving to UKTV Food +1's slot (which had been vacated by UKTV People), although still broadcasting the same hours as before.[3]
On 9 April 2005, UKTV announced that UKTV Drama would expand to a full 24-hour schedule on 30 May.[4] In order to prepare for the transition, the channel moved out of UKTV Food +1's downtime slot to a newly purchased space and started broadcasting from 1:00pm at the end of April, before the full transition to a 24-hour network.
On 2 May 2006, a one-hour timeshift service - UKTV Drama +1, launched on Sky in the vacated broadcast space formerly home to UKTV People +1. It broadcast from 3:00pm-2:00am every day.[5] Corresponding to the name on the main channel shows all programming from the channel one hour later, with no special idents or continuity used.
On 23 October 2007, UKTV Drama +1 was added to Virgin Media.[6]
Following the successful relaunch and rebranding of the channel UKTV G2 as
On 29 July 2011,
Programming
The output of the channel is a combination of drama series and serials comprising first-run exclusive and second run shows from the United States and Canada, together with second run showings of shows from the BBC and ITV.
Original programming
Drama
- Annika (BBC) (original series)
- Traces (BBC) (2 seasons, 12 episodes) (Alibi original series)[11][12] (Renewed[13])
- We Hunt Together (BBC) (2 seasons, 12 episodes) (Alibi original series) (Renewed[13])
- The Diplomat (BBC) (original series)
- The Red King
- I, Jack Wright (from 2025)
Co-production
Current
- Alaska Daily (first aired on Disney+) (summer 2024)
- The Bad Seed (New Zealand import from TVNZ 1)
- Bite Club (Australian import from Nine Network)
- CSI: Vegas (American import from CBS)
- Death in Paradise (BBC) (also shown on Drama)
- The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Australian import from ABC (Australia)/Seven Network) (also shown on Drama)
- Elementary (American import from CBS)
- Dark Winds (American import from AMC/AMC+)
- Doctor Foster (BBC)
- Evil (American import from CBS/Paramount+)[15]
- Elsbeth (summer 2024)
- Father Brown (BBC) (also shown on Drama) and spin-off of Sister Boniface Mysteries
- Frankie Drake Mysteries (Canadian import/UKTV co-production with CBC)
- Harrow (Australian import from ABC (Australia))
- Hudson & Rex (Canadian import from Citytv/CBC)
- Hightown
- Justified
- Luther (BBC)
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (Australian import from ABC (Australia))
- Miss Marple (BBC) (also shown on Drama)
- Miss Scarlet and The Duke (American import from PBS)
- Network Ten, New Zealand import from TVNZ 1)
- Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (Australian import from Seven Network)
- Murdoch Mysteries (Canadian import/UKTV co-production with Citytv/CBC)
- New Tricks (BBC) (also shown on Drama)
- Ragdoll (American import/UKTV co-production with AMC+)
- Rizzoli & Isles (American import from TNT)
- Person of Interest (American import from CBS)
- Pretty Hard Cases (Canadian import from CBC)
- Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (BBC)
- Shetland (BBC) (also shown on Drama)
- Silent Witness (BBC) (also shown on Drama)
- So Help Me Todd (American import from CBS)
- The Company You Keep (Summer 2024)
- Strike (BBC)
- Taggart (ITV)
- Without A Trace (American import from CBS)
Previously on Alibi
- )
- 55 Degrees North (BBC)
- Bergerac (BBC) (now on Drama)
- The Bill (ITV) (now on W and Drama)
- Body of Proof (American import from ABC)
- Briarpatch
- Carter
- Cagney and Lacey (American import from CBS)
- Campion (BBC)
- Clarice (American import from CBS)
- Castle (American import from ABC)[16]
- The Closer (American import from TNT)
- Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (American import from CBS)
- Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour (American import from CBS)
- Crossing Lines (American import from NBC/Ovation)
- Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Dangerfield (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Diagnosis: Murder (American import from CBS, now on CBS Justice)
- Doctor Who (BBC) (broadcast during 2008 as a special season presenting all of Tom Baker's episodes)
- Sony Channel)
- Deception (American import from ABC)
- Father Dowling Mysteries (American import from NBC/ABC)
- A&E)
- The Guardian (American import from CBS)
- Hamish Macbeth (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Sony Channel)
- Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (BBC/ITV) (now on Drama)
- Hunter (BBC)
- The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (BBC)
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Jack Taylor (Irish import from TV3)
- Jonathan Creek (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Judge John Deed (BBC) (now on Drama)
- King & Maxwell (American import from TNT)
- The Last Detective (ITV)
- Lie to Me (American import from Fox) (previously on Sky One)
- Maisie Raine (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Major Crimes
- The Missing (American import from Starz now on BBC)
- The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Network Ten, New Zealand import from TVNZ 1)
- Murder in Mind (BBC)
- Murder, She Wrote (American import from CBS, now on 5USA)
- Perception (American import from TNT)
- The Protector (American import from Lifetime)
- Quantico (American import from ABC)
- Rebus (ITV) (now on Drama)
- Network Ten)
- Reckless (American import from CBS)
- Republic of Doyle (Canadian import from CBC, now on Fox)
- Return of the Saint (ITV)
- Ripper Street (BBC) (now on Drama)
- The Rockford Files (American import from NBC)
- Rosewood (American import from Fox)
- Perception
- The Saint (ITV)
- Secrets and Lies (American import from ABC)
- Sherlock (American import from PBS now on BBC)
- Shoestring (BBC)
- Spooks (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Stumptown (American import from ABC)
- Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye (American import from PAX)
- Tommy (American import from CBS)
- The Good Wife
- Ten Days in the Valley (American import from ABC)
- Unforgettable (American import from CBS/A&E) (previously on Sky Living)
- Waking the Dead (BBC) (now on Drama)
- Wallander (BBC)
- Whiskey Cavalier (American import from ABC)
- Why Women Kill (American import from Paramount+)
- WPC 56 (BBC)
See also
References
- ^ "UKTV announces UK Food launch". Digital Spy. 11 July 2001.
- ^ "UK Food extends programming hours". Campaign.
- ^ "UKTV Food and UKTV People to be 24 Hours Before the End of the Year". Digital Spy. 22 June 2004.
- ^ "UKTV Drama to expand hours". Digital Spy. 9 April 2005.
- ^ "Three additions to Sky EPG". Digital Spy. 2 May 2006.
- ^ "UKTV Drama timeshift added to VM lineup". Digital Spy. 23 October 2007.
- ^ Donnelly, Alison (17 September 2008). "UKTV unveils new channels and familiar stars like John Cleese and Red Dwarf crew". Brand Republic. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ Curtis, Chris (17 September 2008). "UKTV to reveal eye-opening Watch logo". Broadcast. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ "UKTV enters VoD market with landmark HD content deal with Sky". UKTV. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Virgin Media sells £239m stake in UKTV". Financial Times. 15 August 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012.
- ^ White, Peter (1 May 2019). "Martin Compston, Laura Fraser, Molly Windsor & Jennifer Spence To Star in UKTV Crime Drama Traces". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Traces: From release date to cast - everything we know about Alibi's female-led crime thriller so far". BT Group. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ a b Wiseman, Andreas; Kanter, Jake (28 September 2020). "Caravaggio's Shadow Underway in Naples; Curzon Picks Up Cannes Drama Il Mio Corpo; Traces & We Hunt Together Renewed – Euro Briefs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Alibi eyes new co-productions". C21Media. 19 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
- ^ Munn, Patrick (4 September 2020). "Alibi Sets UK Premiere Date For Evil". TVWise. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Castle". Alibi. UKTV. Retrieved 21 June 2013.